Curriculum Vitae

1. Education
2. Fellowships
3. Post Graduate Qualifications & Certifications
4. Academic & Teaching Appointments
5. Societies
6. Continuing Education
7. Research & Publications
8. Presentations

Education

Fellowships

1. Hip and Knee arthroplasty fellowship, Jan-June 2004
   A/Prof Michael J Neil
   St Vincent's Private Hospital
   Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2. Awarded the Australian Orthopaedic Association's Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship at the Harvard Institute, July- Dec 2004
   Professors Tom Thornhill and Richard D Scott
   Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital
   Boston, MA, USA

Post Graduate Qualifications & Certifications

• RACS EMST course July 1994
• AO Basic course March 1997
• Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Biomechanics course December 1997
• AO Advanced course August 1998
• FRACS Part 1 MCQ June 1996
• FRACS Part 1 OSCA July 1997
• Selected to the 2000 Sydney Orthopaedic Training Scheme
• AO Foot and Ankle Course September 2002
• FRACS(orth) PART II April/May 2003
• NSW Medical Board # MPO 276899

Academic & Teaching Appointments

Academic

Hospital Teaching

Societies

• Fellow Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Orthopaedics
• Member Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Member Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Fellow Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association
• International member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Member Australian Orthopaedic Surgeons Research Foundation
• Member World Orthopaedic Concern
• Member Orthopaedic Outreach

Continuing Education

Research & Publications

1. Chondrosarcoma of the Thoracic Spine in an Eight-Year-Old Child with 12 year Follow Up: Case Report
   N Vertzyas, J Cummine, S Biankin, Professor M Bilows. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2000, 8(1):89-92
2. A Prospective study of Proximal Femoral Fractures at Westmead Hospital
   N Vertzyas, Professor Nade, S Jansen M Smith. Completed and submitted to Professor Nade to be submited as a group with two other papers.
3. Loosening of the PSL Acetabular Prosthesis following HA Resorption
   N Vertzyas, J Sullivan presented to the Arthroplasty society meeting 1999.
4. Protection of the femoral trunion during Revision Toatal Hip Arthroplasty a new technique
   Michael J Neil, Nick D Vertzyas
5. Septic Sacroillitis. A presentation of five cases.
   N Vertzyas, A Cadden, S Deshpande
6. Periprosthetic pseudo-osteolysis and total knee arthroplasty. A presentation of three cases.
   N Vertzyas, R Sew Hoy, R D Scott. Journal of Knee Surgery, Jan 2007, Vol 20, No 1.
7. The S-ROM modular cementless stem in total hip replacement for hip dysplasia. Minimum 4 year followup study.
   Merican AM, Vertzyas ND, Neil MJ.
8. Acetabular reconstruction in hip dysplasia: the use of "ultra-small" cups without structural bone graft.
   Neil MJ, Vertzyas ND, Merican AM.
9. Intraoperative femoral shortening using the S-ROM stem during total hip replacement.
   Neil MJ, Vertzyas ND, Merican AM.
10. Comparison of g-buturic acid soaked suture in an ovine anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model.
    Walsh WR, Merican AM, Vertzyas N, Neil M, Bruce W.
11. Treatment of ovine femoral condyle osteochondral lesions with the Arthrocap resurfacing prosthesis.
    Walsh WR, Rubin A, Shah V, Vertzyas N, Neil M
12. Essential knowledge of Polyethylene
    Basic science chapter in the Delta Manual 2006

Presentations