Associate Professor Roderick Kuo Orthopaedic Surgeon Sydney

Associate Professor Roderick Kuo
Orthopaedic Surgeon Sydney

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedic Surgeon

Associate Professor Roderick Kuo is a Sydney-based Orthopaedic Surgeon with subspecialty interests in foot, ankle, and trauma surgery. He has multiple Sydney locations including Norwest, Wahroonga, Rouse Hill, and Parramatta and works together with a team of specialist orthopaedic surgeons under Specialty Orthopaedics.

Doctor Kuo is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia and is currently appointed as Chairman of the Orthopaedic Department at Norwest Private Hospital, Sydney.

He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill.  He then studied medicine at Sydney University from 1983-87 and graduated in 1988.

He undertook Orthopaedic training on the Sydney AOA Training Programme and obtained his surgical fellowship in 1998.

Following this he completed a fellowship in both Orthopaedic Trauma surgery with Professor BJ Sangeorzan and Dr MLC Routt, and in Foot & Ankle surgery with Professor ST Hansen Jr at Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA in 1998-99.

Associate Professor Roderick Kuo has presented at the National and International meeting and is the author of numerous articles, published in well-respected peer review journals including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American and British, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR) and Journal of Trauma.

Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
Fellow of the Royal Australalasian College of Surgeons
Australian Medical Association Member
Primary Practice at Norwest Private Hospital
American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Member
Practice at Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga
Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Australia
Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons Member
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Member
Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Member

Associate Professor Roderick Kuo’s Qualifications:

  • Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

  • Fellow Royal Australian College of Surgeons (FRACS Orth)

  • Member of Australian Orthopaedic Association

  • Member of Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

  • Member of American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

  • Member of AO Alumni Association

  • Member of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

  • Member of Australian Orthopaedic Trauma Society

  • Member of Australian Medical Association

List of Academic Publications and Presentations:

  • Plexiform Neurofibromatosis: A Difficult Surgical Problem

    LA Kuo, RS Kuo

    Aust NZ J Surg 1990;60:732-5

    Simultaneous rupture of the patellar tendons bilaterally: case report and review of the literature.

    RS Kuo. DH Sonnabend

    J Trauma 1993;34:458 - 460

    Neurilemmoma of the Foot in a Seven-year-old Girl

    RS Kuo, DW Somerville, G Hooper

    The Foot 1993;3: 207-8

    Bifocal fractures of the tibia and fibula. Incidence, classification and treatment

    JP Keating, RS Kuo, CM Court-Brown

    J Boue Joint Surg 1994;76B:395·400

    Acetabular Wire Marker Extrusion in a Charnley Total Hip Arthroplasty

    RS Kuo IH Annan

    Ind J Orthop 1994;28:71-2

    Congenital Insensitivity to Pain - Orthopaedic Implications

    RS Kuo MF Macnicol

    J Paediatr Orthop B 1996;5:292-5

    Measurement of Periprosthetic Bone Density in Hip Arthroplasty Using Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry. Reproducibility of Measurements.

    RC Smart, S Barbagallo, GL Sialer, RS Kuo, SP Buller, RP Drummond, R Sekel

    J Arthroplasty 1996;11:445-52

    Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica: clinical features and management.

    RS Kuo, FP Monsell, MC Bellemore, KJ Frawley, K Kozlowski

    J Paediatr Orthop 1998;18:543-8

    MR Imaging of Dysplasia Epiphysealis Hemimelica: Bony and Soft tissue Abnormalities

    AJ Peduto, KF Frawley, MC Bellemore, RS Kuo SL Fosler, E Onikul

    Am J Roentgenol 1999;172:819-23

    Familial Ulna Nerve Instability

    RS Kuo DJ Bokor

    Aust NZ J Surg 1999;69:754-6

    The Anterior T-Frame External Fixator for High Energy Proximal Tibial Fractures

    RS Kuo GK Bal, JR Chapman, MB Henley, SK Benirschke, B Claudi

    Clin Orthop 2000;380:234-40

    Outcome After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Lisfranc Tarsometatarsal Joint Injuries

    RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, ST Hansen Jr, BJ Sangeorzan

    J Bone Joint Surg AM 2000;82A:1609-18

    Isolated Gastrocnemius Tightness

    CW DiGiovanni, RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, R Price, St Jansen Jr, J Cziernecki, BJ Sangeorzan

    J Bone Joint Surg AM 2002;84:962-970

    Cure of Orthopaedic Infection with Scedosporium prolificans, using Voriconzaole Plus Terbanifine, without the need for radical surgery

    B Gosbell, V Toumastos, J Yong, RS Kuo, DH Ellis, RC Perrie

    Mycoses 2003;46:233-236

  • Combined Fractures of the Tibia and Fibula. Epidemiology, Classification and Treatment.

