Our Surgeons

Mr Graham Forward Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr. Graham Forward is a qualified orthopaedic surgeon and chairman of the Murdoch
Orthopaedic Clinic. He has been actively practicing elective and trauma orthopaedic
surgery in Western Australia since 1986 as registrar and consultant.

Registration

• Western Australian Medical Board
• Medical Defence Australia
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons RACS

Medical School

• Graduated from the medical school of the University of Western Australia
  in 1984 and subsequently trained as a resident medical officer at Royal
  Perth Hospital and Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery M.B.B.S., 1984

• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1991

• Fellow of Australian Orthopaedic Association

Specialty

• Mr Forward specializes in Hip and Knee surgery in main areas of arthritis and
  sports injuries
• Knee surgery for sports injuries includes arthroscopic surgery to deal with
  meniscal tears, patella discreation, articular cartilage injuries, and Anterior
  Cruciate Ligament ACL reconstructions of which over 2000 have been carried
  out.
• Arthritis surgery- Hip and Knee Replacement including complex revision
  surgery using bone graft and modular prostheses.
• Unicompartmental knee replacement and osteotomes to correct alignment of
  the hip and knee are frequently carried out.

Professional Affiliations

• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons RACS
  (Member of the orthopaedic board of studies, selecting and training orthopaedic
  surgeons for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons)
• Australian Medical Association AMA
• Australian Orthopaedic Association
  Currently chairman of the Western Australian branch
• British Orthopaedic Association
• University of Western Australia

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to

• Fremantle Hospital

Accredited visiting orthopaedic surgeon at

• St. John of God Hospital, Murdoch
• St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco
• Hollywood Private Hospital, Nedlands
• Murdoch Surgicentre (Murdoch Surgicentre is a Day Surgery facility run as a
  joint venture between some of the surgeons at Murdoch Orthopaedic clinic
  and St. John of God Hospital Murdoch. Mr Forward is chairman of the
  managing body.

Particular Interests

The Murdoch Orthopaedic Clinic provides visiting and consulting orthopaedic service
to the East and West Kimberly and Mr Forward is a proud member of that team. He
is the founder of Australian Doctors for Africa ( www.ausdocafrica.org ), a charity
providing volunteer medical services to Ethiopia, Somalia and Madagascar.