Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon

About Dr Ben

INTRODUCTION

Dr Beer's passion for spinal surgery stems from his desire to improve his patients' lives through precision diagnosis, thorough patient (and treating team) education and individualised treatment.

His unique life experiences, including his best friend's spinal injury when they were teenagers, have led him to be both caring and passionate about spinal patient's conditions and their treatment.

Dr Beer's guiding purpose is to relieve his patients of their pain in the hopes of returning each one of them to a pain-free and active lifestyle.

SERVICE FOCUS

Dr Beer has spent more than a decade gaining a breadth of Orthopaedic and Spinal surgical experience and now specializes in the treatment of spinal conditions, including:

Artificial disc replacement- cervical and lumbar
Anterior and lateral lumbar surgery
Keyhole spinal surgery (MISS)
Spinal navigation
Robotic spinal surgery
Deformity correction

POSTGRADUATE QUALIFACTIONS

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in the Specialty of Orthopaedic Surgery (FRACS, 2021)
Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (FAOrthA, 2021)

TERTIARY EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 2007
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 2011

AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS

2005 Semester 1 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement
2005 Semester 2 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement
2007 Semester 1 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement
2007 Semester 2 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement
2008 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement
2011 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement
2007-2010 Commonwealth Learning Scholarship

AHPRA REGISTRATION

Medical Board of Australia – General & Specialist (Orthopaedic Surgery) Registration

– Registration Number MED0001662850

CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS

PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS

Staff Specialist, Spine Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health Service
Associate Lecturer, University of Queensland

PRIVATE HOSPITALS

Visiting Medical Officer, Orthopaedic (Spine) Surgeon, Pindara Private Hospital

MEMBERSHIPS

Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS)
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
Australian Medical Association (AMA)
AO Spine
North American Spine Society (NASS)
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS)

TRAINING HISTORY

Dates: 2012

Position Title: Resident Medical Officer

Facility: Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

General Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Neurosurgery
Mental Health
Emergency Medicine

Dates: 21^st January 2013 – 14^th April 2013

Position Title: Junior Registrar – Intensive Care Unit

Facility: Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Specialties:

Burns
Post-surgical care
Spinal Injury
Cardiothoracic

Dates: 2013

Position Title: Principal House Officer - Orthopaedics

Facility: Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

General Paediatric Trauma
Paediatric Spine
Paediatric Upper limb
Paediatric Musculoskeletal Oncology

Dates: 2014 - 2015

Position Title: Principal House Officer - Orthopaedics

Facility: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Musculoskeletal Oncology
Lower limb – arthroplasty & sports knee
Adult Spine

Dates: 2016

Position Title: Principal House Officer – Orthopaedics

Facility: Ipswich General Hospital, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Lower limb – arthroplasty & sports knee
Upper limb

Dates: 2017

Position Title Registrar - Orthopaedics – AOA SET1

Facility Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Sports knee & shoulder
Lower limb arthroplasty

Dates: 2018

Position Title: Registrar - Orthopaedics – AOA SET2

Facility: Gold Coast Health, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Pelvis & acetabular & complex trauma
Lower limb arthroplasty
Upper limb & hand

Dates: 2019

Position Title: Registrar - Orthopaedics – AOA21 Core Trainee (SET3)

Facility: Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Lower limb arthroplasty & Sports Knee
Complex trauma
Upper limb
Spine

Dates: 3^rd February 2020 – 2^nd August 2020

Position Title: Registrar - Orthopaedics – AOA21 Core Trainee (SET4)

Facility: Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

General Ortho paediatrics
Complex lower limb and hip osteotomy

Dates: 3^rd August 2020 – 31^st January 2021

Position Title: Registrar - Orthopaedics – AOA21 Core Trainee (SET4)

Facility: Mater Adult Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Knee – sports & arthroplasty
Foot & ankle
Shoulder

Dates: 1^st February 2021 – 8^th August 2021

Position Title: Registrar - Orthopaedics – AOA21 Core Trainee (SET5)

Facility: Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Complex lower limb arthroplasty
Spine Trauma

Dates: 9^th August 2021 – 6^th February 2022

Position Title: Registrar - Orthopaedics – AOA21 Transition to Practice Trainee (SET5)

Facility: The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Terms:

Lower limb arthroplasty including Mako Robotic Arthroplasty

Dates: 7^th February 2022 – 7^th August 2022

Position Title: Fellow - Orthopaedic Spine

Facility: The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Supervisors: Dr G Askin, Dr J Albietz, Dr K Campbell, Dr A Parr, Dr D Nielsen

Focus:

Spinal Trauma
Spinal cord injury
Tumour
Adult degenerative
Adolescent scoliosis

Dates: 8^th August 2022 – 6^th August 2023)

Position Title: Fellow - Orthopaedic Spine

Facility: AOA Fellowship Pindara Private Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Supervisor: Professor Matthew Scott-Young

Focus:

Anterior approach to lumbar spine
ALIF & TDR
Complex Adult Spinal Deformity

VOLUNTEER and LEADERSHIP ROLES

Dates: 2011

Position Title: Chair of Anatomy & Surgery Subcommittee of the University of Queensland Medical Society

Dates: 2020-2021

Position Title

President of Queensland Orthopaedic Registrars Association
Queensland representative to Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Association

