Management & Staff

The AOA National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) is an initiative of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA). At the time it was established, the Federal Board of the AOA established an AOA Registry Committee with the aim to maintain and enhance the quality of the core activities of the AOA National Joint Replacement Registry. This committee is a standing committee of and reports directly to the AOA Board of Directors.

Members of the committee include the Chair (who is nominated by the AOA Board of Directors), the Registry Clinical Director, the AOA President, Vice President, 2nd Vice President, AOA Research Committee Chair, an orthopaedic surgeon from each state and territory, representatives of specialty groups. The current members of the committee are:

Michael O'Sullivan Committee Chair
Paul Smith Clinical Director AOANJRR
Richard Page Clinical Advisor, Shoulder & Elbow Society Representative
Peter Stavrou Clinical Advisor, Foot & Ankle Society Representative
Michael A Johnson AOA President
Scott Fletcher AOA Vice President
Michael Schuetz AOA Research Committee Chair
Rob Kuru Spine Society Representative
Tony Ganko Knee Society Representative
Jonathan Baré Arthroplasty Society Representative
Joshua Petterwood TAS
David Wysocki WA

 

Observers to the Committee:

Peter Lewis Deputy Clinical Director
Michael McAuliffe Deputy Clinical Director
Chris Vertullo Deputy Clinical Director
David Gill Assistant Deputy Clinical Director
Catherine McDougall Assistant Deputy Clinical Director
James Stoney Assistant Deputy Clinical Director
Chris Wall Assistant Deputy Clinical Director
Mark Moroney Second Vice President

 

In Attendance:

Adrian Cosenza AOA Chief Executive Officer
Kathy Hill Registry Executive Manager

 

The Clinical Director of the AOANJRR, who is appointed by the AOA Board, is responsible for the day to day management with the assistance of the Deputy Clinical Directors and Assistant Deputy Clinical Directors (also appointed by the AOA Board). In addition, the AOA employs a Registry Executive Manager who manages the corporate, administrative and business functions of the Registry.

The South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), is currently contracted by the AOA to provide data management and analysis services to the AOANJRR.



AOANJRR Key Contacts

Clinical Director
Professor Paul Smith
via admin@aoanjrr.org.au


Deputy Clinical Directors

Associate Professor Peter Lewis
plewis@aoanjrr.org.au

Adjunct Professor Chris Vertullo
cvertullo@aoanjrr.org.au

Adjunct Professor Michael McAuliffe
mmcauliffe@aoanjrr.org.au


Assistant Deputy Clinical Directors
Mr James Stoney
jdstoney@aoanjrr.org.au

Associate Professor Chris Wall
cwall@aoanjrr.org.au

Associate Professor Catherine McDougall
cmcdougall@aoanjrr.org.au

Dr David Gill
dgill@aoanjrr.org.au


Registry Executive Manager
Ms Kathy Hill
khill@aoanjrr.org.au

 

Federal Quality Assurance Activity Legislation

The AOANJRR was first declared a Quality Assurance Activity (QAA) in 1999.  The declaration was renewed in 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and for a further five-year period in 2022. It is necessary for the AOANJRR to renew the declaration every five years however the information collected is protected by the QAA legislation indefinitely. 

The Quality Assurance legislation is part of the Health Insurance Act of 1973.  This act was amended in 1992 to include quality assurance confidentiality.  The Act operates on the underlying assumption that quality assurance activities are in the public interest.  A declaration as a quality assurance activity by the Commonwealth Minister of Health and Aged Care prohibits the disclosure of information which identifies individual patients or health care providers, that is known solely as a result of the declared quality assurance activity.  It is not possible to provide identifying information to any individual or organisation including the government.

To encourage efficient quality assurance activities "Part VC-Quality Assurance Confidentiality" contains the following provisions:

a)         Prohibiting:
       1.       The disclosure of information that became known solely as a result of those activities;
or
       2.       The production to a court of a document that was brought into existence solely for the purposes of those activities; and

b)         Protecting certain persons engaging in those activities in good faith from civil liability in respect of those activities.

The protection provided by the declaration assures patients, surgeons, hospitals and government that information supplied to the AOANJRR remains confidential and secure.