A/Prof Nick Vertzyas
A/Prof Nick Vertzyas
A/Prof Nick Vertzyas is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in Joint Replacement of the Knee and Hip.
On this page you will find and outline of A/Prof Nick Vertzyas’
- Qualifications
- Memberships
- Current Appointments
- Professional Experience
- Committees
- Teaching
- Publications
- Presentations at International and National Conferences
- Continuing Education
Qualifications
- Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in Orthopaedic Surgery FRACS 2003
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery MBBS – 1992 University of New South Wales
- Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association – 2006
Memberships:
- Fellow Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Orthopaedics
- Fellow 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
- Member of the Australian Arthroplasty Society
- NSW Medical Board # MPO 276899
Appointments & Hospitals
- Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics – St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon- St Vincent’s Private Hospital and St Vincent’s Clinic, Sydney
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – Prince Of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon- Bankstown Hospital, Sydney
- Clinical Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery- University of Notre Dame, Sydney Australia
- Conjoint Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery- Department of Surgery, St Vincent’s Hospital Clinical School – University of NSW
- Australian Orthopaedic Association Advanced Trainee Selection Panel 2007
- Delta Orthopaedic Faculty
- Medical Student Examiner – St Vincent’s Clinical School
- SET trainee selection Panel- Australian Orthopaedic Association
Professional Experience:
- Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics, St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney- 2013 – present
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, St Vincent’s Private Hospital and St Vincent’s Clinic, Sydney- 2006-present
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Prince Of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney – 2005-present
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bankstown Hospital, Sydney – 2008-present
- Relieving Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bankstown Hospital, Sydney – 2006-2007
- Locum Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bankstown Hospital, Sydney – 2005
- Fellow in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA – July-Dec 2004
- Fellow in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney – Jan-June 2004
- Advanced trainee on the AOA training scheme in orthopaedic surgery, Sydney Southside Scheme – 2000-2003
- Unaccredited Orthopaedic training, Campbelltown , Bankstown ,Westmead , The Hills Private Hospitals Sydney – 1996-1999
- Internship and Residency, Sutherland, Prince of Wales, Lismore Hospitals
Committees
St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney Australia
- 2004 – present Orthopaedic Morbidity and Mortality Committee
- 2014 – present Accountable items working party
- 2014 – present Medical Advisory Committee
- 2013 – present Surgical Advisory Committee
Australian Orthopaedic Association
- 2006, 2013 Registrar SET selection panel member
- Advanced Trainee Fellowship trial examiner
Prince of Wales Hospital/ Bankstown Hospital, Sydney Australia
- 2008-present registrar selection committee
- 2006-present Orthopaedic Morbitity and Mortality committee
Teaching
| Topic | Authorship | Location | Date |
| Visitation: Regarding anterior approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty | N Vertzyas, J , Matta, Dr Joel | St John’s Hospital, Santa Monica, California, USA | 13 Nov 12 |
| Visitation by Dr Gerard Killian from the Rockhamptom Hospital to the Bankstown Hospital for a demonstration of the Attune knee system. | 6 Feb 14 | ||
| Attune Early Users meeting
The Langham Hotel |
Melbourne, Vic | 9 Aug 13 | |
| Visitation by Dr John Limbers from the Gosford Hospital to the St Vincent’s Private Hospital for a demonstration of the Corail/Pinnacle Hip system | 15 Nov 13 | ||
| Visitation by Dr Andries De Villiers from Maroondah Hospital in Melbourne to the Bankstown Hospital for a demonstration of the Attune knee system | 25 Jul 13 | ||
| Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Symposium
Instructional course and demonstration of the PFC TC3 revision system. |
Macquarie University Cadaver Lab | 14 Jun 14 | |
| Visitation with A/Prof Patrick Weinrauch
Off Table Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty |
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital | 20 Aug 14 |
Publications
| Topic | Authorship | Published In | Date |
| 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 8(1):89-92 |
2000 |
| Periprosthetic pseudo-osteolysis and total knee arthroplasty. A presentation of three cases. | N Vertzyas, R Sew Hoy, R D Scott | Journal of Knee Surgery Vol 20 No 1 | Jan 2007 |
