Directors
Dr Peter McEwen
I was educated at Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane and the University of Queensland. I completed advanced orthopaedic training in 1999…
Dr Kaushik (Kosh) Hazratwala
Dr Kaushik (Kosh) Hazratwala is a Specialist Lower Limb Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction, Sports Injury Surgery and General Limb Trauma…
Dr Matthew Wilkinson
I’m an experienced Orthopaedic Surgeon Specialised in shoulder and upper limb procedures as well as hip and knee arthroplasty and arthroscopy…
Surgeon Researchers
Dr Levi Morse
Dr Levi Morse is a proud North Queensland local, having completed his secondary schooling in Townsville. He is an Orthopaedic Surgeon managing sports injuries, and upper & lower limb…
Dr Ben Parkinson
Dr Ben Parkinson is an Australian trained orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in Hip and Knee surgery. Dr Parkinson spent his early childhood on a remote cattle station in Northwestern Queensland…
DR William O’Callahan
Dr William O’Callaghan is an Australian trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising in Elective Hip, Knee and Shoulder surgery. Additionally he is proficient in treating limb trauma patients…
Dr Constantin Dlaska
Dr Constantin Dlaska is an Orthopaedic and Trauma fellow from Austria. He studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and started his specialist training in the General hospital of Vienna…
Dr Sergio Barroso Rosa
Dr. Sergio Barroso is an ORIQL associate researcher. He completed his clinical fellowship with ORIQL during the second semester of 2015, and due to his special interest in research, he became a…
Dr Andrew Stillwell
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Dr Stephen Nicol
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Dr Pamela Boekel
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Dr Julia Shkolnikova
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Surgical & Research Fellows
Dr Peter Riddlestone
Dr Peter Riddlestone is a UK trained Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in upper limb surgery. He studied Medicine at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in the south west of England and graduated in 2009…
Dr Abbas Omar Abdullahi
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Affiliated Researcher
Research Coordinator
Andrea Grant
Andrea Grant is a Research Consultant for ORIQL and Fellowship Coordinator. She initially completed a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science at James Cook University, before furthering her…
Research Medical Officers
Dr Ivana Jovanovic
Dr Ivana Jovanovic immigrated with her family to Australia where she completed her Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Queensland in Brisbane….
Dr Ben Brandon
Dr Ben Brandon was born and bred in the Burdekin, North Queensland. He completed his schooling in Ayr before moving to Townsville to study a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at…
Dr Sarah Brereton
Dr Brereton relocated to Townsville from Sydney to study a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at James Cook University. She has had a long love of sports (predominantly endurances races)…
Dr Tristan Simmonds
Dr Tristan Symonds is a proud local, born and raised in Townsville. Whilst completing his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery…
Dr FINLEA CUSACK
Finlea grew up in rural NSW on a sheep and cattle property. She attended boarding school at Stuartholme School in Brisbane…
Dr Scott Le Rossignol
Dr Scott Le Rossignol was originally born in Ballarat, Victoria before moving to Melbourne and then onto Brisbane…
Dr Aleksandar Banic
Dr Aleksandar Banic was born in New Zealand after his family relocated from Serbia. They moved to Australia, where he finished his schooling in Mackay. Aleks then entered a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery…
Matthew Rikard-Bell
Dr Matthew Rikard-Bell is a current Intensive care (ICU) trainee at the Townsville University Hospital with a special interest in orthopaedic trauma and sports medicine…