Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 027 930 6064
- nemsandiford@gmail.com
University Links
- Position
- Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Department
- Department of Surgical Sciences (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.