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Introduction to Musculoskeletal Tumour Surgery

University of Western AustraliaUniversity of Oxford
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What's in this course?

Learn about the management of patients with bone and soft tissue tumours.

Surgery

Orthopaedics, Surgical Oncology

Target Audience

This course has been specifically designed to train specialist orthopaedic surgeons.

Varied activities

Video lectures, case studies, expert discussions and assessments. 

Duration

5 hours

Level

Advanced

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Course Authors

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Professor David Wood
Winthrop Professor David Wood was appointed at the University of Western Australia in 1990 following fellowships at Harvard and the University of Florida. He started a molecular biology research laboratory in 1991 with an interest osteoclast and osteoblast biology. He was the inaugural director of the Perth Bone and Tissue Bank and continued in this role for 20 years, developing limb salvage surgery using large allograft transplants, contributing to national protocols.
He served as Head of Orthopaedics at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Hollywood Private Hospital, chairman of the board of studies for Western Australia, Examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons chairman of the Perth Bone Tumour Registry, inaugural chairman of the Western Australia State Sarcoma Service, chairman of the Clinical/Dental National Health and Medical Research grants committee, and inaugural board member of the charity “Sock it to Sarcoma” (SITS). SITS has donated over $ 1.5m to sarcoma research over the last 10 years and supported sarcoma education in Africa. In 2001 he introduced Matrix- Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI) to Australia and has published on this subject in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine.
He led annual AUSAID funded surgical visits to Papua New Guinea for more than a decade and led a province wide Gardasil vaccination program in West New Britain. More recently he has contributed to surgical education in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe
He closed his surgical practice in 2018 to take up a sabbatical Cambridge University’s Sanger Genome Campus and to pursue teaching and research interests. He has co-authored more than 200 publications including a recent paper in Science, has an h score of 40 and more than 5000 citations.
Professor Max Gibbons
Professor Max Gibbons is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Specialist in Orthopaedic Oncology and hip and knee surgery. He was appointed to his current post at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in 1996. He is Director of the Sarcoma Unit at the NOC which is one of five units in the UK that has National Specialist Commissioning status for the treatment of bone sarcoma.
Professor Gibbons trained at the University of Oxford and the London Hospital Medical College. Following qualification he undertook a Fellowship in knee surgery in Lyon, France and Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowships in Walter Reid Hospital in Washington and Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. His clinical and research interests are in knee reconstruction surgery and orthopaedic oncology.
He has a particular interest in the surgical treatment of tumours of soft tissue and bone. He has wide experience in knee arthritis surgery including expertise in partial and total knee replacement, soft tissue reconstruction for sports related injury of the knee and treatment of rare conditions of the hip and knee including osteonecrosis, PVNS, synovial chondromatosis and metabolic bone disease.
He is Hunterian Professor of Surgery 2016 at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, awarded for research on the surgical treatment of sarcoma. He is also involved in surgical training in Africa through the COSECSA Oxford Orthopaedic Link programme and teaches on FRCS programmes in the UK.
Ather Siddiqi
Mr. M. Ather Siddiqi works as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the prestigious Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals. His areas of expertise are Pelvic Sarcoma and Complex Arthroplasty of the lower extremity. Prior to moving to moving to Oxford, he used to work at the Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College where he set up the sarcoma and limb reconstruction unit routinely dealing with complex limb reconstructive procedures and research.
Mr. Siddiqi did his sarcoma fellowship at the Seoul National University and Oxford University Hospitals. He is fellowship trained in lower limb arthroplasty at the Singapore General Hospital and has also done a trauma fellowship under AO foundation as well as a limb reconstruction fellowship at the Russian Ilizarov Centre in Kurgan.
His current research work is focused on osseointegration of endoprosthesis and technological advancements in guided pelvic sarcoma surgery with augmented reality and 3D printing. He is a certified tissue banker and has a passion for global surgical education. He has with the Oxford Sarcoma network taught on multiple courses in Africa as part of its international sarcoma education initiative.
Duncan Whitwell
Mr Duncan Whitwell is an NHS Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Oxford University NHS Trust specialising in the treatment of hip/knee and oncology disorders. He was trained in Nottingham, Bristol, Oxford and Brisbane, Australia before he was appointed to a Consultant post at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford in 2005 and works closely with colleagues in the lower limb arthroplasty, sarcoma and bone infection services.
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is a specialist orthopaedic hospital with a large tertiary referral practice covering the South of England with numerous international referrals. He further subspecialises in complex pelvic and acetabular reconstructive surgery for both oncology and revision arthroplasty indications. He has been Chair of the Oxford Sarcoma Network for over 10 years and he undertook the prestigious ABC Travelling Fellowship to Canada and the US in 2012.
Academically as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Oxford University he organises annual arthroplasty and oncology courses and clinical support in numerous low and middle income countries predominately in Africa and South America and is on the educational board for ISOLS.
Debra York
Debra York is an experienced clinical psychologist, trainer and group facilitator. In addition to her master’s degree in clinical psychology, Debra has a graduate diploma in family and couples’ therapy. She is also an accredited communications skills trainer. Debra has experience working in both the public and private sector. Debra currently divides her work between her private practice and her educational role in communication skills training.
Debra has a particular interest in the effects of chronic disease on the mental health of both patients and carers. She believes health professionals can have a salient impact on mental health outcomes for cancer patients. Debra has provided communication skills training for doctors, nurses, radiation therapist, palliative care physicians and allied health professionals as part of an initiative for Cancer Council Western Australia. For many years she has provided communication skills training for radiation therapists in various hospitals across Australia. Debra has a long-standing associate position with Curtin University Western Australia and has been published in research that focuses on communication between health professionals and cancer patients.
dr Adam Dangoor 
Dr Dangoor is a medical oncologist in Bristol, UK, with expertise in the treatment of sarcomas and lung cancers. He has been a lead author on the last 2 editions of the "UK Guidelines for the Management of soft tissue sarcoma," and is currently president of the British Sarcoma Group.
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This course is provided by

