Dr Neville J Rowden

Overview

I graduated in Orthopaedic surgery in Sydney in 1985 and have been established in private
practice since then.

From 1988 – 2000 I was a visiting medical officer at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, acting as Head of the Department of Traumatic & Orthopaedic Surgery between 1993 - 1995.

In 1994 I won the Evelyn Hamilton Trust Award for the best scientific paper at the Australian Orthopaedic Association Meeting (Comparisons of Fixed Strengths of Two Types of Autologous ACL Grafts) and during the same year represented the Australian Orthopaedic Association as an exchange fellow in Hong Kong.

For the past ten tears I have subspecialised in knee surgery and since 1998 much of my practice has focused on overall management of osteoarthritis of the knee. I have developed a strong interest in unicompartmental arthroplasty surgery and visited Dr J Repicci in Buffalo, New York and Dr Gerald Engh at the Anderson Clinic in Washington. USA.

In 2003 I founded the Hurstville Knee Clinic and have established a knee arthroplasty data base with prospective outcome measurements including patient demographics, Oxford knee scores (OKS) and x-rays. This data base has been running since 1998 and now comprises over 1500 patients.

I have a keen interest in using the OKS for outcome assessment of knee surgery and as a tool for patient education and surgical decision making.

I am currently involved in research into many aspects of unicompartmental arthroplasty including indications, contra-indications and long term results.

Post Graduate Experience

Private Practice in Orthopaedic Surgery

2003 - Current	Hurstville Knee Clinic VMO: Calvary/Hurstville Community Hospital. VMO: St George Private Hospital. Kogarah.
1986 – 2003	1. Randwick + Hurstville (Orthosports) 2. Kogarah 3. Hurstville
Visiting Medical Officer
Calvary Hurstville Community Hospital. (Current) St George Private Hospital (Current) Prince of Wales Hospital ( 1988 – 2000) Kogarah Private Hospital (1988 – 2002) Bexley Private Hospital (1988 – 2000) Pacific Private Hospital (1988 – 2000)
Visiting Medical Officer - Locum
1985 - 1988	Locums for Prof. R Sekel, W Cumming. (St George Hospital)
Training
1981 - 1984	AOA Registrar. Sydney Training Scheme.
Positions Held
1993 - 1995	Acting Chairman. The Department of Traumatic & Orthopaedic Surgery. Prince of Wales Hospital.
1990 - 1996	Clinical Co-Ordinator FRACS Final Orthopaedic Examinations. Prince of Wales Hospital.

Committees & Advisory Boards

Current Chairman of Medical Council of Calvary Hurstville Community Hospital.

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Arthroplasty Society of Australia
• Australian Medical Association
• Royal Australian College of Surgeons
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Awards

• 1994 Evelyn Hamilton Trust Award
• 1995 Hong Kong Traveling Fellowship

Presentations

• October 2006 AOA Canberra. Oral Presentation.
  Using the Oxford Knee Score as a Surgical Audit

• September 2006 Arthroplasty Society of Australia. Adelaide. Oral Presentation.
  Conversion of Failed Unicompartmental Arthroplasty to Total Knee Replacement.
  An analysis of 38 cases over 8 years

• October 2005 Arthroplasty Society of Australia. Margaret River. WA Oral Presentation.
  Measuring Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

• September 2005. Global RBK Users Group. New Zealand. Oral Presentations.
  1. Medial UKA Results and Complications Reviewed in over 1000 cases
  2. History of UKA Surgery
  3. Radiology of the Osteoarthritic Knee
  4. Results of the RBK Total Knee Arthroplasty

• October 2004 AOA Combined Meeting. Sydney. Poster Presentation.
  Using the Oxford Knee Score as a Patient Education Tool

• October 2004. Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Meeting. Kuala Lumpur. Oral Presentation.
  Using the Oxford Knee Score as a Patient Education Tool

• 2004. ACT Regional Meeting. Oral Presentation.
  GRU - Rationale, Surgical Technique and Two Year Outcome Analysis

• June 2002. Sydney University. Lecture for Physiotherapists.
  Advances in the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Knee

• July 2002. AOA Continuing Education Meeting. Darwin. Oral Presentation.
  Utilisation of Arthroscopic Debridement in Australia

• November 2001. AOA Registrar Training Lecture. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
  Unicompartmental Knee Replacement / High Tibial Osteotomy

• August 1998. Biomedical Scientific Meeting. Brisbane Australia.
  A New method to Dynamically Measure the Pressure Distribution in Knee Prostheses. P Morberg, ML Harris, W Bruce. G Kiddle, L Kohan. N Rowden, DH Sonnabend, WR Walsh

• March 1997. Arthroscopic Surgery. Towards 2000. Sydney. Oral Debate.
  ACL Reconstruction. Hamstrings vs Patellar Tendon. Neville Rowden for Hamstrings. Russell Warren. (Surgeon in Chief. The Hospital for Special Surgery. NY. USA) for Patellar Tendon

• October 1997. Grand Rounds. Prince of Wales Hospital. Oral Presentation.
  Management of ACL Tears

• September 1996 LCS User Group Meeting. Coolum QLD. Panel Discussion.
  Soft Tissue Balancing + Surgical Technique Tips

• May 1995. Annual Scientific Meeting. Port Douglas. Oral Presentation.
  Comparison of Fixation Strengths of Two Types of Autologous ACL grafts

• May 1995. Sports Medicine Travelling Fellows. Sydney. Oral Presentation.
  Comparative Strengths in ACL Graft Fixation

• November 1995. NSW State AOA Meeting. Sydney. Oral Presentation.
  Painful Knees in Older Patients. N Rowden, R Hocking

• 1994. Orthopaedic Association 45th Annual Scientific Meeting. New Zealand. Oral Presentation.
  Comparisons of Fixation Strengths of Two Types of Autologous ACL Grafts

Publications

• Protocol Surgeon for Unicompartmental knee Arthroplasty A Systematic Review ASERNIPS Report No 44 Published on line 2005. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons . www.surgeons.org

• Lateral Unicompartmental Arthroplasty - The Outcomes of 123 Cases Over Five Years. Rowden N, Small T
  J Bone Joint Surg Br 2005;87-B-Supp- III

• Prevention of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis with low dose aspirin. Pulmonary Embolism Prevention. (PEP) N J Rowden. Collaborator.
  The Lancet. Vol 355. April 15, 2000

• Anterior cruciate ligament graft fixation. Initial comparison of patellar tendon and semitendinosus autografts in young fresh cadavers. Rowden NJ, Sher D, Rogers GJ, Schindhelm K.
  American Journal Sports Medicine. 1997. Jul-Aug; 25(4): 472-8

• Basic Science in Knee Arthroplasty W R Walsh, N Rowden, DH Sonnabend.
  Current Opinion in Orthopaedics. 1996 7;1:75-81

• Total Knee Replacement. Experience of a Combined Rheumatology Orthopaedic Clinic. N. Rowden, E McGirr, J. Edmonds. R. Drummond and R Sekel.
  Abstract of A.R.A Annual Scientific Meeting. ANZJM 1983