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Dr Tom Gieroba

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About Dr Tom Gieroba

Hip, Knee and Ankle Surgeon
Dr Tom is an Adelaide trained orthopaedic surgeon, with subspecialty fellowship training in joint replacement at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. He has a particular interest in hip and knee replacement, ACL reconstruction, sports knee injuries, sports ankle injuries and fracture management. He offers ACL reconstruction with patient tailored graft options. Trained in robotic surgical techniques, including robotic-arm assisted surgery with the Mako surgical robot, Dr Gieroba is able to offer his patients expert advice and a range of treatment options. For his hip replacement patients, Dr Gieroba is familiar with all approaches to the hip including the direct anterior approach. He consults at our Stepney Healthcare Hub, Morphett Vale and in Mildura. A GP referral is required to make an appointment with Dr Gieroba.

Dr Gieroba keeps appointment slots open for urgent problems such as acute knee injuries, Achilles tendon ruptures and fractures of the upper and lower limb.

Special Interests

  • Hip replacement – Direct Anterior Approach and Posterior Approach
  • Knee replacement – Total and Partial
  • Robotic Joint replacement with Mako SmartRoboticsTM
  • ACL reconstruction – Patient specific graft options
  • Sports knee injuries
  • Sports ankle injuries
  • Trauma and Fracture management

Service Location

Stepney Healthcare Hub

Qualifications

  • Fellowship, Robotic Joint replacement and Sarcoma Surgery, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, 2022
  • Fellowship, Australian Orthopaedic Association, 2021
  • Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 2021
  • Orthopaedic Surgical Training, South Australian branch Australian Orthopaedic Association, 2016-2020
  • Master of Clinical Science, University of Adelaide 2018
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Adelaide 2010

Awards & Achievements

  • Victorian Orthopaedic Foundation award at the AOA Victoria Branch ASM for research “Reproducibility of coronal plane knee alignment measurement on long leg standing radiographs and comparison to non-weight bearing Mako CT.” February 2022
  • President of South Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Association 2019 – 2020

Member of

  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Australian Orthopaedic Association
  • Lecturer – College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
  • Clinical Associate Lecturer – Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma – University of Adelaide
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