Dr. MJW (Collie) Begg

Orthopaedic speciality

Dr Begg specialises in hip, knee and shoulder surgery, including

• Hip conditions
• Knee conditions
• Shoulder conditions
• Hip replacement via the direct anterior or mini posterior surgical technique
• Computer navigated and robotic assisted knee replacement surgery
• Knee arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction
• Shoulder rotator cuff surgery

Current appointments

Consulting at

• The Injury Hub Gawler
• Mortlock Clinic, Pt Lincoln
• Naracoorte Hospital
• The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
• Wakefield Orthopaedic Clinic

Operating at

• Calvary Adelaide Hospital
• Gawler Hospital
• Naracoorte Hospital
• Pt Lincoln Hospital
• The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Visiting Orthopaedic Specialist at

• The Injury Hub Gawler
• Mortlock Clinic, Pt Lincoln
• Naracoorte Hospital
• Parkwynd Private Hospital
• The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Post-surgery guidelines

Knee conditions

Other appointments

• Clinical Lecturer, University of Adelaide

Postgraduate speciality training

• Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) 2006
• Fellowship in Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, Harvard University, Boston USA, 2006
• Fellowship in Knee Replacement Surgery, Leuven, Belgium 2006

Research

• Bearings in hip replacement surgery
• Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery
• Outcome measurements
• New knee replacement system evaluation
• Patient matched / customised knee replacements
• Non operative treatments for knee arthritis
• Rapid recovery protocols following joint replacements

Medical association memberships

• Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Australian Sports Medicine Federation
• ISAKOS
• International Society For Technology in Arthroplasty
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Centres of Excellence visitations

These visitations enabled work with internationally renowned Orthopaedic Surgeons involved with the development of new implants and techniques.

• University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria – Minimally invasive anterior approach hip replacement
• Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland – unicompartmental knee replacement
• Hoffmann Clinic, Rosenheim, Germany – unicompartmental knee replacement
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA – hip and knee replacement, sports surgery
• Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland – minimally invasive anterior approach hip replacement