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Lecture

Surgical effectiveness: perception vs reality

This talk will cover the evidence for surgical effectiveness: what evidence we traditionally rely upon and what evidence we should rely upon. The topic will focus on surgery for musculoskeletal conditions.

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Presenters

Ian Harris


Professor Ian Harris is a clinician and researcher based in Sydney. He is an orthopaedic surgeon with a clinical interest in trauma care where his practice is based at Liverpool Hospital in southwest Sydney. He is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the South Western Sydney Clinical School of UNSW Sydney and Honorary Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. His research training includes a Master of Clinical Epidemiology, a PhD in surgical outcomes and a Master of Health Data Science. Professor Harris has over 300 publications and has received over $32 million in grant funding since 2012. He is a critic of many aspects of modern medical practice and is a campaigner for more science in medicine and in society. He published the book Surgery, the Ultimate Placebo in 2016 and a second book, Hippocrasy: How Doctors Are Betraying Their Oath, in 2021.

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Thursday
19 May
07:30PM - 09:00PM AEST
Suite 204 32 Delhi Road
North Ryde NSW 2113 View map
Price: Non-Member: $50.00
APA Member: $30.00
Sports and Exercise Group Member: $0.00
Student: $0.00
Registration closing date: 31 May 2022 Event status: Closed CPD hours: 1.50
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Price: Non-Member: $50.00
APA Member: $30.00
Sports and Exercise Group Member: $0.00
Student: $0.00
Registration closing date: 31 May 2022 Event status: Closed CPD hours: 1.50 Your registration status:
Presenters

Ian Harris


Professor Ian Harris is a clinician and researcher based in Sydney. He is an orthopaedic surgeon with a clinical interest in trauma care where his practice is based at Liverpool Hospital in southwest Sydney. He is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the South Western Sydney Clinical School of UNSW Sydney and Honorary Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. His research training includes a Master of Clinical Epidemiology, a PhD in surgical outcomes and a Master of Health Data Science. Professor Harris has over 300 publications and has received over $32 million in grant funding since 2012. He is a critic of many aspects of modern medical practice and is a campaigner for more science in medicine and in society. He published the book Surgery, the Ultimate Placebo in 2016 and a second book, Hippocrasy: How Doctors Are Betraying Their Oath, in 2021.


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