About the speakers

Mr Mike Smith

Dr. Mike Smith is an Australian trained Adelaide Orthopaedic surgeon. He specialises in all aspects of Foot, Ankle and Knee surgery, with a particular passion for Keyhole techniques.

After completing his Orthopaedic Specialist training in Adelaide, Dr. Smith undertook subspecialty fellowships both nationally, in Queensland, and with internationally renowned surgeons throughout Europe, the UK, and the USA. The key focus of this training was on minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery of the foot and ankle, arthroscopy sports injury/reconstruction, and the latest joint replacement techniques, including robotic knee surgery, computer navigated total knee replacement, and patient specific instrumentation

Dr Matt Sampson

Dr Matthew Sampson completed a 12 month fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging at the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin. His interests include musculoskeletal and sports injury MRI and image guided musculoskeletal procedures. He currently holds a Staff Specialist position at the Repatriation General Hospital and is a Senior Lecturer at Flinders University. He is a member of Sports Medicine Australia (SA) and the Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group. Dr Sampson has been published in the radiology journals 'American Journal of Roentgenology' and 'Clinical Radiology'.His areas of interest include: arthrography, CT, MRI, MRI arthrography, musculoskeletal imaging, rheumatology, ultrasound.