The adult trauma service manages fractures and musculoskeletal injuries for Melbourne’s west, with trauma operating and fracture clinics based at Footscray Hospital. Older patients with hip fractures are co-managed with the orthogeriatric team, and suitable simple fractures are managed through the Virtual Fracture Clinic.
Our Surgeons
- Dr Daniel Sydenham, Deputy Head, Adult Services
- Dr Duy Thai
- Mr Raghavan Unni
- Dr Rejith Mannambeth
- Mr Rohan Sheehy
- Mr Saeed Asadollahi
- Mr Scott Tulloch
- Mr William Pianta
- Dr James Drummond
Training
Trauma is part of every Western Health fellowship, with fellows taking part in trauma lists, fracture clinics and the on-call roster. See the Fellowships page.
Research
The Department has compared models of perioperative care for older people with hip fractures, studied wound closure techniques in proximal femoral fractures, and tested recumbent cycling to aid recovery after hip fracture. It also contributed to CROSSFIRE, the randomised trial of plating against closed reduction for distal radius fractures in older people, and the foot and ankle team continues to publish on Lisfranc, calcaneal and syndesmotic injuries.
Selected Publications
Recent and earlier papers with members of the team among the authors.
- Coventry LS, Nguyen A, Karahalios A, Roshan-Zamir S, Tran P. Comparison of 3 Different Perioperative Care Models for Patients With Hip Fractures Within 1 Health Service. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil. 2017;8(2):87-93. doi:10.1177/2151458517692651
- Badres IA, Suen K, Tran P. Effect of Wound Closure Technique in Proximal Femoral Fractures: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Orthop Trauma. 2020;34(10):553-558. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000001781
- Said CM, Delahunt M, Hardidge A, Smith P, Tran P, McDonald L, Kefalianos E, Daniel C, Berney S. Recumbent cycling to improve outcomes in people with hip fracture: a feasibility randomized trial. BMC Geriatr. 2021;21(1):394. doi:10.1186/s12877-021-02321-8
- Lawson A, Naylor JM, Buchbinder R, Ivers R, Balogh ZJ, Smith P, Xuan W, Howard K, Vafa A, Perriman D, Mittal R, Yates P, Rieger B, Smith G, Adie S, Elkinson I, Kim W, Sungaran J, Latendresse K, Wong J, Viswanathan S, Landale K, Drobetz H, Tran P, Page R, Beattie S, Mulford J, Incoll I, Kale M, Schick B, Li T, Higgs A, Oppy A, Harris IA. Surgical Plating vs Closed Reduction for Fractures in the Distal Radius in Older Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2021;156(3):229-237. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5672
- Vacariu E, Tevere A, Shepherd D, Schneider T, Talia A. Accuracy of radiology MRI reports in predicting syndesmotic injuries: An intraoperative correlation study. Foot Ankle Surg. 2026. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2026.06.020
- Talia AJ, Shepherd DW, Roshan-Zamir S. Displaced, intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus: Review of non-operative management, open reduction internal fixation and novel minimally invasive techniques. Foot (Edinb). 2025;62:102160. doi:10.1016/j.foot.2025.102160
See all of the Department’s subspecialty teams, or read more about the Department’s research.