Senior Clinical Lecturer
Email nikki.hooper@otago.ac.nz
Professional interests
- Paediatric orthopaedics
- Adult foot and ankle surgery
- Hip and knee arthroplasty
- Orthopaedic trauma
Research interests
Nikki's research interests are wide ranging and include:
- Paediatric hip - Nikki is involved with international databases and multi-centre clinical trials with a goal of improving and streamlining treatment protocols, as well as improving outcomes in children with hip dysplasia and other paediatric hip conditions
- Paediatric trauma, particularly predictive factors for growth-arrest following physeal fractures in children
- Culture in surgery, including promoting diversity and cultural change
- Surgical education and the role of simulation in improving training while maintaining safe and healthy work practices