Dr Lawrence Malisano

Dr Lawrence Malisano is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in adult arthroscopic reconstructive knee surgery, hip replacement surgery and robotically assisted replacement surgery of the knee.

Dr Malisano completed his primary medical degree (MBBS) at the University of Queensland. After post graduate training in Queensland, he was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). Subsequent fellowship experience included appointments in hip and knee arthroplasty working with internationally renowned professors and surgeons at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London (United Kingdom); at The University Hospital in Bochum (Germany); and at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Canada).

He had previously established a service to manage acetabular fracture and pelvic ring injury reconstruction and joint replacement surgery at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. He has an education role with the University of Queensland Medical School, as faculty on regional, national and international courses for orthopaedic surgeons, and involved in research and implant development.

Dr Malisano is a past President and Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association, a foundation member of the Arthroplasty Society of Australia (ASA), a member of the Australian Orthopaedic Trauma Association (AOTS), the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS), the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and a life member of Sports Medicine Australia (SMA), Queensland branch. He is a past vice president and fellow of the Royal Australasian Collage of Surgeons (RACS).

Dr Malisano continues a long-standing involvement with the Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.