Dr. Stewart Morrison MBBS FRACS(Orth) FAOA

Dr. Stewart Morrison is an Australian orthopedic surgeon who treats children and adults with a diverse range of orthopedic conditions. He works as a consultant orthopedic surgeon at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne as well as Monash Health. Stewart’s orthopedic interests lie in adult and paediatric deformity correction, with a specific focus on the treatment of congenital limb deficiencies and post-traumatic severe deformity. 

His medical degree was completed at Monash University in 2008.. He undertook his orthopaedic surgery training and was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2018. Prior to embarking on additional international sub-specialty training, Stewart worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Health. 

Stewart then completed a 12-month ACGME-accredited Limb Reconstruction Fellowship at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, training under Prof. Mark Dahl MD. This covered a broad spectrum of paediatric as well as adult complex deformity correction. He then went on to complete 6 months of general paediatric orthopaedics at Klinikum Stuttgart, Germany, supervised by Dr. Prof. Thomas Wirth. 

Stewart has an interest in research and has published over twelve peer-reviewed papers as well as presenting at a number of national and international meetings. Research has focused on the domains of limb reconstruction and limb lengthening, in addition to the field of electronic health. Stewart fosters ongoing research commitments at several of the international institutions at which he has previously been appointed.  

In addition to his work in orthopaedic surgery, Stewart’s advocacy extends to his interest in doctors’ health, having served on the board of the Victorian Doctors Health Program for nine years. He also was a member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trainee Association (RACSTA) executive from 2014 – 2018. He is a keen traveller and avid architectural photographer.