Dr Al Burns is a fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon from Canberra, having done a fellowship in London, Ontario, Canada. He predominantly performs lower limb joint replacement and hip arthroscopy surgery, and his interests include the management of prosthetic joint infection, and techniques for its reduction. Particular career highlights include getting an outside edge from batsman Jonathan Mulford in the northside-southside cricket match in 2004, which was unfortunately dropped at second slip. He also thinks that he is funnier than he actually is.  

Georgie Haysom BSc LLB (Hons) LLM (Bioethics) GAICD GradCertPsychBM

 

Georgie Haysom is the General Manager, Research, Education and Advocacy at medical indemnity provider, Avant.

 

She is a lawyer and has worked in health law for over 30 years, assisting, advising and educating doctors on a wide range of medico-legal issues, including several years representing doctors in medical negligence litigation. For the last 10 years she has also worked in advocacy and public policy.

 

She is a member of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District’s Clinical Ethics Committee and of the Privacy and Security Advisory Committee of the Australian Digital Health Agency.

 

She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacology), Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a Master of Laws specialising in bioethics from McGill University. 

Associate Professor Andrew Shimmin

Orthopedic Surgeon,Melbourne Orthopedic Group

 

Andrew Shimmin is a graduate of the Australian Orthopaedic

Association training program with specialist expertise in knee/hip

joint replacement.He is currently a Director of the Melbourne Orthopedic Group Research Foundation and has an academic appointment at Monash University in Melbourne

 

He is a past President of the Australian Arthroplasty Society, a

member of the Australian Knee Society, the International Hip Society

and had been an  advisor to  the Australian Government on the safety and efficacy of medical devices.