Dr Tim Barbour

Sports Physician
MB BS, FACSP, FRACGP
Clinic: OPSMC

After three years in General Practice, Dr. Tim Barbour moved to Melbourne to pursue his interest in Sports Medicine. Participating in the Australasian College of Sports Physicians training program, Tim has been working full-time in this field for the last 12 years and achieved Fellowship of the ACSP 2004.

Given his competitive involvement in both Track and Field and Australian Rules Football, Dr Tim Barbour has a broad understanding of injuries concerned with these sports. Further research has been undertaken in the study of lower limb compartment syndrome, a common condition seen in runners. This extended to the completion in 2006 of a Masters Degree with the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (CHESM) at the University of Melbourne.

After a 6 year period as Medical Officer to Athletics Australia, in 2008 he became Medical officer to the St Kilda Football Club.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB BS)
• Fellow of the Australian College of Sports Physicians (FACSP)
  
• Master of Sports Medicine (MSM)
• Fellow Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)
  

Involvement with Teams and Associations:

• Medical Officer to St Kilda Football Club: 2008 – present
• Medical Officer to Athletics Australia: 2003 – 2008
• Team Doctor – Australian Olympic Athletics Team, Athens 2004 and Beijing, 2008
• Team Doctor – Australian Commonwealth Games Athletics Team, Melbourne 2006
• Team Doctor – Australian World Championship Athletics Team, Paris 2003 and Osaka 2007
• Medical Officer - Richmond Football Club: 1997-2002
• Medical Officer - Australian Under 20 Track and Field Team 1998 – 2002

Member Associations: Affiliations:

• Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
• AFL Medical Officers Association
• Fellow – Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (UK)
• Athletics Australia Anti Doping Commission 2003 – 2008
• Fellow – Royal Australian College of General Practitioners