Sports Medicine Registrar
MBChB PGDipSportMed
OPSMC

Dr Craig Panther has worked in Emergency medicine and also part-time in Sports medicine, since gaining his Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Medicine from the University of Auckland in 1997. In that time Craig has worked mainly in Auckland but recently spent 18 months working full-time in Sports Medicine at Pure Sports Medicine (a multidisciplinary clinic in London, UK) and at English Premier League club Fulham FC.

He is interested in seeing all types of sporting and recreational athletes with a broad range of problems, but has a particular interest in football (soccer) injuries.

Qualifications (all University of Auckland):

• Bachelor of Human Biology
• Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery
• Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Medicine
• Postgraduate Diploma in Community Emergency Medicine
• Fellow of the Accident & Medical Practitioners' Association (NZ)

Career highlights so far:

• Working full-time in Sports Medicine in London from 2006-2008.
• Opening day of the 2006-7 Premiership season with Fulham -
  75000 screaming Mancunians at Old Trafford
• Representing Oceania with Auckland City in the 2006 and 2009 FIFA Club World Cups
• World Youth Athletic Championships, Italy 2009

Involvement with Teams and Events:

Current:

• Geelong FC
• Athletics Australia (Junior programme)

Past:

• Fulham FC (Premier League Soccer) 2006-8
• NZ National Men's & Youth soccer teams 2001
• NZ Rowing team (UK-based) 2007
• Auckland City FC 2004-6
• Le Defi Areva (French America's Cup sailing) 2003
• Auckland Kingz (Australian NSL) 1999-2000
• University Rugby Union (Auckland) 1996
• NZ Ironman, Auckland Marathon, ITU World Championship Events 1996-7

Affiliations:

• Registrar and Associate Member, Australian College of Sports Physicians
• Member, Sports Medicine New Zealand
• Member, British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
• Member, American College of Sports Medicine

Favourite sports as a participant:

• Cricket, football (soccer), sailing, skiing

Professional conferences & appearances:

• Lecturer, Queen Mary University, London 2006-7 (Hand & Wrist Injuries)
• London School of Architecture 2006
• Orthopaedics in Sport Conference, London 2007

Interests outside medicine

• Family, sailing, DIY/carpentry, travel, food. I'm in the process of (slowly!) restoring a classic wooden boat.