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Listed below is my summarised CV to 2005 (with hyperlinks where possible):

Full name:                               John William Orchard

Job description:                     Sports physician and sports injury researcher

Qualifications:   

Fellowship of the Australian College of Sports Physicians http://www.acsp.com.au/  

Fellowship of the American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org/

Fellowship of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation http://www.sma.org.au/  

MBBS (University of Melbourne, 1989)

BA (University of Melbourne, 1989)

PhD (University of New South Wales, 2000)

MD (University of Melbourne, 2006)

Team coverage:     

Sydney Roosters Rugby League Club (NRL) team doctor 1998-present  http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au

NSW State of Origin team doctor 2000-present                                              

Country Rugby League Representative team doctor 1998-2000

Australian U/23 Olympic soccer team 1996, South African tour

Sydney Swans Football Club (AFL) 1994-1997, club doctor Read about: The "kick of the decade", as described at realfooty.com.au

Australian Cricket Team (consultant medical officer 1996-present)

Canberra Bushrangers Baseball Team (ABL) 1991-1993

AIS Women’s Basketball team (WNBL) 1993

Hawthorn Football Club (AFL) U/19 team doctor 1990-1991

Administration:  

Board member, NSW Sporting Injuries Committee, 2000-present Click to visit NSW Sporting Injuries Committee Website

Assistant Editor (Clinical), Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2002-2004

Editorial Board, International Sportsmed Journal, 2000-

Editorial Board member, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2001-present http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/  

Editorial Board member, American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2004-present

Injury survey coordinator, Australian Football League 1992-present

Injury survey coordinator, Cricket Australia 1998-present

Injury survey consultant, Australian Rugby Union 2000-2002

Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales sports medicine, 1997-present http://sportsmed.med.unsw.edu.au/  

Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne Centre for sports medicine research and education, 2001- http://www.physioth.unimelb.edu.au/csmre/index.html

Sports Clinics:   

South Sydney Sports Medicine, Kensington, NSW 1997-present

Sports Medicine at Sydney University, 2000-present http://www.injuryupdate.com.au/clinics.php  

Australian Institute of Sport Sports Medicine Centre, Canberra, 1993

Eastern Suburbs Sports Medicine Centre, 1994-1996

Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, 1992

Sports Medicine Centres of Victoria, 1992

Published journal articles (you can search for many of these on the injuryupdate website or using Google scholar):

Click here for a recently updated list at injuryupdate

2006 

Injuries to elite male cricketers in Australia over a 10-year period. J Orchard, T James, M Portus, J Sci Med Sport 2006 9(6): 459-467.

Time for sport and health to be formally linked in a positive way [editorial]. J Orchard, J Sci Med Sport. 2006 Jun;9(3):211-3.

The use and abuse of performance enhancing substances in sports, J Orchard, P Fricker, S White, L Burke, D Healey 2006; Med J Aust 184(3):132-6.

Specialty training should not be exclusively hospital-based [letter]. J Orchard, Med J Aust. 2006 Jan 16;184(2):92.

Aprotinin in the management of Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial. Brown R, Orchard J, Kinchington M, Hooper A, Nalder G. Br J Sports Med. 2006 Mar;40(3):275-9.


Predictors of hamstring injury at the elite level of Australian football. Gabbe BJ, Bennell KL, Finch CF, Wajswelner H, Orchard JW. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2006 Feb;16(1):7-13.

2005

Rye grass is associated with fewer non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries than bermuda grass, J W Orchard, I Chivers, D Aldous, K Bennell, H Seward, Br J Sports Med 2005, 39(10):704-9

Methods for injury surveillance in international cricket, J W Orchard, D Newman, R Stretch, W Frost, A Mansingh and A Leipus 2005; Br. J. Sports Med. 39;e22.

Methods for injury surveillance in international cricket, J W Orchard, D Newman, R Stretch, W Frost, A Mansingh and A Leipus 2005; J Sci Med Sport. Mar;8(1):1-14.

Methods for injury surveillance in international cricket, J W Orchard, D Newman, R Stretch, W Frost, A Mansingh and A Leipus 2004; New Zeal J. Sports Med .32 (4): 90-99.

Methods for injury surveillance in international cricket, J W Orchard, D Newman, R Stretch, W Frost, A Mansingh and A Leipus 2005; Sth Afr. J. Sports Med. 17 (2): 18-28.

The use of therapeutic medications for soft tissue injuries in sports medicine, J Paoloni, J Orchard 2005; Med J Aust, 183(7):384-8.

The use of diagnostic imaging in sports medicine, J Orchard, J Read, I Anderson 2005; Med J Aust, 183(9):482-6.

