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Contact Details

Phone
+64 027 930 6064
Email
nemsandiford@gmail.com

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Position
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Surgery and Critical Care (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MBBS MRCS MSc FFSEM FRCS (Tr/Orth)
Research summary
I am passionate about the role of research in improving clinical practice.
Teaching
I teach medical students, Trainee Interns, SET and non-SET trainees theoretical, clinical and practical surgery. I am also involved in teaching GP Trainees.
Memberships
  • The New Zealand Hip Society
  • The New Zealand Knee and Sports Surgery Society
  • Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society
  • The International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA)
  • The Royal Society of Medicine
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
  • The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
  • The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
  • The Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, RCSI, UK
  • The Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, RCSEd, UK
  • The British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine (BASEM)
  • The British Hip Society
  • The European Hip Society
  • The British Orthopaedic Research Society
  • The AO/ASIF Foundation
  • The Caribbean Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Clinical

I am an Orthopaedic Surgeon based at Southland Teaching Hospital and Southern Cross Hospitals.

My clinical interests are as follows:

  • Primary hip and knee reconstruction
  • Complex hip and knee reconstruction
  • Revision hip and knee reconstruction
  • Periprosthetic fracture management
  • Prosthetic joint infection
  • Sports injuries

Additional details

I have a demonstrable interest in education, teaching and research. I am the co-founder and co-chair of the Southland Audit and Research Day, an annual research event held at Southland Hospital.

I also hold the roles of Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago and am Associate Editor for Hip international.

Publications

Dasci, M. F., Surucu, S., Aral, F., Aydin, M., Turemis, C., Sandiford, N. A., & Citak, M. (2026). Comparison of ChatGPT and Google in addressing patients’ questions on robot-assisted total hip arthroplasty. Joint Diseases & Related Surgery, 37(1), 142-155. doi: 10.52312/jdrs.2026.2368 Journal - Research Article

Beadel, H., & Sandiford, N. A. (2025). Higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among arthroplasty patients presenting in winter. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Research, 20, 1050. doi: 10.1186/s13018-025-06482-9 Journal - Research Article

Dasci, M. F., Núñez, J. H., Köse, O., Sandiford, N. A., Caliskan, B. S., Luo, T. D., … Citak, M. (2025). The co-occurrence of spondylodiscitis and periprosthetic joint infections: Clinical and microbiological perspectives. International Orthopaedics, 49, 1599-1606. doi: 10.1007/s00264-025-06556-7 Journal - Research Article

Budin, M., Sandiford, N. A., Gehrke, T., & Citak, M. (2025). Body mass index matters: Morbid obese patients have different microorganism profiles in the setting of periprosthetic hip joint infections. International Orthopaedics, 49, 1309-1317. doi: 10.1007/s00264-025-06513-4 Journal - Research Article

Atkinson, B. S., Oldfield, W. M., Sim, H. M. E., & Sandiford, N. A. (2024). Opiate prescription after hip and knee arthroplasty: A retrospective cohort study. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1589), 59-66. Retrieved from https://nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

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