Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
Michael Alan Tonkin
Professor of Hand Surgery, University of Sydney
Department of Hand Surgery & Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Royal North Shore Hospital
St Leonards NSW 2065
Australia
email: mtonkin@surgery.usyd.edu.au
phone: (+61 2) 9463 1820 or (+61 2) 9437 1211
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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
University of Sydney 1975
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons 1982
Edinburgh (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
(Orthopaedic Surgery) 1984
Doctorate in Medicine, University of Sydney 1996
Surgery for Restoration of Function in the Hand and Upper Limb
FELLOWSHIPS IN HAND SURGERY
Pulvertaft Centre for Hand Surgery 1982
Derby, UK
Christine Kleinert Fellow in Hand Surgery 1984-1985
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
SURGICAL APPOINTMENTS
Hand Surgeon 1985 - present
Spastic Centre of NSW
Hand Surgeon 1986 - present
Royal North Shore Hospital
St. Leonards NSW
Head, Department of Hand Surgery 1993 - 2013
Hand Surgeon 1989 - present
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
(The Children's Hospital at Westmead)
Westmead NSW
Hand Surgeon 1998 – present
Department of Hand Surgery
North Shore Private Hospital
St Leonards NSW
Professor of Hand Surgery 1999 – present
University of Sydney Medical School
MEMBER OF SOCIETIES
-New South Wales Hand Surgery Association (NSW HSA)
- Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS)
- British Society for Surgery of the Hand - Overseas Member (BSSH)
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand - International Member (ASSH)
- New Zealand Society for Surgery of the Hand - Honorary member
- Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand - Corresponding member
- South African Society for Surgery of the Hand - Honorary member
- Asian-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH)
- International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH)
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
- Corresponding Editor, British Journal of Hand Surgery: 1989 - 2008
- Co-Editor, Hand Surgery. Journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies
for Surgery of the Hand: 1995 – present
- Chairman, Board of Management, Hand Surgery, Journal of the Asia-Pacific
Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand: 1995 – 2009
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
- Member, Congenital Committee of the International Federation of Societies
for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH): 1992 – 2010
- Member, Education Committee IFSSH: 1992 - 2010
- Member, Arthrogryposis Committee IFSSH: 2001 – 2004
- Chairman, Cerebral Palsy Committee IFSSH: 2001 – 2007
- Member, Arthritis Committee IFSSH: 2004 - 2010
- Member, International Congenital Hand Anomalies Study Group: 1994 - present
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
- Chairman, Education Committee, Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS):
1995 - 2005; 2009 – present
Board Member, 1990 – 1994
President-Elect, AHSS, 2004 – 2006
President, AHSS, 2006 – 2008
Immediate Past-President, AHSS, 2008 – 2009
- Delegate, Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH),
1995 - present
Vice President, APFSSH, 2000 – 2002
President, APFSSH, 2002 – 2004
- Secretary General-Elect, International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the
Hand (IFSSH), 2004 – 2007
Secretary General, IFSSH, 2007 – 2010
President Elect, IFSSH, 2010 – 2013
President, IFSSH, 2013 – present
- Board of Directors, Lincoln Centre for Research into Bone and Joint Diseases, 1998
– present
Member, Research Advisory Committee, Lincoln Centre for Research into Bone and Joint
Diseases, 1998 – 2004
- Member, Medical Advisory Council, North Shore Private Hospital, 1998 – 2005
Deputy Chairman, 2000 – 2005
- Co-ordinator, Sydney Registrar Hand Surgery Training Programme: 1990 – present
- Co-ordinator, Microsurgery Training Laboratory, Royal North Shore Hospital (Hand
Surgery)
- NHMRC Independent Panel of Assessors: 1991 – present
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
- More than 105 publications in books and journals
- Major research and clinical interests include congenital hand surgery, brachial
plexus injuries, improving upper limb function in cerebral palsy, tendon repair,
Dupuytren’s disease and correction of rheumatoid hand deformity, hand surgery education
and training.