University of Western Australia

"Since our beginnings in 1911, The University of Western Australia (UWA) has blazed the trail in producing remarkable and life-changing contributions across learning, teaching, and research, as well as contributing to the intellectual, cultural, and economic development of Western Australia, the nation, and our world.
We continue to make our mark on the world and our students are vital in this journey. They take their learning beyond the classroom, at the forefront of knowledge creation, from passionate lecturers with real industry experience and connections. We support them in their learning journeys and help set them up for a career they will love.
The global impact of our research and education places us as a world top 100 university (QS 2024). This means our students join a community of passionate, intelligent, and resourceful leaders who are driving innovation and change. They connect with and work alongside leaders in education, research, and industry, and follow in the footsteps of our thousands of graduate success stories."

University of Oxford

Oxford is an independent and self-governing institution consisting of the University, its divisions, departments and faculties, and 36 Colleges. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. There are more than 26,000 students at Oxford, including 12,470 undergraduates and 13,920 postgraduates. International students make up 46% of the total student body - around 12,075 students. Students come to Oxford from more than 160 countries and territories.

Oxford University is divided into four academic divisions. Within these divisions are numerous departments, faculties and schools. The Medical Sciences Division is the largest of the four academic divisions within the University and is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching. In the Times Higher Education subject rankings for 2022, Oxford was, for the 11th year running, ranked first in the world for Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health subjects.

CURE International UK

CURE International UK (Charity No. 1094705) is a UK registered charity and part of the global CURE network, which operates eight charitable paediatric hospitals across Africa and the Philippines. These hospitals provide life-changing surgery and compassionate care to children living with treatable disabilities, entirely free of charge.

Beyond direct care, CURE hospitals serve as training institutions, offering surgical and medical training to local healthcare professionals to sustainably enhance the quality and availability of paediatric surgical services. CURE UK plays a vital role in fundraising, project support, and capacity building for CURE Hospitals and actively contributes to surgical training initiatives that strengthen local healthcare systems.

The International Society of Limb Salvage

The International society of Limb salvage (ISOLS.com) is committed to advancing education and training in lower socio-economic countries, where access to specialized sarcoma care is often limited. By empowering local clinicians with the knowledge and tools to diagnose and treat bone cancers effectively, the Society not only improves survival and quality of life for patients in underserved regions but also fosters global equity in cancer care. The broader, often untold, benefit lies in the ripple effect: each life saved contributes to stronger communities, diverse research insights, and a more compassionate, interconnected world.

With the support of

Australian Doctors for Africa

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