VOF Awards
Each year, VOF presents an award for the best registrar paper at the Victorian Branch Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in February and the Victorian Winter Welcome meeting in July.
In 2025 Tasmania commenced providing a VOF award at their ASM.
These awards recognise quality research being conducted by the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons.
Past winners
2025
Ben McElwee
Implementation of an ERAS+ Program: Decrease in length of stay, re-admission rates and costs within a Tertiary Healthcare Network serving a diverse CALD population.
Henry Ring
Northeast Health Wangaratta Lower limb Arthroplasty ERAS+ project - 12 month results
Charles Haward
Medial epicondyle open reduction and internal fixation - a modified technique to improve ease of reduction and stability of fixation
2024
Cheryl Lee
Enhancing Orthopaedic Practice with AI: A Survey of Lyrebird AI-Notetaking Software Implementation
Mason JongThe complication profile of metastatic femoral lesions treated with intramedullary nail fixation: a review of 127 cases
2023Charles Haward
Does a laterally placed skin incision reduce sensory alteration and improve the ability to kneel after total knee arthroplasty? A randomised controlled trial of simultaneous bilateral surgery
Daniel GouldPredicting 30-Day Readmission Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Machine-learning and Clinical Expertise Applied to Clinical Administrative and Research Registry Data in an Australian Cohort 2022 Sofia Marasco Reproducability of coronal plane knee alignment measurement on long leg standing radiographs and comparison to non-weight bearing Mako CT Genevieve Darcy Impact of surgeon volume in hybrid and cementless total hip arthroplasty: a comparison of The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry Epidemiology, management and patient reported outcomes of triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) injuries
Daniel GouldPredicting 30-Day Readmission Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Machine-learning and Clinical Expertise Applied to Clinical Administrative and Research Registry Data in an Australian Cohort 2022 Sofia Marasco Reproducability of coronal plane knee alignment measurement on long leg standing radiographs and comparison to non-weight bearing Mako CT Genevieve Darcy Impact of surgeon volume in hybrid and cementless total hip arthroplasty: a comparison of The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry Epidemiology, management and patient reported outcomes of triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) injuries