Sport and exercise medicine in Australia. J W Orchard, P D Brukner 2005; Med J Aust, 183(7):383.

Return to play following muscle strains, J Orchard, T Best, G Verrall 2005; Clin J Sports Med 15(6):436-441.

How to treat: knee injuries in sport. J Orchard, Jun 17 2005; Australian Doctor 35-42.

Cricket Australia: Injury report 2004, J Orchard, T James 2005; Sport Health 23 (1): 15-24.

The risks of local aprotinin injections for treatment of chronic tendinopathy, J Orchard, J Hofman, R Brown 2005; Sport Health  23 (2).

Letter to the Editor, re: “Biomechanical Measures of Neuromuscular control…” Hewett et. al. Am J Sports Med 33 (4), Orchard J, 2005.

The AFL injury report 2004, J Orchard, H Seward 2005; Sport Health  23 (3): (in press).

The relationship of Australian Football grass surfaces to anterior cruciate ligament injury. I Chivers, D Aldous, J Orchard, 2005; International Turfgrass Society Journal, 10 (1): 327-332.

Classifying Sports Medicine Diagnoses: A comparison of the International Classification of Diseases 10 - Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) and the Orchard Sports Injury Classification System (OSICS-8). K Rae, H Britt, Orchard J, Finch C. 2005; Br J Sports Med 39(12):907-911.
 

2004

Stress-shielding as a cause of insertional tendinopathy: the operative technique of limited adductor tenotomy supports this theory. Orchard JW, Cook JL, Halpin N
J Sci Med Sport. 2004 Dec;7(4):424-8.

Is it safe to use local anaesthetic painkilling injections in professional football?, Orchard J, Sports Medicine 2004;34(4):209-19.

Lumbar spine region pathology and hamstring and calf injuries in athletes: is there a connection?, Orchard JW, Farhart P, Leopold C, Best TM,
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2004 Aug;38(4):502-4.

Video illustration of staple gun use to rapidly repair on field head laceration [case history], Orchard J, British Journal of Sports Medicine 2004 Aug;38(4):E7.

Sport is more important to health than most realise. Orchard J. J Sci Med Sport. 2004 Jun;7(2):iv-v.

Blood borne infections in sport: risks of transmission, methods of prevention, and recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination, Commentary (Orchard J).
Br J Sports Med. 2004 Dec;38(6):678-84.

Football Australasia: controversies in 2003 [conference report], Seward HG, Orchard JW, Jowett AD, Med J Aust. 2004 Apr 5;180(7):321-2.

Olympic medals or long life: what's the bottom line? Orchard J, Finch C.
Med J Aust. 2004 Jun 21;180(12):655.

Risk factors for muscles strains, Orchard J, Sportslink, 2004, September, p. 1, 4-5.

The AFL injury report 2003, J Orchard, H Seward 2004; Sport Health  22 (2).

 

2003

Risk of knee and ankle sprains under various weather conditions in American football, Orchard J, Powell J, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2003 Jul;35(7):1118-23.

Management of muscle and tendon injuries in footballers, Orchard J, Australian Family Physician 2003, 32(7):489-93.

Cricket Australia 2003 injury report, Orchard J, James T. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2003 Dec; 6(4): 520-1.

Statistics in clinical practice [book review], Orchard J. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2003, 37: 562-b.

Clinical sports medicine 2nd edition [book review], Orchard JW, Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 178 (5): 237.

Cricket injuries: a longitudinal study of the nature of injuries to South African cricketers [commentary], Orchard J. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2003; 37: 250-253.

Bowling workload and the risk of injury in elite cricket fast bowlers, Dennis R, Farhart R, Goumas C, Orchard J, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2003, 6(3):359-67.

Cricket Australia Injury Report 2003, Orchard J, James T, Sport Health, Summer 2003-04, 21(4): 10-18.

AFL 2002 Injury Report, Orchard J, Seward H, Sport Health, 2003 Winter, 21(2): 18-23.

Tendon injections – does it matter what you use? Orchard J, Sport Health, 2003 Spring 21(3): 25-27.

Preventing Hamstring Strains, Orchard J, Sport Health, 2003 Autumn, 21(1): 20-23.

Effect of the limited interchange rule on players leaving the field at an NRL club, Orchard J, Steet L, Walker C, Sportslink, 2003, September, p. 12-14.

2002

Is there a relationship between ground and climatic conditions and injuries in football?, Orchard J, Sports Medicine 2002, 32 (7): 419-432.

Who owns the information? [leader], Orchard J, British Journal of Sports Medicine 2002, 36: 17-18.

