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.