Dr Mustafa Alttahir

I arrived in Australia at 14 years of age as a refugee from Iraq, and attended Fairfield High School for 3 years, before completing my undergraduate MBBS at UNSW from 2003 to 2008.

I went onto working in the Liverpool and St George networks as a registrar, before completing my Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) training in multiple centres in NSW/ACT, and passed my fellowship exam in 2018.

I subsequently completed 3 Subspecialty Surgical Training and Research Fellowships:

• International Bone Research Association Fellowship in Basel, Switzerland with Professor Victor Valderrabano, and in Tenerife, Spain with Professor Mario Herrera-Perez
• Prince of Wales Fellowship, Sydney, NSW with Dr David Lunz, Dr John Negrine, Dr Jeff Ling
• Macquarie University Fellowship, Sydney, NSW with Dr Tim O’Carrigan

I completed a Lower Limb Reconstruction Fellowship at Macquarie University Hospital with Professor Munjed Al Muderis, Professor Kevin Tetsworth, and Dr Tim O’Carrigan in Deformity Correction, Ilizarov Framing, Limb Lengthening, Lower Limb Arthroplasty, and Osseointegration Surgery

Lower Limb Arthroplasty

• Total Ankle Arthroplasty - Patient Specific
• Total Hip Arthroplasty - Anterior Minimally Invasive
• Total Knee Arthroplasty - Robotic and Computer Navigation
• Revision Arthroplasty

Foot and Ankle Surgery

• Foot Reconstructive surgery: Complex bony and soft tissue deformity correction, with a strong preference for joint preserving surgery
• Minimally Invasive Bunion / Forefoot Surgery, using burrs

Lower and Upper Limb Deformity Correction

• Acute deformity corrections in the entire upper and lower limb (distal femoral osteotomy, high tibial osteotomy, supramalleolar tibial osteotomy, ulnar and radial osteotomy)
• Ilizarov frame-assisted gradual deformity correction
• Limb Lengthening surgery, using an intramedullary magnetic nail technique

Trauma Surgery

• Adult Trauma
• Paediatric Trauma

Osseointegration Surgery

• Limb Replacement Surgery for Above Knee and Below Knee Amputees

CAD Implant and Osteotomy Guide Design

• Custom 3D Printed Titanium Implant Design for Tumour, Infection, Joint Replacement
• Patient Specific Osteotomy Guide Design for Deformity Correction
• CAD-Assisted Complex Deformity Analysis (e.g. Patellofemoral Maltracking,  Leg Length Discrepancy, Post-traumatic Deformity)