| Essential knowledge of Polyethylene | Basic science chapter in the Delta Manual | 2006 |
Presentations
| Invited Lectures | Location | Date |
| A Prospective study of Proximal Femoral Fractures at Westmead Hospital – N Vertzyas, Professor Nade, S Jansen M Smith | AOA State Meeting – Bowral | Apr 1998 |
| A Prospective study of Proximal Femoral Fractures at Westmead Hospital – N Vertzyas, Professor Nade, S Jansen M Smith | AOA National Meeting, October, Cairns | 1998 |
| Loosening of Acetabular Prosthesis following HA Resorption | Arthroplasty Society Meeting, Noosa | 1999 |
| Complications of Arthroplasty Surgery | Orthopaedic Conference Wollongong Hospital | 03/04/2000 |
| Bone Substitutes | Bones on the Beach – Orthopaedic Conference
The Novotel Hotel Wollongong |
10/02/2001 |
| Carpal Instability | St Vincent’s Hospital Conference | 27/02/2002 |
| Distal Radial Fractures | Hand Surgery Meeting
St George Hospital |
07/08/2001 |
| Wrist Lumps and Bumps | Hand Surgery Meeting
Westmead Hospital |
10/03/1998 |
| Revision Hip Arthroplasty | Hip and Knee Meeting
St George Hospital |
06/08/2001 |
| Proximal Humeral Fractures | AOA Registrar’s Evening Lectures
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
30/01/2001 |
| Hyperparathyroid Bone Disease | Orthopaedic Conference
Wollongong Hospital |
06/03/2000 |
| Inflammatory Arthropathies: Wrist and Thumb Deformities | Frontiers Meeting
St George Hospital |
19/09/2001 |
| OCD and AVN | AOA Registrar’s Evening Lecture Presentation
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
21/03/2000 |
| Patellofemoral instability in Knee Arthroplasty | The Hip and Knee Meeting
St George Hospital |
05/11/2001 |
| Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis | Grand Rounds
St George Hospital |
15/11/2001 |
| Posterolateral Complex Injuries of the Knee | Orthopaedic Conference
Wollongong Hospital |
14/02/2000 |
| THA Complications | AOA Registrar’s Evening Lecture Presentation
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
11/12/2001 |
| Thoracolumbar Disc Pathology
Operative Options and Complications |
AOA Registrar’s Evening Lecture Presentation
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
05/03/2002 |
| Tibialis Posterior Dysfunction
Operative Treatment of Grade 3 & 4 Lesions |
Foot and Ankle Meeting
St George Hospital |
06/09/2001 |
| Septic Sacroilitis | Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Conference
Melbourne, Vic |
22/11/2002 |
| Complications of Total Joint Arthroplasty | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney |
02/05/2006 |
| Surgical Approach: The ideal approach to the hip
Delta Instructional Course |
Nepean Private Hospital
Sydney, |
29/05/2007 |
| Bearing It with Highly Cross Linked Polyethylene
Delta Instructional Course |
Nepean Private Hospital
Sydney |
29/05/2007 |
| Cement-Still an option in 2007
Delta Instructional Course |
Nepean Private Hospital
Sydney, |
29/05/2007 |
| Modularity is a Must
Delta Instructional Course |
Sydney Adventist Private Hospital, Sydney | 30/05/2007 |
| Bone Substitutes in Revision THA
Delta Instructional Course |
St Vincent’s Private Hospital
Sydney |
1/06/2007 |
| Total Hip Arhroplasty in Patients less than 50 yrs Old
Bankstown Hospital Grand Rounds |
Bankstown Hospital
Sydney |
13/05/2008 |
| Severe Flexion Contracture and Total Knee Arthroplasty
Delta Instructional Course |
Nepean Private Hospital
Sydney |
18/05/2009 |
| Does Modern resurfacing Hip Arthroplasty lead to superior clinical outcomes than conventional Total Hip Arthroplasty | Australian Arthroplasty Society Meeting
Noosa, QLD |
28/05/2009 |
| Does Modern resurfacing Hip Arthroplasty lead to superior clinical outcomes than conventional Total Hip Arthroplasty | 11th Asia-Pacific Arthroplasty Society Annual Scietific Meeting
Xi’an, China |
04/09/2009 |
| Cold Realities – Outcome of Revision THA, Delta Instructional Course, Complex Primary and Revision Arthroplasty | Hyderabad, India | 07/11/2009 |
| Pharmacokinetics of Bone Cement
Delta Instructional Course, Complex Primary and Revision Arthroplasty |
Hyderabad, India | 07/11/2009 |
| Cold realities – Outcome revision TKA Delta Instructional Course, Complex Primary and Revision Arthroplasty |
Hyderabad, India | 08/11/2009 |
| Critical technique for patellar resurfacing
Delta Instructional Course, Complex Primary and Revision Arthroplasty |
Hyderabad, India | 08/11/2009 |
| Noisy Patella Syndrome
Delta Instructional Course, Complex Primary and Revision Arthroplasty |
Hyderabad, India | 08/11/2009 |
| Wear and Osteolysis
Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Meeting |
Depuy Nurse Expo Sydney | 16/10/2010 |
| The Surgeon’s Perspective | Perioperative Nurse Assistants Association Meeting, Sydney | 28/10/2010 |
| Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty
Current State of Play |
Eastern Suburbs Division of General Practice Rapid Update meeting
St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney |
