Hand & Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Meet our Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgeons
MBBS (Hons I) FRACS (Orth) FAOrthA
Head of Department
Dr Richard Lawson has a special interest in children’s hand surgery, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery and Dupuytren’s disease.
MBBS (Hons) FRACS (Orth) FAOA
Dr Anthony Beard has a special interest in wrist pain, various wrist disorders and hand trauma.
Dr Claudia Gschwind
FRACS, FMH General Surgeon, FMH Hand Surgeon
Dr Claudia Gschwind has a special interest in neuromuscular disorders and runs the state-wide Hand Clinic for patients with spinal cord injuries.
BE(Mech Eng) MBBS FRACS(Orth) FAOrthA
Dr Mark Hile treats all conditions of the hand and wrist, with a special interest in conditions and trauma of the wrist.
MBBS FRACS(Plast)
Dr James Ledgard looks after all conditions of the hand and wrist but has a special interest in tetraplegic hand reconstruction and the treatment of spasticity.
MBChB MRCS(Glas) FRACS(Plast)
Dr David Stewart has a special interest in brachial plexus injuries, congenital hand surgery and reconstructive microsurgery.
Clin. Assoc Prof Brahman Sivakumar
MBBS BSci (Med) MS MSc FRACS FAOrthA PFET
Assoc Prof Brahman Sivakumar has experience and training in acute and reconstructive surgery for the hand and wrist, including trauma and fracture management; nerve and microsurgery; arthroscopy; and a broad range of elective conditions.
BApp Sc (MRT), MBBS (Hons), MS (Plast), FRACS (Plast)
Dr Richard Atkinson has a special interest in microsurgical reconstruction, trauma surgery, limb, and skin cancer reconstruction.