Dr Usama Zafar

Dr Zafar is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who completed his training in Queensland. He moved to Australia in 2006, working in the UK at the University Hospital Birmingham for 2 years prior.

He has worked in a variety of settings from regional centres to major metropolitan hospitals. He has a broad range of knowledge and experience in Orthopaedics, upper limb and sports surgery are his areas of interest. During his training, he gained experience in both trauma and elective operative techniques. Upon finishing his orthopaedic training, he embarked on advanced training in upper limb and sports surgery. For this, he travelled to Sydney and completed a Hand Fellowship at the Sydney South West Hand Service. This gave him exposure to a breadth of trauma and elective hand and forearm surgery, including complicated reconstructive procedures. Following that, he returned to Brisbane to complete a sports surgery fellowship. This fellowship provided comprehensive exposure for the management of all aspects of sports, trauma and arthritic conditions of shoulder and knee.

Dr Zafar is now consulting at Sunnybank Private Hospital.