At Joint Medical Specialists, we are about coordinated, multi-disciplinary specialist care, and have been able to add to the team with expert specialists:
Associate Professor Sumit Raniga, consulting @ Gregory Hills every second Friday
For appointments please ring his dedicated information line on 9812 3583
https://shoulderandelbowspecialist.com.au/
Associate Professor Sumit Raniga is a subspecialist orthopaedic shoulder and elbow surgeon with three years of dedicated clinical and research fellowships in world-renowned centres of excellence. He is an outstanding communicator who is trained to provide the highest standard of evidence-based treatment of shoulder and elbow problems with compassion and empathy. His world-class training allows him to offer his patients contemporary knowledge and technical expertise of the highest standard. He specialises in both open and arthroscopic (keyhole) shoulder and elbow reconstruction and joint replacement surgery.
He is an academic orthopaedic surgeon with a background in molecular medicine and biomechanics. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in international peer reviewed journals. He is the first fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to complete a one-year fellowship at the world-famous Department of Orthopaedics, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland. He is also the first and only Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons to be awarded the prestigious Charles S. Neer Award for research in the field of shoulder surgery by the American Shoulder and Elbow Society in 2016. This is the highest honour in shoulder surgery research in the world.
SWISS EXPERIENCE
Assoc. Professor Raniga is the first fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to complete a one-year fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery at the prestigious Bern University Hospital. He was mentored by Professor Matthias Zumstein, who is widely regarded as one of the best shoulder and elbow surgeons in Europe. He had the privilege to receive intensive training in arthroscopic and open reconstruction of the shoulder and elbow, as well as joint replacement surgery. Assoc. Professor Raniga published numerous research articles in international peer reviewed journals during his time in Bern. He also became the first fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to be awarded the prestigious Charles S. Neer Award by the American Shoulder and Elbow Society in 2016. This is the highest honour in shoulder and elbow surgery research in the world.
CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
The Roth MacFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Center (HULC) is a truly unique facility with a worldwide reputation as one of the best institutions of its kind. The HULC is a world-renowned centre of excellence in education, research, and the treatment of patients with complex conditions affecting hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders. Assoc. Professor Raniga had the privilege to work with Professor Graham King, who is regarded as one of the preeminent elbow surgeons in the world. His time with Professor King allowed him to focus on open and arthroscopic reconstruction of the elbow, as well as elbow replacement surgery. Assoc. Professor Raniga also worked with Professor George Athwal, who has earned the reputation of being one of the best shoulder surgeons in North America. He focussed on learning novel joint preserving surgery for the treatment of high demand patients with unrepairable rotator cuff tears. He also gained further experience in arthroscopic and open surgery, as well as more complex shoulder replacement surgery.
RESEARCH
Assoc. Professor Raniga is an academic orthopaedic surgeon with a background in molecular medicine and biomechanics. He has established and directs the MQ Health Translational Shoulder Research Program. He leads a multidisciplinary team that enables an intensive collaboration between surgeons, radiologists, physiotherapists, biomechanical engineers, and industry to improve patient outcomes through translational orthopaedic research. His team has now built the most advanced six degree of freedom, eight muscle actuated, in vitro cadaveric shoulder simulator. This sophisticated shoulder simulator will help gain a much better understanding of shoulder biomechanics, develop new surgical techniques and rapidly evolve shoulder prosthesis design to improve patient outcomes.
PATIENT FOCUS
Assoc. Professor Raniga is passionate about shoulder and elbow surgery. He is an outstanding communicator and aims to empower patients with knowledge, in order to allow them to take an active role in the decision-making process. He perceives surgery as a pursuit of perfection. He meticulously plans even the simplest surgical procedure in order to consistently liberate success from coincidence. This allows him to predict potential complications and develop appropriate surgical strategies in anticipation.