Dr Benjamin Gooden

Current Hospital Appointments and Consulting Location

Education

Subspecialty fellowships

July 2012 – March 2013

Hip and Knee Arthroplasty and Trauma Fellowship
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

July 2011 – April 2014

Hip and Knee Arthroplasty (Primary & Revision) Fellowship
Klinik Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany
Fellowship Director Prof Jorg Scholz

Post Graduate

2010

Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2007-2010

Australian Orthopaedic Association Advanced Trainee- (North side NSW)

2006-2007

PhD (Surgery)
Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratories, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney

2003-2005

Australasian College of Surgeons Basic Surgical Trainee

Undergraduate

1998-2001

University of Sydney
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Honours)

1993-1997

University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours, Physiology)

Academic Awards/Courses

2012

Anterior Approach to Hip Cadaver Course Innsbruck, Austria

2011

Completion of FRACS in Orthopaedics

2008

Awarded PhD (University of Sydney)
Thesis title: “The Effect of Altered Tensile Stress on
Tendon Metabolism and Biomechanics”

2007

Completion of Australian Orthopaedic Association Orthopaedic Principles & Basic Sciences Exam

2004-2006

Appointed clinical Associate to the Faculty of Medicine Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney

2005

AO/ASIF Advanced Fracture Treatment Sydney, Australia

2005

Awarded Surgical Teaching Registrar of the Year
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital RMO Association

2004

Arthroscopic Skills Workshop
Northern Clinical Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney

2004

Completion Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Surgical Primary (1st attempt)

2004

Completion Basic Surgical Skills Course
University of Sydney

2004

Completion ATLS/ EMST (Early Management of Severe Trauma Course) Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney

2004

Completion of CCrISP (Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient)
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

2004

Basic Surgical Trainee,
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2001

Completion of MB BS (Hons)
University of Sydney, Sydney

2001

Charlotte Last Memorial Prize, Paediatrics

1997

Awarded NH +MRC scholarship to undertake PhD

1997

Completion of BSc (Hons I), University of Adelaide

Professional Memberships

Research

2006-7

PhD

Title
Supervisors
Institution
“The Effect of Altered Tensile Stress on Tendon Metabolism and Biomechanics”
Professor Chris Little and Dr Margaret Smith
The Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Laboratories, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney,

1997

BSc (Hons.)

Title
Supervisors
Institution
“Bilateral Cortical Control of the Anterior Digastric Muscles”
Dr Tim Miles and Dr Mike Ridding
Department Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide

Papers

Melrose J, Shu C, Young C, Ho R, Smith MM, Young AA, Smith SS, Gooden B, Dart A, Podadera J, Appleyard RC, Little CB. Mechanical destabilization induced by controlled annular incision of the intervertebral disc dysregulates metalloproteinase expression and induces disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Jan 1;37(1):18-25

Gooden BR, Smith MJ, Tattersall SJ, Stockler MR.Hospitalised patients’ views on doctors and white coats. Med J Aust. 2001 Aug 20;175(4):219-22.

Gooden BR, Ridding MC, Miles TS, Nordstrom MA, Thompson PD. Bilateral cortical control of the human anterior digastric muscles. Exp Brain Res. 1999 Dec;129(4):582-91.

Nordstrom MA, Miles TS, Gooden BR, Butler SL, Ridding MC, Thompson PD. Motor cortical control of human masticatory muscles. Prog Brain Res. 1999;123:203-14.

Funase K, Miles TS, Gooden BR. Trial-to-trial fluctuations in H-reflexes and motor evoked potentials in human wrist flexor. Neurosci Lett. 1999 Aug 13;271(1):25-8.

Gooden BR, Ridding MC, Miles TS (1997) Cortical control of the human anterior digastric muscle. Proc Aust Physiol and Pharmacol Soc 28:99P.

Published Refereed abstracts

Gooden B.R., Smith, M.M., Sonnabend D.H., Appleyard, R.C. and Little, C.B. Regulation Of Aggrecan And ADAMTS Expression In Tendons In Response To Altered Tensile Stress. 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, USA, 2008 (short listed for new investigator recognition award – top 10%).

Gooden B.R., Smith, M.M., Sonnabend D.H., Appleyard, R.C. and Little, C.B. Temporal regulation of matrix molecule and enzyme expression in stress-deprived mouse-tail tendon. 7th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Societies Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 2007.

Presentations

National Meetings

Gooden B.R., Smith, M.M., Sonnabend D.H., Appleyard, R.C. and Little, C.B. ADAMTS-5 deficiency decreases the material properties of stress deprived mouse tail tendons. Australian Orthopaedic Association 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Australia 2008.

Gooden B.R., Smith, M.M., Sonnabend D.H., Appleyard, R.C. and Little, C.B. Temporal alteration of matrix molecule enzyme expression in stress-deprived mouse-tail tendon. Annual Scientific Meeting, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney and University of Technology, Sydney, 2007

Benjamin R. Gooden, Margaret M. Smith, David H. Sonnabend, Richard C. Appleyard and Christopher B. Little The effect of tensile stress on mouse tail tendon metabolism. Australian Orthopaedic Association 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia 2007.

Benjamin R. Gooden, Margaret M. Smith, David H. Sonnabend, Richard C. Appleyard and Christopher B. Little. The role of biomechanical loading on tendon metabolism in mouse tail tendon. Australian Orthopaedic Association NSW Branch Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney Australia 2007.

Robert U. Ashford, Benjamin R. Gooden, Martin H. N. Tattersall, Michael J. Fulham, Paul D. Stalley The role of PET-CT scanning in cancer of unknown primary metastatic to bone. Australian Orthopaedic Association 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, Canberra, Australia 2006.

Benjamin R. Gooden, Margaret M. Smith, David H. Sonnabend, Richard C. Appleyard and Christopher B. Little. The role of biomechanical loading on tendon metabolism. AH+MRC Congress, Melbourne, Australia 2006.

Local Meetings

Benjamin R. Gooden, The role of altered tensile stress on tendon metabolism and biomechanics. TORU Research meeting Canberra Hospital 12th March 2008.

Benjamin R. Gooden, The effect of altered stress on tendon metabolism and biomechanics. Calvary Hospital, Canberra 8th May 2008.

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