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Dr Peter Cundy

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QUALIFICATIONS

• M.B.B.S., University of Adelaide 1979
• F.R.A.C.S. in Orthopaedic Surgery, February 1988

EDUCATION/ MEDICAL TRAINING

• 1974-79
• Medical School, University of Adelaide, South Australia
  
  
• 1980
• Intern, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia
  
  
• 1981-82
• Orthopaedic SHO, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Plymouth (1981), London, U.K. (1982)
  
  
• 1983
• Surgical Resident, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia
  
  
• 1984-88
• Orthopaedic Registrar, Adelaide, South Australia
  
  
• 1988-89
• Peabody Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital United States of America
  
  
• 1990-93
• Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia
  
  
• 1990-Present
• Senior Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Orthopaedic Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, South Australia

2005
Appointed Head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital

CLINICAL SPECIALTIES

• Paediatric orthopaedic surgery
• Adult joint replacement surgery
• Arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder and ankle

CURRENT RESEARCH

• Developmental dysplasia of the hip
• Osteomyelitis in children
• Paediatric trauma

COMMITTEES

• Training Committee, Australian Orthopaedic Association (S.A.) 1992-2003
• Board Member, Bone Growth Foundation 1991-2000
• Trauma Committee, Women's & Children's Hospital 1993-Present

OFFICIAL POSITIONS

• Head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Appointed 2005
  
  Examiner in Orthopaedic Surgery
  Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2003-Present
• 
  President
  Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, 2007-Present
  
  Continuing Education Committee
  Australian Orthopaedic Association 2003-2006
• 
  Specialist Advisor
  South Australian Birth Defects Registrar, 1995-Present
• 
  Chairman
  Training Committee
  S.A. Branch, A.O.A., 2001-2003
• 
  Secretary
  Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, 1997-2001
• 
  Secretary
  Board of Studies
  S.A. Branch, A.O.A., 1992-95

ASSOCIATIONS

• Australian Medical Association
• Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association

PUBLICATIONS

• "Skeletal Age Estimation in Leg Length Discrepancy"
  Cundy, P.J., Paterson, D.C., Morris, L.L., Foster, B.K.
  J.B.J.S., 1987, 69B, 163-164
• "Three-Dimensional Imaging of a Juvenile Tillaux Fracture"
  Leitch, J.M., Cundy, P.J., Paterson, D.C.
  J. Paediatric Orthopaedics, 1989, 9, 602-603
• "Proximal Humeral Fractures - Management Techniques and Expected Results"
  Szyszkowitzm R., Seggl, W., Schleifer, P., Cundy, P.J.
  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1993, 292, 13-25
• "A Ten Year Review of Treatment of Delayed Union and Nonunion with an Implanted Bone Growth Stimulator"
  Cundy, P.J., Paterson, D.C.
  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1990, 259, 216-222
• "Cotrel-Duboussett Instrumentation and Vertebral Rotation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis"
  Cundy, P.J., Paterson, D.C., Hillier, T.M., Sutherland, A.D., Stephen, J.P., Foster, B.K.
  J. Bone & Joint Surgery, 1990, 670-674
• "Physeal Reconstruction using tissue donated from Early Postnatal Limbs in a Murine Model"
  Cundy, P.J., Jofe, M., Zaleske, D.J., Ehrlich, M.G., Mankin, H.J.
  J. Orthopaedic Research, 1991, 9, 360-366
• "Evaluation of Treatment Modalities for Septic Arthritis with Histological Grading and Analysis of Levels of Uronic Acid, Neutral Protease and Interleukin-1"
  Nord, K.D., Dore, D.D., Deeney, V.F., Armstrong, A.L., Cundy, P.J., Cole, B.F., Ehrlich, M.G.
  J. Bone & Joint Surgery, 1995, 77A, 258-265
• "Synovial Haemangioma of the Knee in Children"
  Price, N.J., Cundy, P.J.
  J. Paediatric Orthopaedics, 1995
• "Healing of a Simple Bone Cyst as a Result of Infection"
  Ehrendorfer, S., Cundy, P.J., Wurnig, C., Middleton, J.
  Orthopaedics International Edition, 1996, 4, 375-376
• "Bilateral synovitis in symptomatic unilateral transient synovitis of the hip"
  Ehrendorfer, S., LeQuesne, G., Penta, M., Smith, P., Cundy, P.
  Acta Orthop Scand, 1996, 67(2), 149-152
• "Developmental dysplasia of the hip in South Australia in 1991: Prevalence and risk factors"
  Yiv, B.C., Saidin, R., Cundy, P.J., Tgetgel, J.D., Aguilar, J., McCaul, K.A., Keane, R.J., Chan, A., Scott, H.
  J. Paediatrics and Child Health, 1997, 33, 151-156
• "Perinatal risk factors for developmental dysplasia of the hip"
  Chan, A., McCaul, K.A., Cundy, P.J., Haan, E.A., Byron-Scott, R.
  Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 1997, 76(2), F94-F100
• "Late diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip and presence of a screening programme: South Australian population-based study"
  Chan, A., Cundy, P.J., Foster, B.K., Keane, R.J., Byron-Scott, R.
  The Lancet, 1999, Vol 354, 1514-1517
  “Screening for congenital dislocation of the hip”
  A.Chan, P.J. Cundy, B.K. Foster, R.J. Keane, R. Byron-Scott,
  Lancet, Vol 355, Jan 15 2000, p232-233
  “Syringomyelia in Children with Primary Scoliosis"
  Hanieh, A. Sutherland, B. Foster, P. Cundy
  Childs Nerv Syst., 2000, Apr; 16(4), 200-202
  “Problems in the diagnosis of neonatal hip instability”
  Chan, A., Foster, B.K., Cundy, P.J.
  Acta Paediatrica, 90: 836-839, August 2001
  "Longitudinal Study of Normal Hip Development by Ultrasound”
  Riad, J., Gent, R., Piotto, L., Cundy, P.
  J Pediatr Orthop. 2005 Jan-Feb;25(1):5-9
  "A South Australian population-based study of congenital talipes equinovarus"
  Byron-Scott R, Sharpe P, Cundy P, Hirte C, Hasler C, Chan A, Scott H, Baghurst P, Haan E.
  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2005 May;19(3):227-37
  Marked initial displacement predicts complications in physeal fractures of the distal radius: an analysis of fracture characteristics, primary treatment and complications in 109 patients. Nietosvaara Y, Hasler C, Helenius I, Cundy P.
  Acta Orthop. 2005 Dec;76(6):873-7.
  “Consequences of diagnostic delays in slipped capital femoral epiphysis”
  Rahme, D., Comley, A., Foster, B., Cundy,P
  J Paediatr Orthop. 2006, Vol 15, No.2, 93-97
  “Zebra Lines of Pamidronate Therapy in Children”
  M.Al Muderis, T. Azzopardi, Cundy,P
  JBJS Am. 2007;89: 1511-1516
• BOOK CHAPTERS
  “Practical Paediatrics”, 5 th Edition 2003, M.J. Robinson & D.M. Roberton
  Part 8, Common Orthopaedic Problems pp236-245, Churchill Livingstone, ISBN 0 443 07138X
  “Practical Paediatrics”, 6 th Edition 2003, D.M. Roberton & M South
  Part 8, Common Orthopaedic Problems pp249-262, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, ISBN 978 0-443-10280-6
  
  POSTERS
  A Ten Year Review of Treatment of Delayed Union and Non-union with an Implanted Bone Growth Stimulator
  Cundy, P.J ., Electrical Growth and Repair Society, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., 1988
  Does Selective Use of Pelvic Radiology in Children with Blunt Trauma result in Missed Injuries
  Semmens, J., Cundy, P., Raftos, J., Slater, A
  Trauma Conference, Sydney, 2000
  Metal Ion Release in Children with Scoliosis Surgery
  National Medical Student Conference
  T. Cundy, C Delaney, A Oakley, L Sutherland, P Cundy
  Runner-up, NH&MRC Prize, 2007