Background
Clinical experience and training
A concise view of surgical assisting experience, university qualifications and relevant courses.
Dr Davis graduated from the University of Queensland in 2010, completing his residency at Nambour and Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospitals before working as an unaccredited orthopaedic registrar at the Princess Alexandra, Queensland Children's and QEII Hospitals.
In 2020 he was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Dr Davis continues to work as a surgical assistant as well as a specialist general practitioner.
He has worked as a surgical assistant in orthopaedics for over 10 years, with experience in areas including arthroplasty, trauma, upper and lower limb, and paediatric orthopaedics.
University qualifications
- Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) - 2020
- Master's Degree by Research - QUT - 2017
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - University of Queensland - 2010
- Bachelor of Advanced Science, Anatomy and Physiology - University of Sydney - 2005
Professional roles
- Specialist General Practitioner - 2021 to present
- Private Surgical Assistant - 2015 to present
- Senior Associate Lecturer, University of Queensland - 2014 to present
- Member, Clinicians Advisory Group, Metro North PHN - 2021 to present
- Specialist GP External Clinical Teacher - 2025 to present
- Board Member, Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine - 2022 to present
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons courses
- General Surgical Sciences Examination (GSSE) - Surgical Primary, Pass 2014
- Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) - 2014
- Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training (ASSET) - 2014
- Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) - 2013
Other courses
- AOTrauma - Basic Principles of Fracture Management
- QUT - Surgical Anatomy and Dissection - High Commendation, 2013
- Critical Literature Evaluation and Research (CLEAR) - 2012
Research
- Masters thesis: Imaging analysis of morphological changes to vertebrae in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, QUT (2017)
- Characterization of progressive changes in pedicle morphometry and neurovascular anatomy during growth in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine Deformity (2020)
- Is there asymmetry between the concave and convex pedicles in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? A CT investigation. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (2017)
- Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour - a rare cause of a popliteal fossa mass. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery (2014)
- Radiopaedia.org author - Bursa, Olecranon bursae, Elbow bursae, Adventitial bursae, Superficial bursae and Deep bursae
