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CHRISTOPHER MARDEN JOHN CAIN, M.B.,B.S., M.D.(Adel.), F.R.A.C.S. (Orth.), F.A.Orth.A.

Completed medical and orthopaedic surgical training in Adelaide.  Experience gained during training in Adelaide was enhanced by fellowships in spinal surgery in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and Dr Cain commenced private practice as a Spinal Surgeon in 1994.

Involved in the assessment and management of all spinal disorders with a special interest in the treatment of spinal deformity.

Current Appointments:

Sept 1994
 Appointed to Editorial Review Board of Spine
Oct 1994- Jan 1998
 Visiting Medical Specialist 
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Trauma
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide, South Australia
Feb 1998
 Senior Visiting Medical Specialist
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide, South Australia
July 1998

Senior Visiting Medical Specialist
Women's & Children's Hospital
Adelaide, South Australia
May 2002
 Appointed as AMA SA branch nominee to
AMA Federal Council
May 2003
 Elected as Vice-President AMA South Australia
Oct 2003
 Elected Chairman AOSpine Advisory Board Australasia and New Zealand
May 2005
 Elected as President AMA South Australia

Spinal Fellowship:

Sept 1993 - Aug 1994
 Clinical Spinal Fellow to Mr John K Webb
University Hospital,
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, UK
Sept 1994
 AO Spinal Fellow
Drs Friz Margerl & Bernard Jeannerret
Kantonsspital St Gallen
Switzerland

University Appointments:

Oct 1994
 Lecturer
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia

Post Graduate Qualifications:

1993 
 Doctor of Medicine, University of Adelaide for thesis
“Assessment of spinal cord blood flow and function in sheep following antero-lateral cervical interbody fusion in animals with and without spinal cord injuries"

Under Graduate Education:

University of Adelaide (1979-1984)

 

Practice Address:

Adelaide Spine Clinic
252 East Terrace
ADELAIDE SA 5000

Ph:      61 8 8232 6006
Fax:    61 8 8232 2780
Email: spine@adelaide.on.net

Hospital address:

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma
Royal Adelaide Hospital
North Terrace
ADELAIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5000

Ph:    +61 8 8222 4466
Fax:   +61 8 8232 3065

 

 

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Last modified: July 04, 2005