EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

1982 – 1987 St Wilfrid’s R.C. High School, Featherstone, W. Yorks 10 GCE ‘O’ levels

1982 – 1985 Leeds College of Music Studying Music Theory Part-time

1987 – 1989 Leeds Grammar School

June 1993 United States Medical Licensing Examination  Passed Step I

July 1994 Edinburgh University Medical School Graduated MBChB

Sept 1995 United States Medical Licensing Examination  Passedn Step II

Aug 2003 University of Nottingham Distinction MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine

Jan 2005 Intercollegiate Membership Examination of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS)

July 2007      MRCGP Examination  

Mar 2010       FRACGP awarded FRACGP

MSc Dissertation: ‘The Effect of Exercise of Different Intensity on Platelet Aggregation Under Physiologically Relevant Conditions’.

COURSES AND FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS: 

Dec 1997 Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association Course in Obstetric Anaesthesia

Oct 2000 British Association for Immediate Care (BASICs) Course and Exam

Aug 2002 Advanced Trauma and Life Support

Sept 2002 Advanced Life Support

Sept 2002 The Leeds Orthopaedic Biomechanics Course

Dec 2002 Human Physiology and Sports Medicine Research Lectures

Mar 2003 Immediate and Pre-hospital Care of the Injured Athlete

Mar 2003 ‘First Aid at Work’; Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

Sept 2004 The Leeds Sports Radiology Course

Sept 2005     First World Conference on Track and Field, Newcastle, UK

Nov 2005      British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine Conference

April 2006 Advanced Paediatric Life Support 

Sept 2006     Child Protection Study Day, Winchester

Nov 2006      Business Management Training week, Wessex Deanery, St Malo

Jan 2007       Oxford Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course

Mar 2007       Management of Change Course, Wessex Deanery, Bournemouth

Mar 2007       Joint DFFP/ STIF Course, Southampton

Mar 2007       ‘Hot Topics for MRCGP’ Course, Imperial College, London

Aug 2009      International Sports Science & Sports Medicine Conference

Sep 2009       London Deanery First Annual Conference Sport & Exercise Medicine

Mar 2010       Pitch Side Immediate Trauma Care Course

Mar 2011       FIFA 20^th International Conference

Health for the Football Player, Bologna, Italy 

Mar 2011       London Deanery Sport and Exercise Medicine Conference

Nov 2011      Australian College of Sports Physicians Scientific Conference

ELECTIVES:

Nov – Dec 1993          YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Paediatric Infectious Diseases.

Jan – Mar 1994           PORT VILA HOSPITAL, Vanuatu, South Pacific.

Ward responsibilities, Emergency Admissions, Out-patient clinics.

MEDICAL EMPLOYMENT:

Surgical House Officer:             Aug-Nov 1994 City Hospital, Edinburgh

Thoracic Surgery, HDU

Nov-Feb 1995 Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

General Surgery, HDU

Medical House Officer: Feb-Aug 1995 Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh, General Medicine, Care of the Elderly

Senior House Officer: ug-Feb 1996 Monklands District General Accident and Emergency, Airdrie Senior House Officer:               

Feb-Aug 1996 The General Hospital Accident and Emergency, Jersey

Anaesthetics/ ITU Anaesthetic Rotation Feb-Aug 1997 Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

Aug-Feb 1998 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead Including Intensive Care attachment

Feb-Nov 1998 Newcastle General Hospital Intensive Care: Neurosurgery and Major Trauma.

Nov-Feb 1999 Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

Feb-Mar 1999 Freeman Hospital Newcastle

Senior House officer: April 99-Jan 01  The General Hospital, Jersey: Anaesthetics Including Medical and Surgical Intensive Care.

Medicine Including Diabetes, Endocrinology, Rheumatology.

Senior House Officer: Aug 03-Feb 04 The General Hospital, Jersey: Medicine General Medicine, Care of the Elderly, Rheumatology, Rehabilitation, Cardiology.

Specialist Registrar (LAS):       June 04-Jul 05   Bedford General Hospital

Senior House Officer:                Aug 05-Aug 06  The General Hospital, Jersey: Orthopaedics

Registrar:   Aug 06-Aug 07  Clift Surgery, Bramley: General Practice   Severn & Wessex Deanery

Locum Partner GP:                     Aug 07-Feb 08   Hackwood Partnership, Basingstoke

Locum Partner GP:                     March 08             Wickham Surgery, Wickham, Hampshire

Locum Partner GP:                     Mar 08–Sept 08 Holmwood Surgery, Tadley, Hampshire

Specialist Registrar (LAT):       Sep 08 – July 09  Headley Court: Rehabilitation,   Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre; Musculoskeletal, Leatherhead, Surr

Clinical Director Feb 09 –Nov 09 Musculoskeletal Service

Specialist Registrar (LAT):       December 09 – February 2010; Neurological Headley Court

Sport and Exercise Medicine Willandra Medical Clinic

Epping Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Particularly Sport and Industrial Injuries

Club Doctor April 2010 – Feb 2012

Melbourne Storm All aspects of player care, including on field injuries

Rugby League Club Physiological testing and monitoring

Member of Elite Performance Unit

Medical Director                          October 2011 – present

IRIS Medical Executive health assessments and investigation

OTHER MEDICAL POSITIONS:

Nottingham University Medical School:

Staff and Students’ Consultative Committee Member 2002/03.

