Richard Page is an Orthopaedic surgeon based in Geelong. He has a primary area of interest in upper limb pathology and takes on the challenge of research better than most. 

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#54 - LiM - All things evidence based.

Ian Harris appears on the podcast for the second time. This time it is discuss the issues that affect medicine and surgery and utility of some interventions. This is in the lead up to a new book that he has coming out called  - Hippocrasy, How doctors are betraying their oath.

#53 - LIM - Is that operation really needed?

Phillip Antippa is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the but has a particular interest in thoracic surgery. He has developed techniques for plating rib fractures and he discusses the learning curve associated with this procedure. Like always it is hard to avoid how COVID affects our life these days. Out of medicine he has a keen interest in music and we talk about how this interest has grown over time. 

#52 - LIM - Collaboration with other specialties.

David Bainbridge is an orthopaedic surgeon who has been a keen teacher of medical students and junior doctors over several decades. He has always felt that teaching is critical to the ongoing care of the community. Like always this conversation could have gone on further and longer but it is  a balance between content and time . With any luck he will return to the podcast at some point in the future. 

#51 -LiM - How does a dial phone work?

Bill Ribbans is an orthopaedic surgeon, based in the UK. He as recently stopped operating but continues to work clinically with patients and athletes. He as long career of caring for people with sports injuries and comes with a wealth of wisdom. He has recently written a book called "Knife in the fast lane. A Surgeon&apos;s Perspective from the Sharp End of Sport" exploring the effects of sports and associated injuries on athletes of all levels.  Some of the proceeds of the book are donated to prostate cancer research in the UK. This comes from a personal point of view which he does cover in the book as well. 

#50 - LIM - Knife in the fast lane.

Johnny Rayner is a first year orthopaedic trainee who has appeared on Life in Medicine before. This episode is an effort to follow hip during his training  and hopefully will continue to do so over the coming years. 

#49 - LIM - Adult learning during a pandemic

Peter Morley is an ICU physician who also has a keen interest in teaching helping educate medical students. He is the director of medical governance  and also the director of medical education at his teaching hospital. 

#48 - LIM - Can we or should we educate medical students via the web?

Xavier Griffin is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who lives in London. He is currently living through a lockdown that has extended for some months. Despite this he has kept up his optimism and making the most of it. He has been a very active contributor to the scientific literature and takes a keen interest in orthopaedic research.  

#47 - LIM - Know when you are wrong.

Martin Richardson is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has increasingly become interested int eh idea of surgical coaching over recent years. This has developed after he joined the Australian Defence force. He does take this opportunity to offer up a workshop that is coming up for Australian Surgeons who may want to take up the idea of surgical coaching. The link for this course i listed below:https://surgicalcoaching.zohobackstage.com/SurgicalCoachTrainingforAustralianSurgeon.

#46 - LiM - Do surgeons need a coach?

David Slattery is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has also embarked on a medicolegal career from a relatively early age and stage in his career. He has done this his practice partner and together they have created something that is hard to do. We talked about legal work and the business side of things. 

#45 - LiM - Law and Medicine, together?

Professor Wayne Derman is Sports Medicine Doctor from Cape Town, South Africa.  He is the Director of the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has had a career that has seen work with a sports medical programme, national sports teams and also work with the first African who went into space. 

#44 - LiM - Medicine in Space

Alison Taylor is an Orthopaedic surgeon who dedicated herself to foot and ankle surgery. Over the course of her career she has dedicated herself to her family, teaching and various administrative roles. She continues to do with a good balance between work and personal life. 

#43 - LIM - The long commute.

Chris Morrey is an Orthopaedic Surgeon based in Cairns. He has recently taken on the role of one the AOA vice presidents and will thus be the AOA President in a few years time. He has great enthusiasm for work in regional and rural areas of Australia and this episode follow on with the recent theme of talking to doctors who work in these areas. 

#42- LiM - Crocodiles and Orthopaedics.

Anita Boecksteiner is an Orthopaedic surgeon who has balanced the issues of sub-specialisation and general orthopaedics in a major city. She has taken on the challenges of complex orthopaedic problems in the format of using ilizarov frames and has spent time at the home of the these frames in Russia. 

#41 - LiM - Ilizarov frames and General Orthopaedics

Ruban Ambikaipalan is recently graduated orthopaedic surgeon who is currently undertaking a fellowship in the UK. Unfortunately the timing has meant that his fellowship is during the pandemic in the UK which has altered his the experience he was hoping for. However he is upbeat about it.

#40 - LiM - Life in the UK, Lockdown 2.0

Life in medicine is often seen as a glamorous one. However there are often stories behind these people that are less so.

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