Professor Greg Bain

Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery - Upper Limb

College of Medicine and Public Health

+61 8 8204 4289

greg.bain@flinders.edu.au

Flinders Medical Centre Building

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Greg Bain is Professor of Upper Limb and Research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He provides Upper limb orthopaedic services to Flinders Medical Centre and the Repatriation General Hospital.

Greg's practice is exclusively upper limb orthopaedic surgery. He has presented and published research papers locally and overseas on hand and upper limb topics as well as editing text books on upper limb disorders. He is actively involved in pursuing an anatomically based approach to research and surgery.

He has a special interest in surgical education, arthroscopy and minimally invasive surgery.

Qualifications

PhD, MBBS, FRACS, FA(Ortho)A

Honours, awards and grants

2022 -24 Top 2% International Researchers - Stanford University, https://topresearcherslist.com/Home/Profile/926896

2024: BB Joshi Oration, Indian Hand Surgery Society (ISSCON), Bangalore, India, Oct 2024

2023: Honorary member, German Association for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (DVSE), 2023

2015: HMDP Ministry of Health, Visiting Professor, Singapore, Singapore Hand Society and Clinical Units in Singapore.

2013: Honored Professor, Philadelphia Hand Symposium, USA.

2009: Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Award. Awarded for producing outstanding orthopaedic research that has international recognition, and research contributing to the orthopaedic community and the community generally.

2009: The Evelyn Hamilton Award. Best scientific paper at the AOA ASM 2009, Update on fractures of the clavicle.

2008: Whipple Prize. Awarded by the presidential Council of the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (EWAS) for contributions to the advancement of knowledge in wrist arthroscopy.

2004: Dodridge Prize. Best Paper Presentation at South Australian Hand Society, Biceps Tendon Anatomy and Endoscopy.

Key responsibilities

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), Executive Committee, Member at Large (Asia) 2022 – 25

Global Elbow Network (GEN), Foundation Member 2024, Foundation Secretary 2024 - 26

International Wrist Arthroscopy Society (IWAS), President 2021-22, Executive Board 2019 -

Asia Pacific Wrist Association (APWA), President 2017-19, executive board 2015 -

Australian Hand Surgery Society, President-elect 2024 -26

Journal of Wrist Surgery, Deputy Editor 2012 -

Teaching interests

Faculty Member for AO Foundation Hand Courses

Faculty Member for Surgical Skills, Development and Training

Professional engagement

Editorials

Deputy Editor: Journal of Wrist Surgery, 2012 - Present

Editorial Board: Journal of Techniques of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery

Editorial Board: Journal of ISAKOS

Committee/Member

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, International Affliate member 1997 - present

American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Co-convenor 1st Combined American and Australian Hand Societies meeting, International relations committee 2013 - 15

AO Expert group, 6 memebr team to that design new implants for hand and wrist trauma

Asian Pacific Orthopaedic Association, Travelling Fellow to India APOA meeting 2000, Travelling Fellow to Europe 2002.

Asia Pacific Wrist Association, President 2017 -19, Executive board 2015 -

Australian Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, SA State Chairman 2002 - 04, Secretary 1999 - 01

Australian Hand Surgery Society, Convenor Annual Meeting 2006; Co-convenor 1st Combined Australian - American Hand Societies meeting 2012 Hawai; Conference co-ordinator 2016 - 20, President elect 2023 -25

Australian Medical Association, Member

Australian Orthopaedic Association, Board of Studies 1999 -06, Convenor of AOA (SA) meetings

Global Elbow Network, Foundation member 2024, Secretary 2024-26

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), Australian delegate 2019 -22, Executive Committee, Member at Large (Asia) 2022 – 25

International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery ans Sports Medicine (ISAKOS); Chairman of the Elbow, wrist and Hand Committee (2015-19), Journal ISAKOS Editorial board member 2015 - Present, Global Connection Godfather, Deputy Chair Upper Limb Committee 2011 -15, Executive Committe 2017 - 19

International Wrist Arthroscopy Association, Executive 2020 - present, President 2021-2

International Wrist Investigators Workshop, Member 2000 -

Magellan Society

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Executive Committee of AGM 2011.

Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia, President 2004 - 06, Executive 2004 - 24, Fellowship co-ordinator 2006 -24

South Australian Hand Society, Chairman 2004 - 05, Secretary 2001 -03, Treasurer 1999 - 02

Expert for media contact

Orthopaedics

Upper Limb Surgery

Available for contact via

+61 8 8204 4289

greg.bain@flinders.edu.au