Mitcham Private Hospital would like to introduce Mr James Stoney, an orthopaedic surgeon with further training in surgery of the hip and knee.

James attained his medical degree at the University of Melbourne in 1992. He completed his Orthopaedic surgery specialty training in 2001 becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He pursued his interests in hip and knee surgery in 2002 and 2003 with Fellowship positions in Hip and Knee surgery at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, UK. He then spent 6 months as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. In 2003, James returned to Melbourne to commence Orthopaedic practice with a special interest in primary and revision hip and knee replacement and computer assisted knee replacement.

James is currently the Deputy Director of Orthopaedics at St Vincent’s Public Hospital. He enjoys teaching orthopaedic surgical trainees and holds a position as an Honorary Lecturer in Orthopaedics for the University of Melbourne. He maintains a strong interest in research and has more than 20 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals. He is also in the position of Assistant Deputy Director of the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Registry, a database that has been set up by the AOA to monitor the performance of joint replacement in Australia.