08/11/2011 |
| Improving Total Knee Arthroplasty Design | AOA ASM
Darling Harbour, Sydney |
10/10/2012 |
| Matephyseal Sleeves in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty | AOA ASM
Darling Harbour, Sydney |
10/10/2012 |
| Metal on Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty update | Australian Rheumatology Association
NSW State Meeting Magenta Shores |
24/11/2012 |
| Hip and Knee Revision Surgery | Australian Rheumatology Association
NSW State Meeting Magenta Shores |
25/11/2012 |
| Femoral reconstruction in revision Total Knee Arthroplasty | Depuy/Synthes Revision Symposium
Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney |
15/6/2014 |
| Fundamentals in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty | Medical student lecture
University of Notre Dame Victoria St, Darlinghurst Sydney |
28/7/2014 |
| Hip and Knee Arthroplasty update | Bankstown General Practice Division
Memories Function Center, 178 Eldridge Road Bankstown, Sydney |
30/7/2014 |
| Management of Orthopaedic emergencies | Medical student lecture
University of Notre Dame Victoria Street, Darlinghurst Sydney |
27/8/2014 |
Continuing Education
| Meetings & Conferences | Location | Date |
| RACS EMST Course | Lismore NSW | Jul 94 |
| AO Basic course | Mar 97 | |
| Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Biomechanics course | Prince of Wales Hospital Sydney | Dec 97 |
| AO Advanced course | Aug 98 | |
| Australian Orthopaedic Association | 58th Annual Scientific Meeting Cairns, QLD |
11-16 Oct 98 |
| Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education |
Canberra, ACT | Aug 99 |
| International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
Annual International Conference |
Darling Harbour
Sydney |
Sep 99 |
| The 13th Hills Private Hospital Orthopaedic Conference
“Bones at the Zoo” organiser of the conference |
Sydney | 21 Aug 99 |
| Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Association
Registrars Conference |
Hunter Valley
NSW |
16-18 Jun 00 |
| Australian Orthopaedic Association
Continuing Orthopaedic Education Joint Replacement-Now and to the New Millenium |
Gold Coast, QLD | 12-14 Jul00 |
| Australian Orthopaedic Association
Continuing Orthopaedic Education Trauma |
Sydney | 8-10 Aug 01 |
| AO Foot and Ankle Course | Sep 20 | |
| Sydney Orthopaedic Registrars Annual Conference | Bowral, NSW | 26-28 July 02 |
| Australian Orthopaedic Registrars’ Association
Annual Scientific Meeting & Conference |
Melbourne, VIC | 21-23 Nov 02 |
| Smith and Nephew Annual Winter Meeting | Surfers Paradise, Qld | Jul 03 |
| Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Younger Fellows’ Preparation for Practice Course |
Sydney, NSW | Nov 03 |
| Harvard Medical School 34th Annual Course
Advances in Arthroplasty, The Battle of the Bearing Surfaces and Surgical Techniques |
Cambridge, MA | 29 Sep – 2 Oct 04 |
| University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
16th Annual Total Knee and Hip Course |
New York, NY | 1-3 Dec 04 |
| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Knee Arthroplasty: Insight and Evaluation of New Techniques |
Rosemount, IL | 12-14 Nov 04 |
| Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Safe Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting |
Darling Harbour, Sydney | 14-19 May 06 |
| Delta Instructional Course | Sydney | 29 May-1st Ju 06 |
| 10th Delta Instructional Course | Sydney | May 28-1 Jun 07 |
| Corail Learning Centre | Lyon, France | 21-23 May 08 |
| 12th Delta Instructional Course | Sydney | 18-21 May 09 |
| Arthroplasty Society of Australia
Annual Scientific Meeting |
Noosa | 27-30 May 09 |
| 11th Asia-Pacific Arthroplasty Society
Annual Scietific Meeting |
Xi’an, China | 3-6 Sep 09 |
| Delta Instructional Course
Revision and Complex Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty |
Hyderabad, India | 7-8 Nov 09 |
| Arthroplasty Society of Australia
Annual Scientific Meeting |
Surfers Paradise, QLD | 2-4 June 11 |
| Australian Orthopaedic Association NSW Annual Scientific Meeting |
Sydney, | 19 Aug 11 |
| A Biomechanical Perspective of Human Knee Motion
Dr Richard Komistek |
Hilton Hotel, Sydney | 2 Oct 12 |
| Australian Orthopaedic Association
Annual Scientific Meeting |
Darling Harbour Sydney | 8 -10 Oct 12 |
| Balance Matters, Aligning expectations to patient performance
Dr Doug Dennis |
The Sofitel Hotel, Sydney | 6 Nov12 |
| Depuy Attune Early Users Training
Miami Anatomical Research Centre |
Miami, Florida, USA | 16-17 Nov 12 |
| Australian Rheumatology Association
NSW Branch State Meeting |
Quay West Magenta Shores | 23-25 Nov 12 |
| Aligning Expectations to patient performance Dr David Dalury Professional Education |
Quay West Magenta Shores | 23-25 Nov 12 |
| Aligning Expectations to patient performance
Dr David Dalury Professional Education |
Sheraton on the Park, Sydney | 13 Jun 13 |
| Early impressions of the Attune Knee System
Dr David Dalury Chairman of meeting |
Doltone House
Sydney NSW |
13 May14 |
