Dr Lucas Annabell - Wednesday 3 August at 7.30 pm

Dr Lucas Annabell, Orthopaedic Surgeon

The child with a limp

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Discuss the most common causes of child and adolescent hip pain
• Outline the signs, symptoms and common treatments for the child with a limp

SHORT BIO

Mr Lucas Annabell is a subspecialty trained paediatric and adult orthopaedic surgeon. His interest areas include adolescent and young adult hip conditions, including dysplasia, perthes, slipped capital femoral epiphyses and femoroacetabular impingement. Lucas has trained specifically to perform periacetabular osteotomies, femoral osteotomies, surgical hip dislocations and other complex hip operations. He is also trained in numerous limb reconstruction operations, including dealing with benign and malignant tumours, limb salvage, rotationplasty, limb lengthening, guided growth, rotational abnormalities, limb deficiencies and bone dysplasias.

He completed fellowships at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Boston’s Children’s Hospital, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, specialising in hip preservation, paediatric oncology, limb reconstruction, paediatric trauma, and general paediatric orthopaedics.

After registering you will receive a Zoom link via email and a reminder email on the day of the presentation.