St Vincents Private Hospitals

Biography

Dr Rodney Richmond is an orthopaedic surgeon subspecialising in wrist, hand and microsurgery.

Dr Richmond completed his Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery degree at St George’s Hospital Medical School (University of London) in 2005. He spent his junior doctor years in the UK, on the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and in Toowoomba.

In 2017, he joined the Australia Orthopaedic Association training program, working at various hospitals in Sydney including St George Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney Hospital Hand Unit and Canberra Hospital. He obtained his Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and has completed a subspecialty Hand, Wrist and Microsurgery Fellowship at the South Western Sydney Hand Centre.

Dr Richmond returned to Toowoomba in 2023 and is currently working full-time in private practice at Orthopaedics Toowoomba and has an appointment at Toowoomba General Hospital. He maintains an ongoing focus on improving his practice, and attending meetings and courses. He has presented research projects at state and national meetings and is involved in teaching junior doctors and University of Queensland medical students.

Dr. Richmond has a particular interest in:
- Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
- Dupuytren’s Disease
- De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis
- Hand and wrist fractures and dislocations
- Collateral ligament injuries
- Trigger Finger
- Amputations
- Tendon or nerve lacerations
- Crush injuries
- Wrist, hand and finger arthritis
- TFCC pathology
- Ganglions
- Wrist instability
- Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow).