MBBS, Postgraduate Diploma Surgical Anatomy, FRACS
Orthopaedic Surgeon
General trauma:
- Fractures – Wrist, ankle, hip & knee
- All leg bone injuries
- Sports injuries
Hip:
- Hip replacement
- Revision hip replacement
(including anterior approach)
Knee:
- Anterior cruciate ligament injuries
- Knee replacement
- Revision knee replacement
- Knee arthroscopy
- Meniscal injuries
Foot and ankle:
- Hallux valgus correction (Bunions)
- Achilles Tendon Repairs
- Ligament injuries
Dr Love attended Melbourne University for his medical training and completed basic and advanced training with The Royal Australian College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association. He graduated in January 2009.
Following the completion of his specialist Orthopaedic training he worked Full time as a Trauma Surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and has also had extra training and expertise in hip and knee joint replacement and deformity correction both in Melbourne and overseas. He travelled overseas to gain expertise in hip and knee arthroplasty with Professor Robert Bourne (Ontario, Canada), a world expert in the specialised area of joint replacement of the hip and knee.
Dr Love completed a fellowship with Mr. John Bartlett (Australia) Knee Surgeon; additionally a fellowship with Professor Leo Donnan at the Children’s Hospital, Melbourne which included extensive training in utilising external frames to correct limb deformity and utilising the ilizarov deformity correction technique.
He currently has an appointment with The Royal Melbourne Hospital where he has an active role in teaching training Medical staff and the on call trauma roster. Dr David Love’s private practice is based in Camberwell and he also consults in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. He is an active teacher with the Swiss based organisation, the AO, both here in Australia and overseas.
He has a private practice based in East Melbourne and also consults in Heidelberg, Bundoora and Whittlesea.
Employment and past experience
- Current (Since 2011) – Orthopaedic consultant surgeon – The Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 2012 The Royal Children’s Hospital Orthopaedic Fellow – Limb deformity Fellowship under Mr Leo Donnan.
- 2010-2011 University Hospital, The University of Western Ontario, Canada Arthroplasty fellow.
- 2009- Commencement as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon.
- 2009-July 2010 The Royal Melbourne Hospital (trauma fellowship) – Full time Orthopaedic Surgeon – trauma.
- 2005 – 2008 Australian Orthopaedic training programme – During this time rotations through hospitals in Victoria and Tasmania were completed.
- 2006 – 2007 The University of Tasmania. Clinical Teacher.
- 2004 The Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Australia. Orthopaedic Registrar.
- 2002 – 2004 The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Resident Medical Officer.
- 2001 The Geelong Hospital. Geelong, Australia Resident Medical Officer (Intern)
Education
- 2012 – Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Limb reconstruction fellow to Assoc. Prof Leo Donnan.
- 2011 Warringal Private Hospital Fellow to Mr John Bartlett.
- 2011 Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, Travelling Fellowship. Bangkok and Singapore.
- 2010 – 2011 London, Ontario, Canada, Arthroplasty Fellow
- 2009 Royal Melbourne hospital, Trauma Fellow
- 2005 – 2008 Australian Orthopaedic Association training programme
- 2002 Royal Australian College of Surgeons. Australia. Basic Surgical Training.
- 2003 The University of Melbourne (private). Melbourne, Australia. Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy
- 1994 – 2000 The University of Melbourne Medical School, MBBS.
- 1982 – 1993 Scotch College.
Professional positions
- AO Trauma – Faculty
- Royal Australian College of Surgeons –Regional branch committee member and ASSET teacher
- Department of Human Services – VICNISS Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System
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