02 9231 0102
Park House Level 3, 187 Macquarie St Sydney NSW 2000

Sydney Sportsmed Specialists

Sydney Sportsmed Specialists are a group of specialist sport and exercise physicians and orthopaedic surgeons in Macquarie St, Sydney. Our highly experienced specialists have worked with many professional teams, national teams and the NSW Institute of Sport.

Whilst many of our patients are elite athletes, the benefits of our practice apply similarly to recreational sportspeople, school children and injured workers.

Services Offered

Ultrasound Guided Injections
Stem Cell Injections
PRP Injections
Prolotherapy
Podiatry: Video Gait Analysis
Synvisc-One Injections

Australian Medical Association

Sports Medicine Australia

Accredited Service Providers for the NSW Institute of Sport

Meet Our Practitioners

Dr Ameer Ibrahim specialises in non-surgical treatments for Tendinopathies, Osteoarthritis and sporting injuries. He has a special interest in Stem cell therapy, Platelet Rich plasma (PRP) and ultrasound guided injections.

Dr Ibrahim is a Sports and Exercise Physician who graduated from the UNSW in 1994. He has had over 15 years of sports medicine experience dealing with professional and elite athletes and teams across a number of different sports. Dr Ibrahim is a co-founder of Sydney Sportsmed Specialists and Sydney Sports Medicine Centre at Olympic Park.

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Dr Donald Kuah is an experienced sports physician specialist. He is the Chief Medical Officer to the Wests Tigers NRL team and has previously been team doctor to the Sydney Kings basketball team.

For his services to sports medicine, the Commonwealth awarded the year 2000 Sports Medal to Dr Kuah.

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Diana Robinson is a Specialist Sport and Exercise Physician with over twenty years of clinical experience ranging from elite athletes to the everyday recreational exerciser.

She has a strong interest in conditions of the hip, pelvis, knee, foot and ankle and how issues of technique, equipment, biomechanics and training errors contribute to injury. Her focus is to ensure the safe and effective return to sport, exercise or work for the injured or ill patient.

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Dr Peter Walker is a specialist in hip and knee disorders. He performs approximately 750 operations per year including all types of hip and knee surgery with a special interest in computer navigation, ligament reconstructions, hip arthroscopy, cartilage grafting and revision joint replacements.

He is involved in research in a number of these areas through the University of NSW and continually updates his knowledge by attending local and international meetings. He has numerous peer review publications in the orthopaedic literature and lectures both here and overseas on a regular basis.

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Emily Smith's sports podiatry repertoire includes elite athletes of NSWIS and other elite populations including the Wallabies 2011 World Cup squad, as well as ultra marathon runners, weekend warriors, Australian Defence Force members and active individuals.

Emily has a keen interest in the barefoot running debate and has presented her evidence-based view on the modification of running technique at a number of forums and within magazine articles.

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Dr David Carmody completed his medical degree at Sydney University in 1996, and passed his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2006. He was selected for further subspecialty Fellowship training in foot and ankle surgery in Bristol, UK with Mr Ian Winson, President of the European Foot and Ankle Society, and a world leader in arthroscopic surgery of the Foot and Ankle. He also did further training in knee surgery in Lyon,France (Prof. Philippe Neyret) and Leuven, Belgium (Prof Johan Bellemans).

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Dr Jeni Saunders is an experienced sports physician and Foundation Fellow of the Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Medicine.

Dr Saunders involvement at Sydney Sportsmed Specialists also gives opportunity for members of the general public to avail themselves of her expertise. Dr Saunders welcomes people with back injury and tendon injury to her practice in the city.

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Dr Ron Muratore is an experienced specialist Sport and Exercise Physician who was instrumental in implementing many important safety and medical policies in the NRL during his term as the Chief Medical Officer.

His interests include overuse injuries, workplace rehabilitation, exercise induced leg pain, especially compartment syndrome, and paediatric sports injuries. He is one of only a few specialists who perform compartment pressure testing.

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Dr John Trantalis is a surgeon specialising in the treatment of shoulder and elbow disorders. He is fully trained and accredited with the Australian Orthopaedic Association, The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and The Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia.

Dr Trantalis is a Conjoint Lecturer at The University of New South Wales, and also lectures students at The University of Sydney.

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Dr James Lawrence is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician. He was the recipient of the College Medal for high achievement in the Fellowship examinations in 2014.

James has a strong interest in Expedition and Wilderness medicine. He currently consults to an adventure travel company, for which he has provided medical cover on treks to Mt Kilimanjaro and Peru.

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Mark Fleming is a specialist Hip & Knee Surgeon. His special interests include: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction & meniscal repair in the knee. Rapid recovery joint replacement: Anterior minimally invasive hip replacement, Partial knee replacement and computer/robotic assisted total knee replacement.

He has a particular interest in using low opioid anaesthetics for his patients in order to keep his patients mentally sharp with an up out of bed attitude to their rehabilitation.

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Dr Ameer Ibrahim
Sports & Exercise Physician

Dr Donald Kuah
Sports & Exercise Physician

Dr Diana Robinson
Sports & Exercise Physician

Dr Peter Walker
Hip and Knee Surgeon

Emily Smith
Sports Podiatrist

Dr David Carmody
Foot and Ankle Surgeon

Dr Jeni Saunders
Sports & Exercise Physician

Dr Ron Muratore
Sports & Exercise Physician

Dr John Trantalis
Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon

Dr James Lawrence
Sports & Exercise Physician

Dr Mark Fleming
Hip and Knee Surgeon