PROFESSOR PETER CHOONG
MBBS MD FRACS FAOrthA FAAHMS MAICD.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Specialises in:
Limb sparing surgery | Bone & Soft Tissue Tumour (Sarcoma) surgery.
Major joint reconstruction – Hip and knee replacement surgery.
Current Positions:
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Sir Hugh Devine Chair of Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Chair, Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Head of Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne.
Over 30 years of surgical experience.
PROFESSOR PETER CHOONG
MSK Board Director:
“50th Anniversary Dinner – Arthritis and joint replacement.”
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PROFESSOR PETER CHOONG
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – University of Melbourne – 1984.
Doctor of Medicine (MD) – University of Melbourne – 1994.
Undertook advanced surgical training at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Appointed to orthopaedic oncology fellowships at University Hospital in Lund, Sweden and the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Professor Peter Choong is currently:
The Sir Hugh Devine Chair of Surgery, University of Melbourne and Head of the Department of Surgery.
Professor and Director of Orthopaedics at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne – 1996 to 2019.
Chair of the Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Director of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Total Joint Surgery.
PAST APPOINTMENTS
Professor Peter Choong has held the following appointments in the past:
President of the Australian Orthopaedic Association – 2013 to 2014.
Assistant Dean of the Faculty and Academic Centre Chair (Eastern Hill Campus) – 2010 to 2012.
Board Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – 2008 to 2011.
National Director of Orthopaedic Training, Australian Orthopaedic Association – 2008 to 2011.
Chief Medical Officer of St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne – 2005 to 2008.
Programme Director of Surgery and Surgical Services, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne – 1997 to 2002.
LEADERSHIP
ACADEMIC, RESEARCH & EDUCATION
Professor Choong has taught extensively during his career with a focus on orthopaedic reconstruction and oncology.
He has been supported by recurrent grants totalling in excess $28 million.
Some of Professor Choong’s current and past achievements include:
ACADEMIC
Head, Department of Surgery – 2009 to Present.
St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.
Sir Hugh Devine Professor of Surgery – 2009 to Present.
University of Melbourne.
RESEARCH
Chair, National Academic Orthopaedic Departments – 2016 to Present.
Australian Orthopaedic Association.
Lead Chief Investigator – 2016 to Present.
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Total Joint Replacement Surgery.
Chair, Research and Research Training Committee – 2015 to Present.
University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery.
Chair, Board Research Committee, Australian Orthopaedic Association – 2017 to 2021.
EDUCATION
Professor of Surgery – 2009 to Present.
University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital.
National Director of Orthopaedic Training – 2008 to 2011.
Australian Orthopaedic Association, Federal Training Committee.
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
Professor Peter Choong, is a distinguished surgical leader who has dedicated his career to improving treatments for musculoskeletal diseases.
He has over 30 years’ experience in research, teaching and medical leadership including:
Current Positions:
Sir Hugh Devine Professor of Surgery, Head of the Department of Surgery and Head of the Musculoskeletal Research Program at St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Chair of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.
Emeritus Director on the Board of Musculoskeletal Australia.
Professor Choong is The Lead Investigator in the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Centre for Research Excellence in Total Joint Surgery.
Professor Choong’s research which has been supported by recurrent grant funding (from NHMRC, ARC, RACS, Australian Orthopaedic Association, Cancer Australia) focuses on improving outcomes of arthritis surgery, studying the treatment of bone tumours and advanced limb reconstruction.
He has contributed over 450 peer-reviewed articles.
Professor Choong has taught extensively during his career on orthopaedic reconstruction and oncology. He leads an ambitious programme of musculoskeletal research that includes basic science, bioengineering, clinic-epidemiology, orthopaedics and orthopaedic oncology.
He is currently the Director of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Total Joint Surgery and is also an NHMRC Practitioner Fellow. He has been supported by recurrent grants totalling in excess of $28 million.
Professor Choong has been on the Board of Directors of the:
Australian Orthopaedic Association
Genazzano FCJ Ladies College
Musculoskeletal Australia.
In 2013-16, he was appointed Chair of the Musculoskeletal Clinician Leadership Group of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.
Professor Choong is a:
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons,
Member of Australian Orthopaedic Association
Member of Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
Clinical Professor (University of Wollongong)
Adjunct Professor (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University).
Research Excellence Award National Health & Medical Research Council – 2019.
Finalist, Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Research National Museum of New South Wales – 2017 & 2018.
Nominated for Stem Cell Person of the Year 2017, The Niche – 2017.
Mark Coventry Visiting Professor Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA – 2015.
The most prestigious orthopaedic award presented by Mayo Clinic in recognition of the recipient’s contribution to global orthopaedics.
Australian Orthopaedic Association, Research Excellence Award – 2015.
Professor Choong performed the first 3D-printed heel transplant using a titanium heel replica – 2014.
John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – 2008.