Exact moment of a gastrocnemius muscle strain captured on video [case report], Orchard JW, Alcott E, James T, Farhart P, Portus M, Waugh SR, British Journal of Sports Medicine 2002, 36:222-223.

Benefits and risks of using local anaesthetic for pain relief to allow early return to play in professional football, Orchard JW, British Journal of Sports Medicine 2002, 36:209-213.

Injuries in Australian cricket at first class level 1995/6 to 2000/01, Orchard J, James T Alcott E, Carter S, Farhart P, British Journal of Sports Medicine 2002, 36 (4): 270-274.

Biomechanics of muscle strain injury, Orchard J. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine 2002 30(4): 92-98.

Epidemiology of injuries in the Australian Football League 1997-2000, Orchard J, Seward H, British Journal of Sports Medicine 2002, 36:39-44.

The management of muscle strain injuries: An early return versus risk of recurrence [guest editorial], Orchard J, Best T, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine 2002, 12: 3-5.

Australia needs to follow New Zealand’s lead on sports injuries [for debate], Orchard JW, Finch CF, Medical Journal of Australia 2002, 177: 38-39.

Why the world needs a good Australian sports science and sports medicine journal [editorial], Orchard J, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2002, 5(1): viii-x.

Health insurance rebates in sports medicine should consider scientific evidence [editorial], Orchard J, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2002, 5(4):v-viii.

Understanding the causes of soft tissue injury – a Malcolm Blight legacy? [editorial], Orchard J, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2002, 5(2): v-vii.

How to use databases in sports medicine research, Orchard J and Blood G, in Evidence-based Sports Medicine, MacAuley D and Best TM (eds)., BMJ Books, London, 2002, p. 29-42.

2001 and prior

Rainfall, evaporation and the risk of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury in the Australian Football League, Orchard J, Seward H, McGivern J, Hood S, Medical Journal of Australia 1999, 165: 304-306. Full text

The 'northern bias' for injuries in the Australian Football League, Orchard J, Australian Turfgrass management 2000, 2(3): 36-42. Full text

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Risk Factors for Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury in Australian Football, Orchard J, Seward H, McGivern J, Hood S, American Journal of Sports Medicine 2001, 29 (2): 196-200.  Full text

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Risk Factors for muscle strains in Australian Football, Orchard J, American Journal of Sports Medicine 2001, 29 (3): 300-303. Full text

Preseason Hamstring Weakness associated with Hamstring Injury in Australian Footballers, Orchard J, Marsden J, Lord S, Garlick D, American Journal of Sports Medicine 1997, 25 (1): 81-85. Medline  Full text

Biomechanics of iliotibial band friction syndrome in runners, Orchard J, Fricker P, Abud A, Mason B, American Journal of Sports Medicine 1996, 24 (3): 375-9.  Medline  Full text

The AFL Penetrometer study: work in progress, Orchard J, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2001, 4(2): 220-232.

Muscle activity during the drop punt kick. Orchard J, Walt S, McIntosh A, Garlick D in Science and Football IV (eds Spinks, W, Reilly T, Murphy A) 2001, Routledge, London, p. 32-43. 

Hamstring muscle strain injury caused by isokinetic testing. Orchard J, Steet E, Walker C, Ibrahim A, Rigney L, Houang M. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 2001, 11: 274-276.

Using the Worldwide Web to conduct Epidemiological research: an example using the National Basketball Association, Orchard J, Hayes J, International SportsMed Journal 2001, 2(2). abstract

The use of local anaesthetic injections in professional football [editorial], Orchard J, British Journal of Sports Medicine 2001, 35: 212-213 .

Pathophysiology of chronic groin pain in athletes, Orchard J, Read J, Verrall G, Slavotinek J, International SportsMed Journal 2000, 1 (1) . Abstract

Groin injuries in the Australian Football League, Orchard J, Verrall G, International SportsMed Journal 2000, 1 (1) Abstract

Ultrasound findings of inguinal canal posterior wall deficiency associated with groin pain in footballers, Orchard J, Read J, Neophyton J, Garlick D, British Journal of Sports Medicine 1998, 134-139. Medline

Comparison of injuries in elite senior and junior Australian Football, Orchard J, Wood T, Seward H, Broad A, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 1998, 1(2): 82-88. Medline

Sports medicine for professional teams [editorial], Orchard J, Fricker P, Brukner P, Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 1995; 5:1-3.

Football Injuries in Australia at the Elite Level, Seward, Orchard et al, Medical Journal of Australia 1993 Medline

Recent advances in sports medicine in Australia, Orchard J, Journal of Clinical Sport Medicine (Japan), 2001.

