Employ Health took the opportunity recently to speak with Professor Ian Harris, about his thoughts and views on surgery and how it impacts our industry and long term outcomes of patients.
Listen to the full interview below and download the transcript here.
About Professor Ian Harris
Professor Ian Harris is an orthopaedic surgeon who works at Liverpool, St George, St George Private and Sutherland Hospitals in Sydney. His academic affiliation is with UNSW, South Western Sydney Clinical School at Liverpool Hospital, in Sydney.
Masters degree
University of Sydney, Sydney
MMed, Clinical epidemiology 2005
Medicine
University of New South Wales, Sydney
MBBS 1985
Fellowship
Australian Orthopaedic Association, Sydney
FAOrthA 1998
Sub-specialty fellowship training
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Centre, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Orthopaedic traumatology 1996/7
Fellowship
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne
FRACS, Orthopaedic surgery 1995
PhD
University of Sydney, Sydney
PhD, Surgical outcomes 2007
Hospital/academic affiliations
Hospital
- Liverpool Hospital | Liverpool
- St George Hospital | Kogarah
- St George Private Hospital | Kogarah
- Sutherland Hospital | Caringbah
Academic
- University of New South Wales, South Western Sydney Clinical School | Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool
Society memberships
Specialty Society Memberships
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Additional Society Memberships
- Australian Orthopaedic Association
- Australasian Orthopaedic Trauma Society
- Australian Medical Association
- Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association
- AO Trauma Asia Pacific
The Book: Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
Ian Harris argues that the evidence for the success for many common operations, including knee arthroscopies, back fusion or cardiac stenting, become current accepted practice without full examination of the evidence. The placebo effect may be real, but is it worth the recovery time, expense and discomfort?
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo can be purchased online here.
