Dr Sami Farah
MBBS / BSc (Applied Mathematics and Physics) – Combined Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Science – University of Sydney
M. Biomed. Engineering – Master of Biomedical Engineering – University of New South Wales
FRACS(Orth) – Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
FAOrthA – Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
First Line Assessor for the Collaborating Hospitals Audit of Surgical Mortality (CHASM).
Specialist Orthopaedic Advisor to the Advisory Committee on Medical Devices (ACMD) for the Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australian Government).
Medacta International, Reference Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Anterior Minimally Invasive (AMIS®) Hip Arthroplasty.
Orthopaedic Surgeon Visiting Medical Officer at St. Luke’s Private Hospital, Potts Point, NSW.
Orthopaedic Surgeon Visiting Medical Officer at St. George Private Hospital, Kogarah, NSW.
Orthopaedic Surgeon Visiting Medical Officer at Kareena Private Hospital, Caringbah, NSW.
Orthopaedic Surgeon Visiting Medical Officer at Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Randwick, NSW.
Orthopaedic Surgeon Visiting Medical Officer at Hurstville Private Hospital, Hurstville, NSW.
Orthopaedic Surgeon Visiting Medical Officer at Norwest Private Hospital, Bella Vista, NSW.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Australian Orthopaedic Association
Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Farah SB, Royle T. Predictors of Hospital Outcome in Patients Presenting with Acute Chest Pain to the RPAH Emergency Department. (January, 1999) Pilot Study for Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Emergency Department.
Farah SB. The Biomechanics of Lifting. (June, 2000) Presentation for the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, at the Samuels Building, UNSW.
Ireland J, Farah SB. Anthropometric Parameters of Hip Joints in Patients Presenting for Joint Replacement Surgery to Fairfield Hospital. (2003) Pilot study for the Fairfield Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Pre-operative Bacteriuria and Joint Replacement Surgery. (October, 2003) Presentation for the Fairfield Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Performance of Knee Replacements in the National Joint Registry Annual Report 2003. (October, 2003) Presentation for the Fairfield Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Crucifixion and the Biomechanics of the Transverse Intermetacarpal Ligaments. (November, 2003) Presentation for the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, at the Biomechanics and Gait Laboratory, UNSW.
Farah SB. Dupuytren’s Contracture. (August, 2004) Presentation for the St. George Public Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Blood Supply of the Upper Limb. (September, 2004) Presentation for the St. George Public Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Peripheral Nerve Anatomy, Physiology, and Healing. (November, 2004) Presentation for the St. George Public Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Modern Hand and Wrist Implant Arthroplasty. (November 2005) Presentation for the Westmead Hospital Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Departments.
Farah SB. Hand Bony Architecture. (March, 2006) Presentation for the Sydney Hospital Hand Unit.
Farah SB, O’Carrigan T. Non-union of Tibial Shaft Fractures. (March, 2006) Bone School Lecture to NSW Advanced Surgical Trainees in Orthopaedic Surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Farah SB. Should Scaphoid Fractures be Fixed? (March, 2006) Presentation for the Sydney Hospital and St. Luke’s Private Hospital Hand Units at St. Luke’s Private Hospital.
Farah SB. Vascularity of the Scaphoid. (May, 2006) Presentation for the Sydney Hospital Hand Unit.
Farah SB. Clinical Examination of the Hand. (May, 2006) Lecture to Final Year Advanced Surgical Trainees at Sydney Hospital.
Farah SB. Homodigital Island Flaps in Hand Surgery. (June, 2006) Presentation for the Sydney Hospital Hand Unit.
Farah SB. Heterotopic Ossification. (September, 2006) Presentation for the Wollongong Public Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries. (November, 2006) Presentation for the Wollongong Public Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB, Little D. Bone Ultrastructure, Biomechanics, Regulation of Re-modelling and Evaluation of Bone Loss. (September, 2007) Bone School Lecture to NSW Advanced Surgical Trainees in Orthopaedic Surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Farah SB. Development of a Finite Element Analysis Model of the Human Cervical Spine and a Literature Review of the State of the Art in Finite Element Analysis Modelling of the Cervical Spine. (2007) Master of Biomedical Engineering Thesis for the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW.
