Sports Medicine Registrar
MB BS BSc. (Hons) PhD
OPSMC

Michael Makdissi completed his initial medical training at St. Vincent’s hospital in Melbourne before commencing as a sports medicine registrar in 2001.  Since this time, Michael has been involved in providing sports medicine coverage for a range of sports including Australian Rules football, netball, cricket, rugby league, track and field, cycling, swimming, gymnastics, boxing and volleyball at recreational through to elite levels.

In 2006, Michael undertook a fellowship in sports medicine at the Australian Institute of Sport and managed to complete his PhD at the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (University of Melbourne) in the area of concussion.  This research has lead to the development of concussion management guidelines in sports such as Australian Rules football.

Apart from concussion in sport, Michael’s professional areas of interest include hip and groin disorders, stress fractures and injuries in the adolescent athlete and their prevention.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc. (hons))

Involvement with teams

Current

• Hawthorn Football Club (2005, 2007-)
• Australian Netball team (2006-)

Past

• AIS netball team (2006)
• Melbourne Storm Rugby League club (2004)
• Victorian Bushrangers Cricket team (2003-2006)
• AIS-AFL academy (International rules series, 2003-2005)
• Victorian Metropolitan under 16s football team (2003-2004)
• Commonwealth games, Melbourne (Sports Specific Medical Officer, Boxing, 2006)
• Australian team medical officer (World University Summer Games 2003 & 2005)

Professional memberships and appointments

• Australasian College of Sports Physicians
• Sports Medicine Australia
• Editorial board, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
• Reviewer, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Neurology and the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine