Dr Peter Johnstone

Dr Peter Johnstone
Orthopaedic surgeon

Currently

Dr Johnstone performs all orthopaedic procedures. He specialises in all Knee, Hip and Shoulder orthopaedic conditions.
In 1996 Dr Johnstone established his private practice at the Mater Medical Centre, Brisbane. He performs surgery at The Mater Private Hospital. Dr Johnstone also holds a Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon position at the QE 11 Hospital since 1996, and operates there on a weekly basis. Dr Johnstone is responsible for formal and informal teaching of Junior Medical Officers and AOA training registers and allied health professionals.
Dr Johnstone is a member of the Medico Legal Society of Queensland and became a certified Independent Medical Examiner (American Board of Independent Examiners), 2004.
Dr Johnstone is also a Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a Fellow of Australian Orthopaedic Association.

Medical Background

Dr Johnstone obtained his medical degree from Otago University in 1982 and his Advanced training Orthopaedic Fellowship in 1990. In 1992, Dr Johnstone completed a Post Graduate Bone and Allograft Fellowship with Dr David Morgan, working exensively in Primary Hip, Knee and Revision Joint Replacement. Dr Johnstone then took up the public position as Director of Orthopaedics at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, from 1993 to 1996. Dr Johnstone was also a Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Australian Defence Force from 1996 to 2000.

Personal Interests

Dr Johnstone has been happily married for 19 years and has 3 teenage children. My sports and recreation include snow skiing, water skiing, tennis, fishing and motor sports.

I hope you find this web site interesting and informative. Patients can always be assured of my best care and attention at all times.

Current Private Visiting Rights

• Mater Private Hospital, Brisbane
• QE 11 Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane

Current Public Appointments

• QE 11 Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane

Medical Qualifications

• MB ChB (Otago University, Dunedin. NZ.1982)
  Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Auckland University, NZ 1984)
• Academic Awards & fellowships

Post Graduate

• Part 1 FRACS: November 1985
• Part 2 FRACS: Orthopaedic Surgery November 1990
• Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1990
• Fellow of Australian Orthopaedic Association 1993

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Fellow of Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Fellow of New Zealand Orthopaedic Association
• Member of Queensland Orthopaedic Association
• Member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Member of the Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banking
• Member of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Member of the Medico-Legal Society Queensland
• ABIME – 4 & 5 Certified Examiner, 2004

Committees

• Member of the Mater Private Hospital, Brisbane
  Operating Services Committee, since 2008
  
  
  
   
• Chairman of the Mater Private, Brisbane
  Orthopaedic Speciality Group, since 2009

Registration

• New Zealand Medical Council, 1982
• Medical Board of Queensland, 1992

Post Fellowship Appointments

• 1996 to present
  Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon
  Mater Private Hospital, Brisbane
  
  
  
  
   
• 1996 to present
  Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon
  QE11 Public Hospital, Brisbane
  
  
  
  
   
• 1997 to present
  Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon
  
  
  
  
   
• 1996 – 2000
  Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon
  Australian Defence Force
  2 Field Hospital, Enoggera, Brisbane
  
  
  
  
  
   
• January 1994 to January 1997
  Director of Orthopaedics (Full-time Hospital
  Specialist) Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
  
  
  
  
   
• January 1993 to January 1994
  Locum Director of Orthopaedics (Full-time Hospital Specialist)
  Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
  
  
  
  
   
• May 1992 to July 1992
  December 1992 to January 1993
  Orthopaedic Specialist Locum; Public and Private Practice Dr. D.A.F. Morgan: Visiting Orthopaedic Specialist
  Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
  
  
  
  
  
   
• January 1992 to January 1993
  Bone and Allograft Fellowship (AOA endorsed)
  Dr. D.A.F. Morgan
  Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
  
  
  
  
  
   
• September 1991 to October 1991
  Private Practice Locum for Mr. J.C. Cullen
  
  
  
   
• June 1991 to December 1991
  Locum Orthopaedic Surgeon: (8 tenths)
  Auckland Public Hospital; Auckland Area Health Board
  
  
  
  
   
• January 1991 to May 1991
  Locum Orthopaedic Surgeon.
  Gisborne Public Hospital; Tairawhiti Area Health Board
   

Research Experience

• Major Papers Presented
  The Outcome of Heterotopic Ossification Excision
  PAH Hospital Week Scientific Meeting
  July 1996
  
  
  
  
  
   
• The Pinless External Fixator - The PAH Experience
  PAH Hospital Week Scientific Meeting
  July 1995
  
  
  
  
   
• A Two to Five year Follow-up of Hip Revision Surgery Using Massive Femoral
  and Acetabular Allografts.
  (D. A. F. Morgan, J. Benfield)
  Presented 7 August 1992
  4th Meeting Asia-Pacific Association of Tissue Banking Manila.
  (Published by APASTB)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
• The Current Status of Bone And Cartilage
  Transplantation in Australia.
  Presented 6 August 1992
  4th Meeting Asia Pacific Association of Tissue
  Banking Manila.
  (Published by APASTB)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
• Ultrasonography of Acute Achilles Tendon Injury. Presented October 1990 (unpublished original research) New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Scientific Meeting
  
  
   
• The Accuracy of Arthroscopic Diagnosis in the
  Private Practice Teaching Clinic.
  Presented July 1990 (unpublished)
  New Zealand Orthopaedic Registrars Meeting,
  Auckland
  
  
   

Published Papers

• Bone Banking in the 1990s - A Safe Efficient System
  DAF Morgan, KL Ferguson, JEC Benfield, PO Johnstone.
  Current Orthopaedics; Vol. 7, No 1 Jan 1993
   

Other Papers and Presentations

• QLD Orthopaedic Nursing Conference. Statewide telecast May 2009
  Uni Compartmental Knee Replacement
  
  
  
   
• Mater Orthopaedic Nurses Seminar 2008
  Total Knee Replacement
  
  
  
   
• GP Seminar 2007
  Uni Compartmental Knee Replacement
  
  
  
   
• Bulimba Specialist Centre March 1999
  GP Continuing Education Seminar
  GP Management of Common Fractures
  
  
  
  
   
• Mater Private Hospital April 1998
  GP Continuing Education Seminar
  GP Management of Common Fractures
  Current problems in Arthroplasty
  
  
  
  
  
   
• Disorders of Gait
  Queensland GP Training Programme
  November 1995
  
  
  
  
   
• Bone Banking and Allograft Surgery
  QUT School of Nursing - Theatre Course
  April 1994
  
  
  
  
   
• Participated in multicentre trail
  "Pulmonary Embolism Prophylaxis Trial"
  1994 – 1995
  
  
  
  
   
• AO Internal Fixation in the Treatment of Fractures
  Synthes Theatre Nurses Workshop Course
  May 1994
  
  
  
  
   
• Bone Banking - Retrieval and Processing
  Bone Banking Seminar
  Holy Spirit Hospital 1994
  
  
  
  
   
• Bone Banking and Allograft Surgery
  Royal Brisbane Hospital Nursing Course
  1993
   

Continuing Education

• ACL course, Melbourne 2005
• Arthroscopic Shoulder Cadaver CTEC, Perth 2008
• Zimmer Revision Hip Cadaver, Melbourne 2010
• Zimmer Revision Knee Masterclass, Brisbane 2010