Dr David Robert Shooter is an Australian orthopaedic surgeon with broad experience across Queensland health services and international fellowship training. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1999 and completed specialist orthopaedic training in 2009 across major Brisbane hospitals.
He has also undertaken an Orthopaedic Oncology fellowship in London at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Dr Shooter works in private practice and has held senior leadership and academic roles, including Director of Orthopaedic Surgery and Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Queensland (1999)
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS – Orthopaedics)
Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (FAOrthA)
CURRENT POSITIONS
Private Practice Orthopaedic Surgeon
Visiting Medical Officer, North Lakes Day Hospital
Visiting Medical Officer, St Vincent’s Northside Private Hospital
Visiting Medical Officer, North West Private Hospital
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Director of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital
Visiting Medical Officer, The Wesley Hospital
Staff Specialist, Redcliffe Hospital
Commonwealth Fellow, Bone Tumour and Joint Reconstruction Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, UK
Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Queensland
AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE
- Orthopaedic Oncology
- Arthroplasty and Revision Arthroplasty
- Hip and Knee Arthritis
- Trauma
- Metastatic Bone Disease
- Sports Injuries
- Osteochondral Defects
- Foot and Ankle Condition