Dr Anthony Samson
BMBS BSC (HONS) FRACS FAOrthA Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Anthony Samson
BMBS BSC (HONS) FRACS FAOrthA Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Anthony Samson is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip and knee replacements, sports injury and trauma surgery. He has a particular interest in anterior hip and robotic knee replacement. Utilising the latest advancements in these techniques, combined with his highly skilled peri-operative team, Dr Samson aims to achieve the best possible outcome for his patients.
Specialising in
- Hip
- Hip (Anterior)
- Knee
- Robotics
- Sports injuries
- Trauma
Dr Samson completed medical school at Flinders University followed by orthopaedic training in South Australia. He maintains high standards of patient-care and values the importance of continuing education and training that underpins this. After obtaining Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics), rather than settling for observerships, Dr Samson completed an intensive hands-on joint replacement fellowship at the internationally recognised Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Dr Samson is a senior lecturer for Flinders University and is responsible for training international surgeons and local trainees in anterior hip replacement, robotic knee replacement and trauma surgery.
Specialising in
Consulting / Operating Locations
Ashford
Orthopaedics SA
Flinders Private Hospital
Orthopaedics SA
South Coast District Hospital
Orthopaedics SA
Victor Harbor - Old Court House Specialist Centre
Orthopaedics SA
Victor Medical Centre
Orthopaedics SA
Additional Information
Dr Samson consults at Flinders Private Hospital, Orthopaedics SA Ashford, Brighton (SA Medical Specialists), Victor Medical Centre and is also a Staff Specialist for the Southern Area Local Health Network.
- BSc Hons (First Class)
- BM, BS (Flinders University)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Orthopaedic Surgery)
- Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
- Arthroplasty and Revision Arthroplasty, Complex Hip and Knee Replacement, Cone Metaphyseal Reconstruction
- Staff Specialist Southern Area Local Health Network.
- Associate Clinical Lecturer Flinders Medical Centre
- Executive Board Member, Department of Orthopaedics, Southern Area Local Health Network.
Optimizing Posterior Condylar Offset and Joint Line Restoration in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Using a Contemporary Implant System.
A Samson, D Hamilton, B Loh, G MacPherson, R Burnett. 2018. Techniques in Orthopaedics.
https://journals.lww.com/techortho/Abstract/publishahead/Optimizing_Posterior_Condylar_Offset_and_Joint.99869.aspx
Total Knee Replacement in the Morbidly Obese: a literature review.
A Samson, G Mercer, D Campbell. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery. 2010 Sep;80(9):595-9.
A modified ulna transpositiont technique for Camanacci grade 3 Giant Cell Tumours of the distal radius with a cloverleaf plate.
J McClean, A Stevenson, A Samson, M Clayer. Techniques in Hand Up Extremity Surgery. 2014Sep;18(3):135-42.
A Pronator Teres-sparing volar approach for osteosynthesis of midshaft diaphyseal radius fractures
J. McLean, A. Stevenson, A. Samson, A. Watts, C. Constant
Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. 2015 Dec; 19(4): 138-42.
Effect of somatostatin on electrogenic ion transport in the duodenum and colon of the mouse, Mus domesticus.
A. Samson, K. Hamilton and G. Butt. Journal of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (2000). 459-468.
- Lower Limb Arthroplasty Patient Reported Outcome Measures at the Southern Area Local Health Network.
- Mini-Open Lateral Patella Facetectomy, A Viable Treatment for Isolated Patello-Femoral Osteoarthritis.
- Surgical Management and Outcomes of hip and knee periprosthetic fracture surgery.
- Patient Reported Outcome Measures for the Mako Robotic Total Knee Replacement.
2018 Mako Total Knee BioSkills Laboratory
2017 AOA Annual Scientific Meeting
2017 AOA Arthroplasty Society Annual Scientific Meeting
2016 Advances in Technologies and Techniques in revision knee arthroplasty, Triathlon TS Instructional Course. Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2016 230th M.O.R.E. AMIS learning Centre, Tours, France
2016 AOTrauma Course – Periprosthetic Fractures. Basingstoke, United Kingdom
2016 Stryker Knee Cadaveric Meeting, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
2016 Corail Pinnacle Learning Centre, Annecy, France
2016 Knee Arthroplasty, Trends in the 21st Century. Rome, Italy
2015 Australian Orthopaedic Association, How I Do It
2015 Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education: Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
2015 Australian Orthopaedic Association National Trial Fellowship exam
2014 Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Association Annual General Meeting
2014 Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Instructional Course
2013 Lima shoulder Cadaver course
2012 OTC Advanced Fracture Management of the Upper Limb, Knee, Foot and Ankle Courses: Approaches and Management
2010 OTC Intramedullary femoral and tibial nailing
2010 Upper Extremity Fracture Management Instructional Cadaver Course
2009 Anatomy for Surgical Trainees at Adelaide University
2007 AO Basic Fracture Principles
2005 Professional and Linguistic Assessments Boards Exam
- Edson prize in Biochemisty, top Undergraduate student
- Awarded Post Graduate PhD Scholarship
Improving the appropriateness of knee arthroscopy
Southern Areal Local Health Network Convocation, October 2015
A comparison of K wire position in tension band wiring of olecranon fractures
South Australian AOA Branch Meeting, November 2011
Total knee replacement in morbidly obese: a review of current literature
South Australian AOA Branch Meeting, November 2009
Osteochondroma of the Trapezoid
South Australian Hand Society Branch Annual General Meeting, 2008
2016 Non-Athroplasty Hip Pathology, South-East Scotland Orthopaedic Training Programme
Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2015 Flinders University Medical Student Society
Musculoskeletal Masterclass
2011 – 2014. Associate Clinical Lecturer for the Adelaide University Medical School
2011 and 2013, Citation for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
2013. Lecturer for the South Australian Orthopaedic Nurses Association:
When things go wrong, Flinders Medical School
2013. Flinders University Student Society:
FUSS Suture Workshops and OSCE
2009 – 2010, Lecturer for the Certificate of Rehabilitation Nursing for Masters Degree in Clinical Rehabilitation
Flinders University
2007 – 2009. Lecturer and Tutor for MMED 8802, 8803
Structured Clinical Instructional Modules and OSCE