Farah SB. Bearing Surfaces and Wear in Hip Arthroplasty. (May, 2008) Presentation for the St. George Public Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Farah SB. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. (June, 2008) Presentation for the St. George Private Hospital Orthopaedic Department.
Kerr D. Local Infiltration Analgesia. A Technique to Improve Outcomes after Hip, Knee and Lumbar Spine Surgery. Informa Healthcare (2012). (Book Reviewed by Farah SB)
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D, Bonar F. Early Failure of the Uncemented Biomet Vanguard Tibial Component. (October, 2012) ISTA 25th Annual Congress, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Blood Metal Ion Levels in Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing and Total Hip Arthroplasties. (October, 2012) ISTA 25th Annual Congress, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Nizam I, Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Birmingham Mid-Head Hip Resurfacing Minimum Two-Year Follow-Up. (October, 2012) ISTA 25th Annual Congress, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Minimum Ten-Year Follow-Up of Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty. (October, 2012) ISTA 25th Annual Congress, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L, Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Minimum Ten-Year Follow-Up of Repicci Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty. (October, 2012) Poster Presentation at ISTA 25th Annual Congress, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Blood Metal Ion Levels in Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing and Total Hip Arthroplasties. (October, 2012) AOA 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Minimum Ten-Year Follow-Up of Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty. (October, 2012) AOA 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Nizam I, Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Large Diameter Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty – A Sound Option? The Performance of 100 Hips with an Average 7.3 Years Follow-Up. (October, 2012) AOA 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Medial Unicompartmental Knee Resurfacing (Repicci), 438 Implants Minimum 10 Years Follow-Up. (October, 2012) AOA 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Medial Unicompartmental Knee Resurfacing (Repicci), 438 Implants Minimum 10 Years Follow-Up. (March, 2013) American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 80th Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, USA.
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Nguyen D, Kerr D. Functional Comparison between the Anterior and Posterior Approach in Total Hip Replacement – Results at Five Years Follow-Up. (October, 2013) AOA 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, Australia.
Kohan L , Field C, McQuilty R, Farah SB, Nguyen D, Kerr D, Rai T. Cobalt and Chromium Ion Levels in Arthroplasty Patients – What are the levels and where are they distributed? (October, 2013) AOA 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, Australia (Presented by Farah SB).
Kohan L, Farah SB, Field C, Kerr D, Nguyen D. Functional Comparison Between Anterior and Posterior Approaches for Total Hip Arthroplasty, Results at 5 Years Follow-up. E-Poster Presentation at ISTA 27th Annual Congress, Kyoto, Japan (25th September 2014).
Nizam I, Kohan L, Kerr D, Field C, Farah SB. Cobalt and Chromium Ion Levels in Arthroplasty Patients. What are the Levels and Where are they Distributed? ISTA 27th Annual Congress, Kyoto, Japan (25th September 2014).
Farah SB, Kohan L, Field C, Nguyen D, Kerr D. Anterior Versus Posterior Approach for Total Hip Replacement. A Functional Comparison at 5 Years Follow-up. Poster Presentation at European Hip Society 11th Congress, Stockholm, Sweden (9-11th October, 2014).
Kohan L, Farah SB, Field C, Nguyen D, Kerr D, McQuilty R, Rai T. Cobalt and Chromium Ion Levels. What are the Levels and Where are they Distributed? Poster Presentation at European Hip Society 11th Congress, Stockholm, Sweden (9-11th October, 2014).
Douglas S, Hamze A, Jassim S, Farah SB, Field C, Nguyen D, Kerr D, Kohan L. Incidence and Natural History of DVT following Total Joint Replacement with Rapid Mobilisation Protocols. AOA 74th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia (12-16th October, 2014).
