Dr. Wade Harper

Dr Wade Harper is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who specialises in disorders of the shoulder and elbow. He performs arthroscopic, reconstructive and traumatic shoulder and elbow surgery. Arthroscopic surgery for shoulder instability and rotator cuff repairs are key interests.

He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1992. His residency was at the Prince of Wales Hospital. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 2001. As an Orthopaedic surgeon he spent eighteen months in shoulder and elbow surgical training fellowships.  

Dr Harper has an interest in teaching. He has created this website to assist in patient education. Dr Harper has teaching roles at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. Under-graduate teaching is for the University New South Wales. Post-graduate teaching is for the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) registrar training program. He was the AOA Training representative for the Prince of Wales Hospital from 2002-8. Dr Wade Harper has been responsible for teaching an orthopaedic surgeon as a fellow in subspecialty shoulder and elbow surgery since 2005.