Flexibility to avoid future health risks, Orchard J, Australian Doctor, 10 August 2001, p.29.

Lessons to learn from the DVT frenzy, Orchard J, Australian Doctor, February 2001.

Playing fair at work pays off, Orchard J, Australian Doctor, 18 May 2001, p.33.

Search on Google for articles on injury by John Orchard:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&q=John+Orchard+injury&btnG=Google+Search

Search on PubMed for articles on injury by John Orchard:

(J Orchard) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term="Orchard+J"[au]

(JW Orchard) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term="Orchard+JW"[au]

Link to Sports Injury Manager OSICS page:

http://www.sportsinjurymanager.co.uk/osics.html

Other articles that quote me published on the Web:

Sports Factor radio interview

Alcohol and footballers

Nature.com review of my research

ACL injuries of the knee:

Med Web 

Other recommended external injury links:

Injuries in the NBA (USA)

Injuries in Premier League Soccer

 

Professional experience

1998 – Sydney City Roosters NRL

Club Doctor

· Participated in 1998 NRL final series

1994 – 1997 Sydney Swans AFL

Club Doctor

· Participated in 1996 Grand Final, 1996-7 finals and 88 home & away games

· Led AFL in development of a computerised database system for keeping medical records, providing up-to-date information and analysing injury trends

· First AFL doctor to introduce use of staple gun for quick repair of on-field lacerations

· First AFL official to measure and research the effect of ground conditions in AFL matches

· A leading AFL doctor in injury research (hamstring, groin injuries, ACLs, biomechanics of kicking, injury rates)

· Maintained a full-time presence for the players, including attendance at all games, all training sessions, morning injury clinics, proximate sports medicine centre, provided frequent home visits to sick & injured players etc.

· Developed a medical network for the Sydney Swans, including local sports medicine centre, Sydney-wide register of sub-specialists and match day consultants for other Australian cities

· Injury rates for Sydney Swans lowered from an average of 115 senior injury payments per season over 1990-1993 to an average of 64 senior injury payments per season from 1994-1997.

1996 Australian U/23 Soccer Team Soccer Australia

Medical Officer

· South Africa tour November 1996

1995-8 NSW Cricket Team NSWCA

Consultant Sports Physician

· Consultant services provided to players such as Steve Waugh, Mark Taylor, Glenn McGrath, Michael Bevan, Anthony Stuart, Simon Cook

1993 AIS Women’s Basketball WNBL

Medical Officer

· 1993 WNBL Season

1992-4 Canberra/Melbourne Bushrangers ABL

Club Doctor

· 1992-3 and 1993-4 Australian Baseball League seasons

1992 Prahran Football Club VFA

Club Doctor

· Participated in 1992 VFA Qualifying, Second-Semi & Preliminary Finals

1990-91 Hawthorn Football Club AFL

U/19 Team Doctor

· U/19 team were finalists and senior team won 1991 AFL Premiership

 

 

Additional professional activities

1997- South Sydney Sports Medicine Kensington

Consultant Sports Physician

· Pioneered the first weekend sports medicine casualty service in Sydney

· Assisted with management of other team athletes at clinic

1992-8 Australian Football League Melbourne

Injury survey coordinator

· Development of injury database and publication of annual injury reports

1998- Australian Cricket Board Melbourne

Injury survey coordinator

· Development of injury database and publication of annual injury reports

1997- University of New South Wales Kensington

Visting Fellow

· School of Physiology & Pharmacology; Sports Medicine Courses

1994-6 Eastern Suburbs SMC Bondi Junction

Consultant Sports Physician

· Medical consulting plus orthopaedic assisting with Drs. Merv Cross, Leo Pinczewski and Craig Waller

1993 Australian Institute of Sport Canberra

Roche Sports Medicine Fellow

· Medical consultant to many national team & Olympic athletes

1994 (Nov-Dec) Virginia Mason Sports Medicine Seattle, USA

Visiting International Consultant

· Podiatry and sports medicine departments; visits to Seattle Seahawks (NFL)

1992 Australian College of Sports Physicians Melbourne

Sports Medicine Registrar

· Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Prahran Sports Medicine Centre, Alphington Sports Medicine Centre

1991 University of Melbourne School of Medicine

Senior Tutor in Anatomy & Physiology

· Passed FRACS Part 1 written & OSCE examinations at only attempt

1990 Box Hill Hospital Melbourne

Medical Intern

1989 Yale University Medical School USA

Medical Elective Student (Radiology)

1985-89 The Age Newspaper Melbourne

Freelance Contributor

· Including computer football tipping and rooms reporting