Dr Gajan Selvakumaran (Selva) is an Australian-trained Orthopaedic Surgeon with interests in upper limb conditions as well as general orthopaedic trauma. He graduated medical school from the University of Newcastle in 2012 and attained Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics) and Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2022.

He holds public appointments at the John Hunter Hospital and Belmont District Hospital, and also operates at Warners Bay Private Hospital and Lake Macquarie Private Hospital.

Born in Hay in rural New South Wales, he has worked in various regional locations such as Taree, Tamworth, Port Macquarie and Kalgoorlie. With rich ties to regional Australia, he continues to facilitate patients from throughout the Hunter, New England and Northern NSW regions to ensure geography does not limit access to excellent healthcare.

Dr Selva has undertaken both national and international fellowships to further his expertise after completing training. He first spent 6 months at the Fairfield Hand Unit in Sydney working alongside fellow Orthopaedic and Plastic surgeons performing hand, wrist and microsurgery. He then undertook 12 months of international subspecialty training at the prestigious Royal London Hospital, UK, and gained further experience in managing shoulder, elbow and wrist conditions for both elective and traumatic conditions.

He remains involved in active research through the Newcastle Orthopaedic Research Institute and has published papers and textbook chapters related to his subspecialties. Dr Selva is proud to be involved in training the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons through the Newcastle Training Scheme for the Australian Orthopaedic Association.