Dr Brett Halliday is a Queensland trained orthopaedic surgeon. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1988. He received his FRACS (Orth) in 1997, becoming a full fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (FAOrthA) in 2002. In 2002 he completed his ABIME accreditation and is a certified independent medical examiner. He is a Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, Holy Spirit Northside Hospital, Brisbane Private Hospital and the St Andrew’s Hospital in Brisbane.

Since finishing his training as an orthopaedic surgeon in Queensland, Dr Halliday has been employed as a Deputy Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Royal Brisbane Hospital for twelve months, specialising in joint replacement and trauma management. He then completed additional training in joint replacement and trauma at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in the United Kingdom before returning to Australia to take up the position of the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery in January of 2000. He remained as the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Royal Brisbane Hospital with interests in orthopaedic trauma management, hip and knee replacement until mid 2002, when he left the full time public position to undertake a private practice. He continues to work as a Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital with interests in trauma and limb reconstruction, as well as joint replacement.

Dr Halliday is an active participant in post graduate medical education. He is involved with the training of medical students, resident medical officers, and is the supervisor of orthopaedic registrar training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and a member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association Training Committee for the Queensland Branch. He is also a member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association State Committee, Queensland Branch. In the past he has been a member of the Road Trauma Committee of Queensland (a branch of the Royal Australiasian College of Surgeons 2000-5), and a member of the Medical Advisory Committee at the Holy Spirit Northside Hospital from 2003 to 2005.

Qualifications

  • MBBS University of Queensland 1988
  • FRACS (Orth) 1997
  • F.A.Orth.A. 2002
  • CIME (ABIME) 2002

Current Position

Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon

Holy Spirit Northside Hospital Chermside Brisbane
Brisbane Private Hospital Brisbane
St Andrews Hospital Brisbane
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Herston Brisbane

Committees

Australian Orthopaedic Association Training Committee

Queensland Branch 2002- current

Australian Orthopaedic Association State Committee QLD

2005–current

Medical Advisory Committee Holy Spirit Northside Hospital

Orthopaedic Representative 2003-2005

Road Trauma Committee

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Qld Branch) 2000-2005

Appointments

2000- current Visiting Lecturer Department of Physiotherapy

University of Queensland

2000- 2002 Director of Orthopaedic Surgery

Royal Brisbaneand Women’sHospital

2000- 2001 Clinical Lecturer Department of Surgery

University of Queensland

1999 Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Exeter Hip Unit

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Exeter UK

Gie Howmedica Hip Fellowship

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Exeter UK

1998 Deputy Director of Orthopaedic Surgery

Royal Brisbaneand Women’s Hospital