Kohan L, Field C, Farah SB, Nguyen D, Kerr D. Anterior Versus Posterior Approach for Total Hip Replacement. A Functional Comparison at 5 Years Follow-up. Poster Presentation at Orthopedics Today, Kauai, Hawaii, USA (18th-22nd January, 2015).
Kohan L, Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Does Hip Resurfacing Still Have a Role? AOA Hip and Knee Arthroplasty COE Meeting, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney, NSW, Australia (4th – 6th May 2015).
Kohan L , Field C, Nguyen D, Farah SB, McQuilty R, Kerr D. Does the Volume of an Effusion in a Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty Correlate with Cobalt and Chromium Levels in the Blood? Poster Presentation at ISTA 28th Annual Congress, Vienna, Austria (30th September – 3rd October 2015).
Kohan L , Field C, Farah SB, Kerr D. Hip Resurfacing in Patients under 50 Years Old. Minimum 10-Year Follow-up Results. ISTA 28th Annual Congress, Vienna, Austria (2nd October 2015).
Farah SB, Kohan L , Field C, Kerr D. Hip Resurfacing in 139 Patients, 50 Years of Age and Under. Minimum 10-Year Follow-up. (October, 2015) AOA 75th Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia (Presented by Farah SB).
Farah SB, Kohan L , Field C, Nguyen D, McQuilty R, Kerr D. Does the Volume of an Effusion in a Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty Correlate with Cobalt and Chromium Ion Levels in the Blood? (October, 2015) AOA 75th Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia (Presented by Farah SB).
Kohan L, Farah S, Field C, Kerr D, Nguyen D. Functional Comparison Between Anterior and Posterior Approaches For Total Hip Arthroplasty: Results at Five-Year Follow-Up. The Bone and Joint Journal – Orthopaedic Proceedings Vol 98B, Supp 2, 119 (12/01/2016).
Kohan L, Field C, Kerr D, Farah S. Minimum Ten Year Follow-Up Results For Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty. The Bone and Joint Journal – Orthopaedic Proceedings Vol 98B, Supp 8, 116 (06/05/2016).
Kohan L, Kerr D, Farah S, Field C, Nguyen D. Joint Effusion Volume Does Not Predict Blood Cobalt and Chromium Ion Levels. The Bone and Joint Journal – Orthopaedic Proceedings Vol 98B, Supp 8, 117 (06/05/2016).
Scholes CJ, Ebrahimi M, Farah SB, Field C, Cordingley R, Kerr D, Kohan L. The Outcome and Survival of Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing in Patients Aged Less than 50 Years. A Prospective Observational Cohort Study with Minimum Ten-Year Follow-Up. The Bone and Joint Journal (2019 January) 101-B(1):113-120.
Harrison-Brown M, Scholes C, Field C, McQuilty R, Farah SB, Nizam I, Kerr D, Kohan L. Limited Penetration of Cobalt and Chromium Ions into the Cerebrospinal Fluid following Metal-on-Metal Arthroplasty: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Clinical Toxicology (Phila.) (2019) July 12:1-8.
Harrison-Brown M, Scholes C, Ebrahimi M, Field C, Cordingley R, Kerr D, Farah S, Kohan L. Predicting Changes in the Status of Patient-reported Outcome Measures after Birmingham Hip Resurfacing: An Observational Cohort Study with a Median Follow-up of Ten Years. The Bone and Joint Journal (2019 November) 101-B(11):1431-1437.
Scholes C, Ebrahimi M, Field C, Farah S, Kerr D, Kohan L. Minimally Invasive Inlay Prosthesis Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Unicompartmental Osteoarthritis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study with Minimum Two Year Outcomes and up to Fourteen Year Survival. The Journal of Knee Surgery (2019 December 30).
Harrison-Brown M, Scholes C, Douglas SL, Farah SB, Kerr D, Kohan L. Multimodal Thromboprophylaxis in Low-Risk Patients Undergoing Lower Limb Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Analysis of 1400 Patients with Ultrasound Screening. The Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (2020 June) 28(2):1-8.