Sam Adie

Sam Adie is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UNSW. Sam has had a long association with the university, completing his undergraduate Medical degree, a Masters of Sports Medicine, a Masters of Public Health, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)- all at UNSW. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association, then completed three clinical/research fellowships at the University of Toronto (Canada), the University of Oxford (UK), and Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. He practices at St. George (public and private) and Sutherland hospitals. Sam's research interests focus in the clinical effectiveness of orthopaedic/musculoskeletal interventions: systematic reviews, clinical trials, and clinical registries. He also has a particular interest in the scientific quality and reporting of research publications. Sam has been awarded ~$12million in research funding, and is an investigator on a series of clinical trials in orthopaedics, including the first large randomised registry nested trials with the Australian National Joint Replacement Registry. Sam supervises both undergraduate (Independent Learning Project) students, as well as higher degree students. He is also current Chair of CLEAR (Critical Literature Evaluation and Research), a mandatory clinical epidemiology course offered to trainees of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Web: www.drsamadie.com.au www.orthotrauma.com.au www.stgeorgesportsmed.com.au Orthopaedic Surgery Evidence Based Medicine orthopaedic surgery evidence based medicine total knee replacement