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Dr Mario Penta

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QUALIFICATIONS

• M.B.B.S., University of Adelaide 1986
• M.S., University of Adelaide, 1996
• F.R.A.C.S. in Orthopaedic Surgery, Adelaide, 1998
• F.A.O.A. 2002

EDUCATION/ MEDICAL TRAINING

• 1976-80
• Murray Bridge High School,
  Murray Bridge,
  South Australia.
  
• 1981-86
• Medical School,
  University of Adelaide,
  South Australia
  
• 1987
• Internship,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1988
• FMP,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1989-90
• Surgical Training,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1991
• Orthopaedic Service Registrar,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1992
• Surgical Registrar,
  Flinders Medical Centre,
  South Australia
  
• Feb 1993-Feb 1994
• Spinal Research Fellow,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1994
• Orthopaedic Registrar in Training,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1995 (Feb-Jul)
• Orthopaedic Registrar in Training,
  Flinders Medical Centre,
  South Australia
  
• 1995 (Aug-Jan)
• Orthopaedic Registrar in Training,
  Women and Children's Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1996 (Feb-Jul)
• Orthopaedic Registrar in Training,
  Modbury Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1996 (Aug-Jan)
• Orthopaedic Registrar in Training,
  Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1997 (Feb-Jul)
• Orthopaedic Registrar in Training,
  Flinders Medical Centre,
  South Australia
  
• 1997 (Aug-Jan)
• Orthopaedic Registrar in Training,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital,
  South Australia
  
• 1998-Present
• Private Orthopaedic Surgical Practice,
  Orthopaedics SA, North Adelaide

APPOINTMENTS

• 1993-97
• Clinical Tutor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Trauma,
  Faculty of Medicine,
  University of Adelaide
  
• 1995-97
• Clinical Associate Lecturer, School of Medicine,
  Faculty of Health Sciences,
  The Flinders University of South Australia
  
• 1998-2002
• Visiting Medical Specialist,
  Royal Adelaide Hospital
  
• 1998-Current
• Visiting Medical Specialist,
  Flinders Medical Centre
  Repatriation General Hospital
  Noarlunga Health Services

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

• 1988-89
• General Practice,
  Morphettville Medical Centre,
  Glenelg East, South Australia
  
• 1988-90
• Visiting Medical Officer,
  Lyell-McEwin Health Service,
  Elizabeth Value, South Australia
  General Practice,
  Morphettville Medical Centre
  South Australia

RESEARCH

• "Smooth Muscle Tumours of the Gastrointestinal Tract"
  M. Penta, P. Devitt, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital
• "Primary Duodenal Neoplasms - The Royal Adelaide Hospital Experience"
  M. Penta, P. Devitt, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital
  - A review of cases treated at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1982-90, and review of the literature.
• "Radial Nerve Palsy in Humeral Shaft Fracture - Is Early Exploration Justified?"
  M. Penta, M. Sandow, Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Adelaide Hospital
  - A review of cases treated at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1983-90, and review of the literature.
• "Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures - R.A.H. 1983-1990"
  M. Penta, M. Sandow, Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Adelaide Hospital
• "M.R.I. Assessment of Disc Degeneration Ten Years After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion"
  M. Penta, R. Fraser, A. Sandhu, Spinal Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital
• "Allograft Intervertebral Disc Transplantation In The Sheep"
  M. Penta, R. Fraser, R. Moore, Spinal Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital
• "M.R.I. In Spinal Trauma"
  R. Williams, Royal Cardiff Infirmary
  M. Penta, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

PUBLICATIONS

• "Magnetic Resonant Imaging Assessment of Disc Degeneration Ten Years after Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion"
  Mario Penta, M.B., B.S., Avninder Sandhu, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.R. and Robert D. Fraser, M.B., B.S., M.D., F.R.A.C.S.
  Spine: Volume 20, No. 6, pp 743-747, 1995
• "Bilateral Synovitis in Symptomatic Unilateral Transient Synovitis of the Hip"
  Stefan Ehrendorfer, Garry LeQuesne, Mario Penta, Paul Smith and Peter Cundy
  Acta Orthop Scand. 67(2): 149-152, 1996
• "Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Minimum Ten Year Follow-up"
  Mario Penta, M.B., B.S., Robert D. Fraser, M.B., B.S., M.D., F.R.A.C.S.
  Spine: October 15 Issue, 1997
• "Allograft Intervertebral Disc Replacement in the Sheep"
  Mario Penta, Robert Fraser, Robert Moore
  Master of Surgery Thesis, 1996

AWARDS

• 1996
• Awarded Best Paper by the Federal Training Committee of the Australian Orthopaedic Association.
• Smith and Nephew Richards Medical Award - To present paper to the American Registrars' Association Annual Meeting in Memphis, USA.
  
• 1997
• Second Prize - 15th Annual American Orthopaedic Residents Conference, August 22-23, The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Paper entitled "MRI Assessment of Disc Degeneration Ten Years after Lumbar Interbody Fusion".

MEMBERSHIPS

• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
  Member of Sports Medicine Australia
• Lifemember of the Indian Arthroscopy Society