Surgical Interests

• Paediatric and adolescent orthopaedics
• Adolescent hip problems
• Limb reconstruction
• Sports knee surgery including ACL reconstruction
• Hip and knee replacement

Expertise

• ACL reconstruction and meniscal tear management
• Patellofemoral joint instability surgery
• Hip and knee replacement including robotic-assisted surgery
• Fellowship training in paediatric orthopaedics and limb reconstruction
• Chair of the Victorian Paediatric Orthopaedic Network

Biography

Dr Rekha Ganeshalingam is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who treats a broad range of bone and joint conditions in children and adults. She works as a consultant in the paediatric orthopaedic service at Western Health, and also holds a public appointment at University Hospital Geelong and an honorary surgeon role at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

Dr Ganeshalingam studied medicine at the University of Auckland, graduating in 2008, and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. She completed a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at University Hospital Geelong and a limb reconstruction fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital, with further training at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland and a year-long observership at SickKids Hospital in Toronto.

She chairs the Victorian Paediatric Orthopaedic Network, mentors junior doctors and medical students, contributes to clinical practice guidelines and has published research in international journals.

Publications

1. Dubé MO, Ganeshalingam R, Culvenor AG. Treatment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture. JAMA. 2026;335(21):1893-1894. doi:10.1001/jama.2026.2926
2. Zhu Y, Feng M, Seth I, Ganeshalingam R, Hoq M, Donnan LT. Ultrasound for hip dysplasia – disparities between community and tertiary paediatric services. ANZ J Surg. 2025;95(3):557-563. doi:10.1111/ans.70000
3. Page RS, Williams S, Selvaratnam A, Waring S, Conroy M, Thomson A, Beattie S, Ganeshalingam R, Gill SD. Protocol for a single-centre, parallel-arm, double-blind randomised trial evaluating the effects of tourniquet use in total knee arthroplasty on intra-operative and post-operative outcomes. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018;19(1):435. doi:10.1186/s12891-018-2352-8
4. Ganeshalingam R, Donnan A, Evans O, Hoq M, Camp M, Donnan L. Lateral condylar fractures of the humerus in children: does the type of fixation matter?. Bone Joint J. 2018;100-B(3):387-395. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.100B3.BJJ-2017-0814.R1
5. McGinley JL, Dobson F, Ganeshalingam R, Shore BJ, Rutz E, Graham HK. Single-event multilevel surgery for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2012;54(2):117-28. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04143.x
6. Ganeshalingam R, O’Connor M. Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: hospital care for children: what is the efficacy of sublingual, oral and intravenous glucose in the treatment of hypoglycaemia?. J Trop Pediatr. 2009;55(5):287-9. doi:10.1093/tropej/fmp099

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