Associate Professor Chris Roberts specialises in hand and upper limb surgery.
Specialties
Hand
Upper limb
Trauma
Qualifications
MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Sydney University – 2nd class honors)
FRACS - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
FAOrthA - Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
Fellowships
Hand and Upper Limb Surgery at The Pulvertaft Hand Unit, Derby, England
Hand and Upper Limb Surgery at the Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong
Consulting Locations
Level 2, Woden Specialist Medical Centre
90 Corinna Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
Associate Professor Chris Roberts is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who specialises in hand and upper limb surgery. In 1982 he graduated with honours from the University of Sydney.
During his advanced orthopaedic training in Sydney, he worked at The Royal North Shore, Hornsby, Camperdown Children's, Sydney Adventist and Rachel Foster Hospitals. After passing the Australian Orthopaedic Specialist exams he underwent further advanced training with fellowships in hand and upper limb surgery at The Pulvertaft Hand Unit, Derby, England, and following this at the Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong.
In 1993, Chris moved to Canberra with his young family and has considered himself a “local” ever since. He has worked at The Canberra Hospital, and The Calvary John James Medical Hospital throughout his 28 years in Orthopaedic Practice . He established the Upper Limb and Reconstructive Fellowship which has trained most of the upper Limb surgeons currently practicing in the ACT.
Chris practices in both public and private orthopaedics and teaches Accredited Orthopaedic Trainees at Canberra Hospital. From 1994 to 2003 he has served as the Supervisor of Surgical Training in Orthopaedics.
In 2003 he was a member of the committee establishing the musculoskeletal component of the Australian National University Medical School. He was a Clinical Senior Lecturer and has given lectures and tutorials every year on Anatomy and Orthopaedic Surgery. Since 1997 he has had regular medical student attachments throughout the year with individual teaching and on-line teaching.
In 2020 Chris was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the Australian National University
He is a current member of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Australian Hand Surgery Society NSW Hand Surgery Association.
Personal Assistant to Associate Professor Roberts is Kate, who is assisted in this role by Medical Admin Assistant, Lane. They aim to provide a supportive and friendly environment to patients on their journey through their treatment program and recovery.
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About A/Prof Chris Roberts
In addition to running his private practice with Orthopaedics ACT, A/Prof Roberts runs public clinics in the ACT and volunteers his expertise and time to orthopaedic charity missions.
He has participated on numerous trips providing medical support to regional communities in Katherine, Australia and Pohnpei, Micronesia.
In 2004 he travelled to Sri Lanka following the tsunami.
On the overseas medical missions organised by the John James Foundation the surgeons not only donate their skill and time to a local hospital, they also take a wide range of medical aides and equipment that are not locally available.
At Orthopaedics ACT we will accept used boots, braces, crutches etc which may not be recycled in Australia and provide these to Doctors Abroad or the John James Foundation for provision on their overseas medical missions.
