Dr Alexander Burns specialises in joint replacement of the hip and knee, hip arthroscopic surgery, and complex revision joint replacement.
Specialties
Hip replacement and knee replacement
Hip arthroscopy
Young persons’ hip disease
Labral tearing and hip bursitis treatment
Knee reconstruction and arthroscopy
Trauma and fracture treatment
Qualifications
MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Sydney University)
FRACS - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
FAOrthA - Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
Consulting Locations
Level 2, Woden Specialist Medical Centre
90 Corinna Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
Since 2005, Dr Alexander Burns has contributed greatly to Canberra’s orthopaedic community. He works privately at Orthopaedics ACT and publicly with Canberra Health Services for elective surgery and as part of the on-call trauma roster.
Dr Burns is Australian-trained graduating from medicine and surgery at The University of Sydney in 1995. He went on to complete an overseas Fellowship at the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario Canada, an institution internationally respected for joint replacement surgery.
Currently, Dr Burns is the President of the Hip Joint Preservation Society of Australia, President of the Arthroplasty Society of Australia (the peak body in joint replacement surgery), and is an examiner on the Orthopaedic Court of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He is involved in the education and training of registrars and is a regular presenter at various peer conferences.
His Practice
Dr Burns operates privately at the Calvary John James Hospital and the Canberra Private Hospital, both in Deakin. He consults at Orthopaedics ACT twice weekly for private patients and can normally accommodate urgent appointments.
Dr Burns is a subspecialist in hip arthroscopy. Hip arthroscopy aims to treat problems with hip formation which lead to labral tearing and joint degeneration in young patients. For more information, see his videos under “Hip & Pelvis” in our “Procedures” section. He also specialises in joint replacement of hip and knee and complex revision.
His Team
Dr Burns' Personal Assistant, Eliza brings extensive experience to the role, with many years in medical administration to manage his practice. Supporting her in this role, is her Medical Admin Assistant, Vic.
Together they aim to provide a timely and supportive service to our patients.
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About Dr Alexander Burns
Dr Burns travelled overseas to gain particular experience in hip arthroscopy surgery, visiting Dr Chris Larson in Minnesota, one of the worlds most respected hip arthroscopy surgeons. Arthroscopic hip surgery is technically difficult, and requires a significant degree of training to be effective and safe, but it is now understood as an important part of managing the hip from adolescence onwards.
Joint replacement surgery is very common now as the Australian population is aging, and has the potential to allow people back to activity and reduce pain.
Revision joint surgery, which removes and replaces a worn out replacement is newer and more specialised and, requires understanding of different approaches, uses different prostheses, and uses techniques such as bone grafting. Generally this surgery needs subspecialist training due to the increased complexity involved.
