George Anthony Calvert Murrell

Professor George Murrell is an orthopaedic surgeon and Director of the Orthopaedic Research Institute at St George Hospital and Conjoint Professor at the UNSW. He graduated from Adelaide University and was the 1984 South Australian Rhodes Scholar. At Oxford he gained blues in athletics, completed a DPhil (PhD) and was awarded the Royal College of Surgeons Arris and Gale medal. He spent a year in Cambridge teaching and rowing before completing his orthopaedic training at Duke University, USA. During a two year fellowship in sports medicine, shoulder surgery and research at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York he gained a National Institutes of Health First Award, and an American Orthopaedic Association North American Travelling Fellowship. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Shoulder and Elbow and Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. His team has won over 30 awards for their work. For further information see: www.ori.org.au and www.georgemurrellshoulders.com.au Broad Research Areas: The understanding, diagnosis and management of disorders of the shoulder. Shoulder Surgery, Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery, Tendinopathy, shoulder, shoulder surgery, arthroscopy, tendinopathy, shoulder pain, biomechanics, sports medicine, Orthopaedics, Biomechanics, Surgical Methods and Procedures, Skeletal System and Disorders (incl. Arthritis)