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About Dr Peter Lam

Dr Peter Lam is a nationally and internationally recognised Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon. Dr Lam uses the latest techniques in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for the correction of bunions and ...

Special interests

Keyhole Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Correction of Bunions, Forefoot Deformities and Arthritis of the Big Toe Metatarsophalangeal Joint, Arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery, Sports Related Injuries of the Foot & Ankle, Reconstructive Surgery for Arthritis, Tendon Disorders of the Foot and Ankle.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (Hons), University of Sydney, Australia, 1989
  • Fellow Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics) 1997
  • Fellow Australian Orthopaedic Association 1997

Awards and Publications

Poster Presentation 2nd Prize at the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Scientific Meeting March 2022

Valgus Second Toe Deformity Treated with a Percutaneous Extracapsular Closing Wedge Osteotomy of the Proximal Phalanx.  Lewis T, Ray R, Robinson P, Dearden P, Goff T, Watt C, Lam P.  Foot Ankle Int Accepted for publication March 2022

Minimally Invasive Chevron Akin: Locking The Metatarsal-Cuneiform Joint.  Nunes G, Ferreira G, Baumfeld T, Filho M, Baumfeld D, Lam P. Foot Ankle Specialist Accepted for publication Feb 2022

Technique Tip: Medial prominence bone spur resection in the third-generation percutaneous Chevron-Akin Osteotomy Technique (PECA) for hallux valgus correction. Ferreira G, Nunes G, Dinato M, Pedroso J, Lewis T, Lam P, Filho M. Foot Ankle Surg Nov 2021

Percutaneous Chevron and Akin (PECA) Osteotomies for Severe Hallux Valgus Deformity With Mean 3-Year Follow-up. Lewis T, Ray R, Robinson P, Dearden P, Goff T, Watt C, Lam P.  Foot Ankle Int 2021 Oct;42(10):1231-1240

Percutaneous Surgery for Mild to Severe Hallux Valgus. Robinson P, Lam P. Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery: Jun 2020 (19):76-83 

Percutaneous Surgery for Mild to Moderate Hallux Valgus. Lam P, Lee M, Xing J, Di Nallo M. Foot Ankle Clinic 2016 Sep;21(3):459-77

Hallux Valgus Correction Comparing Percutaneous Chevron/Akin (PECA) and Open Scarf/Akin Osteotomies Lee M, Walsh J, Smith M, Ling J, Wines, A, Lam P. Foot Ankle Int 2017 Aug;38(8):838-846

Effectiveness of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection in the treatment of Morton's neuroma. Markovic M, Crichton K, Read J, Lam P, Slater H. Foot Ankle Int. 2008 May;29(5):483-7.

The acquired midtarsus deformity classification system--interobserver reliability and intraobserver reproducibility. Schon L, Easley, Cohen I, Lam P, Badekas A, Anderson C. Foot Ankle Int 2002 Jan;23(1):30-6

Complex salvage procedures for severe lower extremity nerve pain. Schon L, Lam P, Easley M, Anderson C, Lumsden B, Shanker J, Levin G. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2001 Oct;(391):171-80.

Surgical treatment of chronic lower extremity neuropathic pain. Schon L, Anderson C, Easley M, Lam P, Trnka H, Lumsden B, Levin G, Shanker J. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2001 Aug;(389):156-64.

Subtalar distraction bone block arthrodesis. Trnka H, Easley M, Lam P, Anderson C, Schon L, Myerson M. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2001 Aug;83(6):849-54

Tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis for the management of severe ankle and hindfoot deformities. Myerson M, Alvarez R, Lam P.  Foot Ankle Int 2000 Aug;21(8):643-50

 

INVITED SPEAKER at the following National and International Conferences:

8th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Federation of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, December 2021

Global Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery Conference, December 2021

European Foot and Ankle Society Annual Congress, October 2021

European Foot and Ankle Society Annual Congress, October 2020

International guest speaker at the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society meeting on Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery, October 2020

World Advanced Foot and Ankle Virtual Congress, April 2020

International guest speaker at the Canadian Orthopedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 2018

Member of the Faculty at the 4th International Foot and Ankle Minimally Invasive Surgery Congress, July 2015 in Barcelona, Spain

Member of the Faculty at the 7th International Basic Foot and Ankle Minimally Invasive Surgery Course in Sydney, December 2015

Member of the Faculty at the 7th International Advanced Foot and Ankle Minimally Invasive Surgery Course in Sydney, December 2015.

International guest speaker at the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Brighton, England, November 2014

Combined IFFAS (International Federation of Foot and Ankle Societies) and AOFAS (American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society) meeting in Chicago, September 2014

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75 Crown Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
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150 Edinburgh Road, Castlecrag NSW 2068
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1 South Street, Kogarah NSW 2217
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3 Westbourne Street, St Leonards NSW 2065
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