Dr. Munjed Al Muderis - Orthopaedic Surgeon
Introduction
Munjed Al Muderis, MB ChB
FRACS, FAOrthA, is an orthopaedic surgeon, an Adjunct Clinical Associate
Professor in the School of Medicine, Sydney Campus at the University of
Notre Dame Australia and a clinical lecturer at Macquarie University and The
Australian School Of Advanced Medicine. Munjed is a leading Hip Surgeon,
Knee Surgeon, and Osseointegration Specialist in Australia. He is a fellow
of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Chairman of the
Osseointegration Group of Australia.
(Source:
His website)
Associate Professor (A/Prof) Al Muderis graduated from Baghdad College High School (The American Jesuit) in 1991. He studied medicine at Baghdad University from 1991 to 1997.
A/Prof Al Muderis joined the
Australian Orthopaedic Training Program in 2004 as part of the Sydney NSW
Orthopaedic Training Scheme and obtained his surgical fellowship, FRACS
(Orth), in 2008.
First he attended a six month
national fellowship in Sydney with Dr Ali Gursel in Lower Limb Arthroplasty
at the Sydney Adventist and Baulkham Hills Hospitals. Then he moved overseas
to Berlin, Germany where he completed a nine month fellowship in Hip and
Knee Arthroplasty with Prof. Dr. Med. Jorg Scholz at the Emil von Behring
Hospital, a Teaching Hospital of the Charite Medical School. His third post
was a three month Trauma Fellowship with Prof. Dr. Med. Axel Ekkernkamp at
the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB,) also a Teaching Hospital of the Charite
Medical School.
Experiences and Opportunities
As a first year resident A/Prof Al Muderis was forced to flee Iraq as he
refused Saddam’s regime brutal orders to surgically remove the ears of
soldiers who had escaped from the army. A Refugee in Detention Camp in Western Australia - Number "982"
In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was
a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police
marched into the operating theatre and ordered the surgical team to mutilate
the ears of three busloads of army deserters. When the head of surgery
refused, he was executed in front of his staff. Munjed's choices were
stark--comply and breach the medical oath 'do no harm', refuse and face
certain death, or flee.
Work Experience
A/Prof Al Muderis’ first job in
Australia was at Mildura Base Hospital as an Emergency Unit and Orthopaedic
Resident. Four months later he moved to Melbourne as a Surgical Registrar at
the Austin Repatriation Hospital. His career next took him to Wollongong
Hospital where he spent a year as an unaccredited Orthopaedic Registrar
followed by a year at Canberra Hospital.
He lives in Sydney with his wife Irina, a GP, and their two daughters and black poodle Mozart. (Source: His website)
YouTube:
From Refugee to Medical Revolutionary | Munjed Al Muderis | TEDxSydney 2015
YouTube:Dr
Munjed Al Muderis and the new Robotic Leg on
The
Project
YouTube:
Iraqi Surgeon gives War Amputees a Second Chance at
life - Foreign Correspondent
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1. Dr Munjed Al Muderis was impressed by "The Terminator"
and became determined to become a surgeon as a 12 year old. He came to
Australia as a refugee, retrained, and is now a leading surgeon in
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Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Background Dr Munjed Al Muderis was given the number "982" at Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia and called that number instead of his name for the whole ten months that he was held there. The Australian Human Rights Commission clearly states: The human rights of people who are in immigration detention are of special concern to the Commission. Liberty is a fundamental human right, recognised in major human rights instruments to which Australia is a party, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. People who are held in detention are particularly vulnerable to violations of their human rights.
The human rights of people in immigration detention
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1. Students, you are to write in a diary your reaction to be called only by a number by your teacher. Describe your feelings in great detail.
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