Sports Medicine MSc Course Planning Committee Member 2002/03.

MAIN SPORTS MEDICINE POSITIONS:

Club Doctor   

 

 Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club

Australian Minor Premiership & Club Championship Winners 2011

Feb 2010 – present

Emergency Dr:      Jayco Herald Sun Professional Cycling Tour 2011

Victoria, Australia

Team Doctor:         Wales Women’s U17 Football Squad

UEFA European Women's U17 Championship 2009/10

Qualifying Tournament: Macedonia October 2009.

Match Doctor:        IRB Junior World Rugby Championships, Wales 2008

Team Doctor:         England ‘A’ Cricket Team, Tour of India, Jan/ Feb 2008

Medical Support:   Basingstoke Town AFC 2007

Club Doctor:           Bedford Athletic RUFC 2004/05

World University Games, Daegu, South Korea 2003

Training Position on the British Medical Team

British Universities Rugby Union Finals 2002/03, 2003/04

Club doctor:           Hucknall Town AFC, Unibond Premier League 2002/03

Match Doctor:        Jersey RUFC

Musculoskeletal Physician
MBBS FAFMM GDMM MM (Pain Medicine)

Dr David Vivian is past-president and a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine (AFMM). He has over 30 years’ experience in pain assessment & management of complex musculoskeletal problems. He is a director of Metro Spinal Clinics, and has a vast experience not only in the diagnosis and management of complex pain problems, but also in specific pain interventions including spinal and peripheral nerve stimulation, spinal radiofrequency neurotomy and epidural injection.  He has recently authored medical text-book chapters on spinal pain pathophysiology, discography, internal disc disruption, radicular pain, sacro-iliac joint assessment and intervention, interventional disc treatment and the role of diagnostic imaging in discogenic pain, and sub-edited a section on Spinal Pain and Intervention in the medical textbook, Pain Procedures in Clinical Practice.  He has also written national guidelines for spinal pain and anterior knee pain.  As Chairman of the Board of Clinical Intelligence, he is active in innovative data collection and research. Examples of the research efforts in which he is involved in within Metro Pain Clinics includes published articles in Neuromodulation, Pain Medicine and Spine in the last few years, and involvement in various prospective clinical trials.

Musculoskeletal Physician
MBBS FAFMM GDMM (Hons) MPainMed FIPP

Dr Paul Verrills is a full-time Interventional Pain Management Physician and is the co-medical director of Metro Spinal Clinic in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine and completed a Masters in Pain Medicine under Professor Bogduk at the University of Newcastle. He has also been awarded his International Fellowship in Interventional Pain Practice. He spent nearly a decade on the Research Committee of the International Spine Intervention Society and continues to lead a dedicated team undertaking cutting-edge research and data collection. He regularly presents in·Australasia and the United States on interventional techniques and his special interest is Neuromodulation. He is an Editorial Reviewer for Neuromodulation and Pain MedicineJournals. As a past Faculty member for the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), he has recently been appointed as President of the Australian chapter of INS. He is also an active member of the International Spine Intervention Society, World Institute of Pain, The International Association for the Study of Pain, and the Spine Society of Australia.

Sports and Interventional Pain Physician
MBBS FACSM FACSP FASMF MPainMed FIPP

Dr Bruce Mitchell has an extensive Sports Medicine background (a previous AFL club doctor) and is Ex- National President of Sports Medicine Australia. Dr Mitchell is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (CHESM) and has a special interest in the management of hip, buttock, back and groin pain; and the exciting new field of Neuromodulation. He is an active researcher in these fields and has published extensively. Dr Mitchell has training in spinal interventional techniques and is constantly developing these skills. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and has completed a Masters of Pain Medicine. He recently completed the International Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice.

Musculoskeletal Physician
MBBS MM (Physical Medicine) FACPM

Dr Brian Lovell works exclusively in the management of musculoskeletal pain. His expertise includes assessment and management of spinal and muscle pain syndromes with office based injection techniques and treatments.

Musculoskeletal Physician
MBBS, B(Med)Sc, FAFMM, GDMM, GDPainMed

Dr Robert Gassin has been practicing in the field of musculoskeletal pain management for over 10 years. He has completed extensive postgraduate training in both musculoskeletal medicine and pain management and is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine.

Dr. Du Toit has over 10 years experience in sports and exercise medicine and musculoskeletal pain management. He joined Metro Pain Clinic at the Caulfield Metro Spinal Clinic site in 2008, specialising in both complex sports medicine problems as well as acute and chronic pain management.

Sports Physician
MBChB FACSP Dip Sports Exercise Med