Dr. Michael GILLESPIE - Revision Hip Knee Arthroplasty surgeon Canberra Hip Knee Replacement

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Dr. Michael GILLESPIE
F.R.A.C.S., F.A.Orth.A.

Michael Gillespie attended St John's College at Sydney University from 1973-1978, and graduated
MB BS (Syd) in 1979.

After completing basic surgical training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and associated peripheral hospitals between 1979 and 1983, he was accepted by the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) for advanced training between 1984 and 1988. He obtained his FRACS in orthopaedic surgery in 1989, and became a Fellow of the AOA in 1992.

Dr. Michael GILLESPIE orthopaedic surgeon

Since February 1989 he has been in consultant orthopaedic practice in Canberra ACT. He has wide
experience in both acute bone/musculoskeletal trauma, and elective lower limb arthroplasty and
reconstructive techniques. He holds VMO appointments at Calvary Healthcare ACT (private and public
divisions), the John James Memorial Hospital, The National Capital Private Hospital, The Canberra
Hospital (TCH), the Canberra Area Medical Unit – Duntroon, and the Queanbeyan District Hospital. He
has been a clinical lecturer for the Canberra Clinical School Campus of the Faculty of Medicine,
University of Sydney since its inception.

He has at various times over the past fourteen years been chairman of the Medical Staff Council and the
division of Surgery at Calvary Healthcare, and has also served on the Council of the ACT branch of the AMA.
He is currently the Head of Department of orthopaedic surgery Calvary.

His principal clinical interests are in primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty and has formed
Canberra Hip and Knee Replacement in conjunction with Dr Peter Morris to further consolidate
their combined experience in this rapidly expanding area of orthopaedics, with the aim of offering patients
the full range of modern innovative surgical solutions to the challenges posed by arthritis of hip and knee.
He will continue to perform both arthroscopic surgery and ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery in the knee,
and similarly ankle arthroscopy/reconstruction where indicated