    RS Kuo, JF Keating, CM Court-Brown

    Annual Cocomac Meeting, Athens, Greece

    October 31st, 1992

    Combined Fractures of the Tibia and Fibula. Epidemiology, Classification and Treatment,

    RS Kuo, JF Keating, CM Court-Brown

    Orthopaedic Research Forum, Edinburgh, UK

    November 11th, 1992

    Combined Fractures of the Tibia and Fibula. Epidemiology, Classification and Treatment.

    RS Kuo, JF Keating, CM Court-Brown

    AOA NSW State Meeting, Port Macquarie, NSW

    April 23-24th, 1993

    Early Experience with Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for the Assessment of Peri-prosthetie Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty.

    RS Kuo, GL Slater, RP Drummond, R Sekel, RC Smalt, SP Butler, S Barbagallo

    ADA NSW State Meeting, Port Macquarie, NSW

    Apri1 23-24th, 1993

    The Reproducibility of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for the Assessment of Peri-prosthetic Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty

    RC Smart, S Barbagallo, SP Buller, GL Slater, RS Kuo, RP Drummond, R Sekel

    Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine, Canberra, ACT

    May 16-19th, 1993

    Early Experience with Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for the Assessment of Peri-prosthetic Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty.

    RS Kuo, GL Slater, RP Drummond, R Sekel, RC Smart, SP Butler, S Barbagallo

    Annual Scientific Meeting of the Surgical Research Society of Australasia, Brisbane, QLD

    August 12-14th, 1993

    Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for the Assessment of Periprosthetic Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty

    RS Kuo, GL Slater, RP Drummond, R Sekel, RC Smart, SP Butler, S Barbagallo

    AORA Registrars' Conference, Leura, NSW

    August 19-21st, 1993

    Degenerative Disease of the Glenohumeral Joint following the Putti-Platt Operation

    LA Kuo, RS Kuo

    AORA Registrars' Conference, Leura, NSW

    August 19-21st, 1993

    Degenerative Disease of the Glenohumeral Joint following the Putti-Platt Operation

    LA Kuo, RS Kuo

    St George Hospital Orthopaedic Skills Laboratory "Techniques in Trauma Mk VI" Meeting, Thredbo, NSW

    August 22-29th 1993

    Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for the Assessment of Periprosthetic Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty

    RS Kuo, GL Slater, RP Drummond, R Sekel, RC Smart, SP Butler, S Barbagallo St George Hospital Orthopaedic Skills Laboratory "Techniques in Trauma Mk VI" Meeting, Thredbo, NSW

    August 22-29th, 1993

    Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for the Assessment of Periprosthetic Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty

    RS Kuo, GL Slater, RP Drummond, R Sckel, RC Smart, SP Butler, S Barbagallo

    Annual Scientific Meeting/Registrars' Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (NSW State Committee), Sydney NSW

    September 18-19th, 1993

    Comhined Fractures of the Tibia and Fibula. Epidemiology, Classification and Treatment.

    RS Kuo, JF Keating, CM Court-Brown

    53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the AOA, Adelaide, SA

    September 26th - October 1st, 1993

    Combined Fractures of the Tibia and Fibula. Epidemiology, Classification and Treatment,

    RS Kuo, JF Keating, CM Court-Brown

    AORA Registrar's Conference, Gold Coast, QLD

    September Ist-4th 1994

    Severe Tibia Vara secondary to Focal Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia Managed by Ilizarov Techniques.

    FP Monsell, RS Kuo, MC Bellemore

    Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society meeting, Cairns, QLD

    June 7-8th, 1996

    Dysplasia Epiphysealis Hemimelica: Clinical Features and Management.

    RS Kuo, FP Monsell, MC Bellemore

    Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society meeting, Cairns, QLD

    June 7-8th, 1996

    Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty for Acute Central Fracture-Dislocation of the Acetabulum

    SG Rimmer, RS Kuo, WJ Bruce

    AOA NSW State Meeting, Nepean, NSW

    April 11th, 1997

    Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty for Acute Control Fracture-Dislocation of the Acetabulum

    SG Rimmer, RS Kuo, WJ Bruce

    Arthroplasty Society Meeting, Hip Replacement COE Meeting, Adelaide, SA

    June 24-27th, 1997

    Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty for Acute Central Fracture-Dislocation of the Acetabulum

    SG Rimmer, RS Kuo, WJ Bruce

    Irv Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland August 13-15th, 1997

    Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty for Acute Central Fracture-Dislocation of the Acetabulum SG Rimmel., RS Kuo, WJ Bruce

    57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the AOA, Canberra, ACT October 12-17th, 1997

    Dysplasia Epiphysealis Hemimelica: Clinical Features and Management.

    RS Kuo, FP Monsell,

    MC Bellemore Paediatric Orthopaedic Meeting, New Children's Hospital, Sydney February 10th 1998

    Pandey Osteotomy for the Treatment of Pes Planovalgus Deformity

    RS Kuo, S Mahajan, WK Chung

    Westem Pacific Orthopaedic Association (WPOA) Meeting, 12th Congress,Fukuoka, Japan October 7th 1998

    Pandey Osteotomy for the Treatment of Pes Planovalgns Deformity

    RS Kuo, S Mahajan, WK Chung

    NSW State Meeting, St George Hospital, NSW November 4th, 1998

    Pandey Osteotomy for thc Treatment of Pes Planovalgus Deformity

    RS Kuo, S Mahajan, WK Chung

    Societe Internationale de Chirulrgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologic (SICOT) Meeting, Sydney, NSW April 18-23rd, 1999

    Fractures of the Os Calcis in Children

    NC Tejwani, RS Kuo, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, BJ Sangeorzan

    Orthopaedic Fellows Scientific Presentations Meeting, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA July 23rd, 1999

    Outcome Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Lisfranc's Tarsometatarsal Joint Injuries

    RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, ST Hansen Jr, BJ Sangeorzan

    Orthopaedic Fellows Scientific Presentations Meeting, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA July 23rd, 1999

    The Relationship Between Isolated Gastrocnemius Tightness and Forefoot or Midfoot Pathology without Neurological lmpairment

    CW DiGiovanni, RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, J Cziemecki, ST Hansen BJ Sangeorzan

    Orthopaedic Fellows Scientific Presentations Meeting, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA July 23rd , 1999

    Outcome After Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Lisfranc's Tarsometatarsal Joint Injuries

    RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, ST Hansen Jr, BJ Sangeorzan

    Zimmer Orthopaedic Trauma Fellows Program Chicago, Illinois, USA August 6-7th, 1999

    Fractures of the Os Calcis in Children

    NC Tejwani, RS Kuo, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, BJ Sangeorzan

    Zimmer Orthopaedic Trauma Fellows Program Chicago, Illinois, USA August 6-7th, 1999

    Pandey Osteotomy for the Treatment of Pes Pianovagus Deformity

    RS Kuo, S Mahajan, WK Chung

    59th AnnuaI Scientific Meeting of the AOA, Brisbane, QLD October 10-15th, 1999

    Outcome After Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Lisfranc's Tarsometatarsal Joint Injuries

    RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, ST Hansen Jr, BJ Sangeorzan

    59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the AOA, Brisbane, QLD October 10-15th, 1999

    Tile Anterior T·Frame External Fixator: A Treatment Option for High Energy .- Proximal Tibial Fractures

    RS Kuo, GK Bal, JR Chapman, MB Henley, SK Bernischke, B Claudi

    59th Annual Scientific Meeting of thc AOA, Brisbane, QLD October 10-15th, 1999

    Outcome After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Lisfranc's Tarsometatarsal Joint Injuries

    RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, ST Hansen Jr, BJ Sangeorzan

    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Orlando, Florida, USA March 15-19th 2000

    Outcome After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Lisfranc's Tarsometatarsal Joint Injuries

    RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Bernischke, ST Hansen Jr, BJ Sangeorzan

    Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Meeting - Noosa, QLD June 10~12th, 2000

    Clinical Exam Versus Instrumented Measurement of Equinus in Patients With Forefoot Pain

    CW DiGiovanni, RS Kuo, ST Hansen Jr, J Cziernecki, R Price

    American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society 16th Annual Summer Meeting, Vail, Colorado, USA July 13-15th 2000

    Transfibular approach to the Talus and use in treatment in Osteochondritis Dissecans with Mosiacplasty

    M: Damiani, J Linklater, RS Kuo

    Australian Foot and Ankle Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns, Queensland, Australia June 21-24th 2001

    Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Lisfranc Joint Injuries: Preliminary results of Outcome

    M Damiani, J Linklater, RS Kuo

    Australian Foot and Ankle Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns, Queensland, Australia June 21-24th, 2001

    Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Lisfranc Joint Injuries: Preliminary results of Outcome

    M Damiani, J Linklater, RS Kuo

    NSW Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Concord Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia

    July 20th, 2001

    Transfibular approach to the Talus and use in treatment in Osteochondritis Dissecans with Mosiacplasty

    M Damiani, J Linklater, RS Kuo

    NSW Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Concord Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia

    July 20th, 2001

    High Energy Tibial Pilon Fractures

    RS Kuo

    Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Trauma Meeting

    Sydney, NSW, Australia

    August 8-10th, 2001

    Lisfranc Injuries

    RS Kuo

    Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Trauma Meeting

    Sydney, NSW, Australia

    August 8-10th, 2001

    Segmental Fibular Osteotomy to Approach the Posterolateral Talar Dome for Mosaicplasty

    M Damiani, J Linklater, RS Kuo

    Combined New Zealand, Australian Orthopaedic Association Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand

    October, 7-13th 2001

    Preliminary Outcome of Operative Stabilisation of Lisfranc Injuries

    M Damiani, J Linktater, RS Kuo

    Combined New Zealand, Australian Orthopaedic Association Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand

    October, 7-13th, 2001

    Reconstitution of Lisfranc Ligament after Lisfranc Injury

    Australian Orthopaedic Association NSW State Branch Meeting,

    P Jarman, M Damiani, J Linklater, RS Kuo

    Westmead, NSW, Anstralia

    June 21st, 2002

    MRI Assessment of Lisfranc Ligament Reconstitution After Open Reductlon and Screw Fixation

    P Jarman, M Damiani, J Linklater, RS Kuo

    Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia

    July, 26-27th, 2002

    Early Experience with the AO Locking Calcaneal plate for Depressed Intra-Articular Fractures of the Calcaneus

    A Cadden, RS Kuo, L Grujic

    Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

    Uluru, Central Australia

    August 14-17th, 2003

    Isolated Gastrocnemius Tightness

    CW DiGiovanni, RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, R Price, ST Jansen Jr, J Cziernecki, BJ Sangeorzan Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

    Uluru, Central Australia

    August 14-17th, 2003

    Calcaneal Fractures

    RS Kuo

    Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Meeting

    Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

    April 2-4th, 2004

    Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Posteromedial Talar Process Fractures.

    M Mourad, RS Kuo

    Combined Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand

    August 4- 6th, 2004

    Case Controversies

    RS Kuo

    Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

    Darwin, NT, Australia

    August 12-14th, 2005

    Current Managament of Tibial Pilon Fractures

    RS Kuo

    Instructional Course Lecture, Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Meeting

    Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Oct 8-13th, 2006

    Complex Foot and Ankle Cases

    RS Kuo

    Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society

    August 14-16th, 2008

    Controversies in Pilon Fractures

    RS Kuo

    Controversies in Foot and Ankle Surgery

    Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

    August 19-21st, 2010

    Pilon Fractures

    RS Kuo

    Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Meeting

    Melbourne, Vic, Australia

    April 13-15th, 2011

  • Combined Fractures of the Tibia

    RS Kuo, JF Keating, CM Court-Brown

    J Bone Joint Surg Suppl II & III 1994;76B:119

    Early Experience using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for The Assessment of Peri-Prosthetic Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty

    RS Kuo, GL Siater, RP Drummond, R Sekel, RC Smart, SP Butler, S Barbagallo

    Aust NZ J Surg 1994;64:360-1

    The Reproducibility of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) for The Assessment of Peri-Prosthetic Bone Density in Total Hip Arthroplasty

    RC Smart, S Barbagallo, SP Butler, OL Slater, RS Kuo, RP Drummond, R Sekel

    Aust NZ J Med 1994;24:511

    Dysplasia Epiphysealis Hemimelica: Clinicai Features and Management

    RS Kuo F Monsell, MC Bellemore

    Tibia Vara Secondary to Focal Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia Managed by Ilizarov Techniques

    F Monsell, RS Kuo, MC Bellemore

    J Bone Joint Surg Suppl IV, 1997'79B:418

    Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty for Acute Central Fracture-Dislocation of The Acetabulum

    SO Rimmer, RS Kuo, WJ Bruce

    J Bone Joint Surg Suppl II, 1998;80B:153

    Pandey Osteotomy for the Treatment of Pes Planovalgus Deformity

    RS Kuo, S Mahajan, WK Chung

    Societe Interllaionale de Chirurgie Orthopedique el de Traumatologie

    (SICOT), Sydne~', Final Programme and Abstract Book,

    April 1999: 437,

    Outcome After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Lisfranc's Tarsometatarsal Joint Injuries

    RS Kuo, NC Tejwani, CW DiGiovanni, SK Holt, SK Benirschke, ST Hansen Jr, BJ Sanlgeorzan

    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 67th Alumni Meeting Proceedings 2000;1:485.