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Prof. Jegan Krishnan

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QUALIFICATIONS

• M.B.B.S., University of Adelaide 1983
• F.R.A.C.S., 1992
• PhD. (Design of Metacarpophalangeal Joint Prosthesis), Flinders University 1999

EDUCATION/ MEDICAL TRAINING

• 1978-83
• Medical School,
  University of Adelaide,
  South Australia
  
• 1983-84
• Intern,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1985-87
• Basic Surgical Trainee,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  Women's and Children's Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1987-88
• Non-Accredited Advanced Trainee in Orthopaedic Surgery,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  Modbury Hospital,
  Lyell McEwin Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1989
• Advanced Orthopaedic Surgical Training,
  Princess Margaret Rose Hospital,
  Edinburgh, Scotland
  
• 1990-92
• Flinders Medical Centre,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1992-93
• Senior Orthopaedic Registrar,
  Sunderland District General Hospital,
  Sunderland, United Kingdom
  
  Senior Orthopaedic Registrar
  Freeman General Hospital and Newcastle General Hospital,
  Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
  
  AO Trauma Fellowship,
  Unfallchirugische, Universistatsklinik,
  Innsbruk, Austria
  
  Visiting Orthopaedic Fellow,
  Rheumaklinik,
  Bad Bramstadt, Germany
  
  Rheumatoid Arthritis Surgical Fellowship,
  Rheumatism Foundation Hospital,
  Heinola, Finland
  Visited Centres in the United States of America:
  
  • Department of Hand Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Department of Shoulder Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • The Shoulder Service, New York Orthopaedics Hospital
  • Department of Shoulder Surgery, Seattle, Washington
  • Department of Upper Limb Surgery, Tackahoe Orthopaedic Association
    
• 1993-95
• Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedics,
  Flinders Medical Centre,
  South Australia
  
• 1995-98
• Private Practice,
  Ashford Community Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1998-Present
• Private Practice,
  Orthopaedics SA

CURRENT POSITION

• Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
  Flinders University
  
  Senior Clinical Director Orthopaedic Surgery
  Flinders Medical Centre
• Repatriation General Hospital

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Fellow Australian Orthopaedic Association
  Fellow Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Member Australian Hand Surgery Society
• Member Australian Sholder and Elbow Surgery Society
• Member Australian Arthroplasty Society

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

• Professor Orthopaedic Surgery Flinders University
  
• Senior Clinical Director Orthopaedic Surgery
  Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation General Hospital
  
  Member of the Editorial Boards:
  • Journal of Orthopaedics
    Orthopaedics
    Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
    Emedicine.com(Internet Medical Journal)
• 
  Member Academic Appointments Committee
  Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University
  
  Member of Clinical Advisory Group for Hip Prostheses
  
  Member of Clinical Advisory Group for Knee Prostheses
  
  Chair Australian Orthopaedic Association Professional Academic Committee

AWARDS

• 1993. Keith Doddridge Prize
  South Australian Hand Society Meeting
  Best Paper
• 1995. Keith Doddridge Prize
  South Australian Hand Society Meeting
  Best Paper
• 1995. Friends of the Veteran Hospital Research
  Excellence Award for Outstanding Research
• 1997. Australasian Orthopaedic Trauma Society
  The Philip Segelov Memorial Prize - Best Trauma Paper
  "Tele-Orthopaedic Workstation and Trauma Management"

TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS

• 1994
• Zimmer Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association Travel Fellowship
  
• 1995
• Host to ABC Travelling Fellow 1995 - Evan Flatlow
  
• 1998
• AOA Ambassador to WPOA 12th Congress, Fukuoka Japan, November 1-13 1998
• Invited Fellow by WPOA 12th Congress Organising Committee, Fukuoka Japan, November 1-6 1998
  
• 2000
• American British Canadian Travelling Fellowship 2000