A/Prof Sumit Raniga

Associate Professor Sumit Raniga is an award winning, internationally recognised subspecialist Orthopaedic Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon. Founder and Director of the Macquarie University Translational Orthopaedic Research Lab (www.mqtorlab.com.au).

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) and a subspecialist Orthopaedic Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon with three years of dedicated clinical and research fellowships in world renowned centres of excellence. Mentored by preeminent Professors Matthias Zumstein (Bern, Switzerland), George Athwal (Ontario, Canada), Graham King (Ontario, Canada), and Des Bokor (Sydney, Australia).

The first and only Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons to be awarded the prestigious Charles S. Neer Award for research in the field of shoulder surgery by the American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES) in 2016. Inaugural recipient of the prestigious Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia's (SESA) and ASES North American Travelling Fellowship Award for 2024. Author of numerous peer reviewed research publications and textbook chapters.

An outstanding communicator who is trained to provide the highest standard of evidence-based management and surgical treatment of simple and complex shoulder and elbow problems with compassion and empathy.

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SHOULDER CONDITIONS TREATED

• Shoulder Arthritis (including Inflammatory Arthritis)
• Shoulder Arthritis due to Degenerative Tears of the Rotator Cuff (Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy)
• Shoulder Dislocation, Instability and Labral Tears
• Rotator Cuff Tears (including Subscapularis Tears and Massive Tears)
• Unrepairable Rotator Cuff Tears in High Demand Patients
• Subacromial Impingement, Subacromial Bursitis and Rotator Cuff Insertional Tendinitis
• Adhesive Capsulitis or Frozen Shoulder
• Calcific Tendinitis
• Biceps Tendonitis and SLAP (Superior Labrum Anterior and Posterior) Tears
• Acromioclavicular Joint (ACJ) Arthritis
• Acromioclavicular Joint (ACJ) Separation
• Pectoralis Major Tendon Ruptures
• Proximal Humerus Fracture
• Fracture Dislocation of the Shoulder
• Humeral Shaft Fracture
• Clavicle Fracture
• Scapular and Glenoid Fracture

ELBOW CONDITIONS TREATED

• Elbow Arthritis (including Inflammatory Arthritis)
• Post Traumatic Elbow Contracture (Stiffness)
• Elbow Ligament Injuries
• Medial Collateral Injury
• Lateral (Ulnar) Collateral Ligament Injury
• Distal Biceps Tendon Rupture
• Distal Triceps Tendon Rupture
• Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)
• Golfers Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)
• Ulnar Nerve Neuritis/Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
• Distal Humerus Fracture
• Radial Head Fracture
• Complex Elbow Fracture Dislocation
• Olecranon Fracture

Qualifications/Memberships
BSc MSc (1st Hons) MBChB FRACS FAOrthA
Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon
Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Director of Translational Orthopaedic Research Lab
(MQ TOR Lab)
Member of Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia (SESA)
Member of European Society for Surgery of Shoulder and Elbow (SECEC)
Member of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)
Winner of the prestigious Charles S. Neer Award from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES;2016)
Winner of the prestigious North American Traveling Fellowship Award from the Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia (SESA) and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES;2024)

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