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Gary HooperHead of Department

MBChB MD FRACS FRNZOA

Email gary.hooper@otago.ac.nz

Professional interests

  • Knee injuries and Joint Replacement
  • Rehabilitation following surgery
  • Impact of training on outcomes for patients
  • Regenerative medicine in Orthopaedics
  • Assessing outcomes following joint replacement

Research interests

Gary's research interests include clinical trials investigating improving outcomes after joint replacement and studies involving bone metabolism and musculoskeletal bioengineering.

Clinical outcomes include:

  • The wear of highly cross-linked polyethylene in hip replacement
  • Metal ion production in hard-on-hard bearing surfaces
  • Long term outcome of unicompartmental knee replacement
  • Acoustic monitoring of failing joint replacements
  • The use of larger femoral heads in hip replacement
  • The implications of increased BMI on the outcome
  • Bone density changes around implants
  • New Zealand Joint Registry outcomes

He also studies re-integration into society in multiple trauma patients with special emphasis on earthquake victims.

Gary's bone metabolism studies include bone density changes adjacent to uncemented hip and knee replacements and the implications this has for clinical practice.

He is also studying how to improve fracture healing rates following neck of femur and tibial shaft fracture.

Gary's biomechanical investigations include the building and production of cartilage scaffolds for the treatment of articular cartilage defects and developing titanium implants to fill bone deficits.

Publications

Snell, D., Dunn, J., & Hooper, G. (2025). Improvement in quality of life, pain and function after total and unicompartmental knee replacement: A secondary analysis of 12-month post-operative outcomes. Advances in Orthopedics, 6274196. doi: 10.1155/aort/6274196 Journal - Research Article

Woodfield, T. B., Lim, K., Lindberg, G., Cui, S., Veenendaal, L., Major, G., & Hooper, G. (2024). Scalable spheroid biofabrication plaforms for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine and disease modelling. Tissue Engineering Part A, 30(15-16), 216. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2024.06979.abs Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Woodfield, T., Lim, K., Lindberg, G., Cui, S., Murphy, C., Veenendaal, L., Major, G., & Hooper, G. (2024, September). Biofabrication of advanced hydrogel and tissue spheroid fusion models for regenerative medicine and disease modelling. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Biomolecular Interactions Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Gregor, R. H., Hooper, G. J., & Frampton, C. (2024). Five- and ten-year follow-up of medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasties in obese and non-obese patients. Bone & Joint Open, 5(10), 937-943. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.510.Bjo-2024-0124.R1 Journal - Research Article

Snell, D. L., Dunn, J. A., & Hooper, G. (2024). Associations between pain, function and quality of life after total hip arthroplasty. International Journal of Orthopaedic & Trauma Nursing, 54, 101121. doi: 10.1016/j.ijotn.2024.101121 Journal - Research Article

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