Associate Professor Andrew Bucknill
Bsc, MBBS, Msc (dist), FRCS (Tr & Orth), FRACS

Head of Orthopaedic Pelvic and Acetabular Surgery
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Head of the Orthopaedic Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital,  I have an interest in hip and knee surgery as well as pelvic trauma. Working exclusively at the Royal Melbourne site, I have driven forwards the orthopaedic improvement plan to re-organise and develop the unit to improve quality of care and training.

I was chair of the Steering committee for state-wide implementation of the Victorian Orthopaedic Waiting List Project (OA Hip and Knee Service).

Subspecialty Affiliations

• Australian Orthopaedic Trauma Association
• AO Foundation Alumni
• British Hip Society
• British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)

Professional Qualifications

• FRACS (Orth)
• FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics)
• MSc (with distinction), Imperial College, London
• MRCS, The Royal College of Surgeons of England
• MB BS, Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School
• BSc, Upper second class honours, Physics with Medical Physics, UCL

Awards & Prizes

Distinction for Masters Research degree
Rushton Award (UCL) – for research

Selected Publications

1. Gabbe BJ, Esser M, Bucknill A, Russ MK, Hofstee D-J, Cameron PA, Handley C, de Steiger RN. The imaging and classification of severe pelvic ring fractures: Experiences from two level 1 trauma centres. Bone Joint J 2013 vol. 95-B (10) pp. 1396-1401
   
   
2. Andrewes H, Drummond K, Rosenthal M, Bucknill A, Andrewes D. Awareness of psychological and relationship problems amongst brain tumour patients and its association with carer distress. Accepted Psycho-Oncology 2013
   
   
3. Chandrananth J, Matthews S, Bucknill A. Accuracy of Digital Templating in Restoring Femoral Offset – Comparison of CT and Plain Radiography.J.Orthopaedics 2013;10(1)e12
   
   
4. Andrew NE, Wolfe R, Cameron P, Richardson M, Page R, Bucknill A, et al. Return to pre-injury health status and function 12 months after hospitalisation for sport and active recreation related orthopaedic injury. Inj Prev. 2012 Jul 10. 
   
   
5. Andrew N, Wolfe R, Cameron P, Richardson M, Page R, Bucknill A, et al. The impact of sport and active recreation injuries on physical activity levels at 12 months post-injury. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2012 Sep 3. 
   
   
6. Alviar MJ, Olver J, Pallant JF, Brand C, de Steiger R, Pirpiris M, et al. Can the ICF Osteoarthritis core set represent a future clinical tool in measuring functioning in persons with osteoarthritis undergoing hip and knee joint replacement? J Rehabil Med. 2012 Sep 5. 
   
   
7. Bohensky MA, Sundararajan V, Andrianopoulos N, de Steiger RN, Bucknill A, Kondogiannis CM, et al. Trends in elective knee arthroscopies in a population-based cohort, 2000-2009. Med. J. Aust. 2012 Oct 1;197(7):399–403. 
   
   
8. Patel NK, Bucknill A, Ahearne D, Denning J, Desai K, Watson M. Early magnetic resonance imaging in acute knee injury: a cost analysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012 Jun;20(6):1152–8. 
   
   
9. Gabbe BJ, de Steiger R, Esser M, Bucknill A, Russ MK, Cameron PA. Predictors of mortality following severe pelvic ring fracture: results of a population-based study. Injury. 2011 Oct;42(10):985–91.
   
   
10. Bucknill AT, Coward K, Plumpton C, Tate S, Bountra C, Birch R, Hughes SPF, Anand P. Nerve fibres in lumbar spine structures and injured spinal roots express the sensory neurone-specific sodium channels SNS/PN3 and NaN/SNS2. Spine 27 (2), 135-140. 2002
    
    
11. Bucknill AT, Gibson A . Injury Prevention in Paragliding, The Role Of Protective Equipment. Médecine du Sport. Sept. 1996 70 163-6