SURGICAL & ANATOMY COURSES

Applied Anatomy & Surgery Course , 2011, Brisbane, Australia
Early Management of Severe Trauma, RACS, 2014, Brisbane, Australia
AO Trauma Course – Basic Principles in Fracture Management, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
Anatomy of Orthopaedic Surgical Exposure, 2015, Cairns, Australia
Basic Surgical Skills Course, RCS, 2015, Edinburgh, Scotland
Australian Orthopaedic Association Bone Camp, 2017, Sydney, Australia
Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, RACS, 2018, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane
Training in Professional Skills, RACS, 2018, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne
Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education – Trauma, 2019, Cairns, Australia
Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Instructional Course, 2019, Noosa, Australia
Depuy Synthes Periarticular Plating Masterclass, 2019, Sydney, Australia
Postgraduate Orthopaedics FRCS (Tr&Orth) Revision Course, 2020, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Australian Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 2020, Melbourne, Australia
2^nd M.O.R.E Australian Knee Symposium, 2020, Gold Coast, Australia
Australian Hand Surgery Society Registrar Hand Surgery Review Course, 2020, Melbourne, Australia
Stryker Argo Exeter Hip Course, 2020, Brisbane, Australia

SUBSPECIALTY COURSES & TRAINING

Nuvasive: Supine ALIF Course, 2022, Brisbane, Australia
LifeHealthCare: Complex Techniques via Posterior Approach to the Spine, 2022, Sydney, Australia
Nuvasive: XLIF/Lateral Corpectomy Course, 2022, Brisbane, Australia
Globus Medical – Excelsius Robotic Navigation, 2022, Vail, Colorado, USA
Globus MERC: Adopting Advanced Lateral Solutions, 2023, Sydney, Australia
AO Spine Asia Pacific Advanced Level Regional Anatomical Specimen Course, 2023, Bangkok, Thailand

CONFERENCES

Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 2013, Darwin, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland Annual Scientific Meeting, 2014, Gold Coast, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland Annual Scientific Meeting, 2016, Gold Coast, Australia
Queensland Orthopaedic Registrars Association Conference, 2016, Noosa, Australia
Queensland Orthopaedic Registrars Association Conference, 2017, Gold Coast, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland Annual Scientific Meeting, 2018, Noosa, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 2018, Perth, Australia
Queensland Orthopaedic Registrars Association Conference, 2018, Gold Coast, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019, Noosa, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019, Canberra, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019, Canberra, Australia
Queensland Orthopaedic Registrars Association Conference, 2019, Maroochydore, Australia
Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 2021, Virtual
Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland Annual Scientific Meeting, 2022, Noosa, Australia

OTHER COURSES

Data Interpretation in Acute Medicine Course, 2011 , Brisbane, Australia
Lightbox Radiology – MRI - Lower Limb Interpretation, 2013, Noosa, Australia
Lightbox Radiology – MRI – Upper Limb Interpretation, 2013, Noosa, Australia
Roadmap To Research, 2014, Brisbane, Australia
Radiation Safety for Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2015, Brisbane, Australia

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS and TEACHING

Research Title: Use of Taylor Spatial Frames in the Management of Tibial Fractures in Children

Supervisor: Dr Geoff Donald

Facility: Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane

Publication Date: Presented at AOA ASM 13/10/2014

Presentation: Does Image Derived Instrumentation alter early total knee arthroplasty revision rates?An AOANJRR Analysis

Meeting: Presented at AOA ASM 8/10/2018

Facility: Perth Convention Centre

City/State: Perth, Western Australia

Country: Australia

Research Title: Impact of Image-Derived Instrumentation on Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision Rates: An Analysis of 83,823 Procedures from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry

Authors: McAuliffe, Michael J.; Beer, Benjamin R.; Hatch, Joshua J.; Crawford, Ross W.; Cuthbert, Alana; Donnelly, William J.

Publication Date: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, Vol. 101, No. 7, 03.04.2019, p. 580-588.

Presentation: Queensland Children’s Hospital Orthopaedic Unit Clinical Audit

Date Presented: 13/03/2020

Facility: Queensland Children’s Hospital

Presentation: Cairns Base Hospital Orthopaedic Unit Clinical Audit

Date Presented: 25/10/2019

Facility: Cairns Base Hospital

Presentation: Cairns Base Hospital Orthopaedic Unit Clinical Audit

Date Presented: 10/05/2019

Facility: Cairns Base Hospital

Dates: 2008 – 2011

Position Title: Anatomy Tutor

Responsibilities:

Casual employment as an anatomy demonstrator.
Tutoring pre-clinical medical & allied health students and external groups in gross anatomy, histology and radiology.

Facility: University of Queensland

City/State: Brisbane, Queensland

Country:Australia

Dates: 2009 – 2011

Position Title: Associate Lecturer

Responsibilities:

Teaching anatomy, physiology and pathology of a wide range of diseases.
Initiating and developing course material.
Providing assistance to tutorial mentors with regard to content and approach of tutorials.

Facility: University of Queensland

City/State: Brisbane, Queensland

Country: Australia

Dates: 2012 - Current

Position Title: Associate Lecturer

Responsibilities: Teaching Clinical medical students in hospital-based practice, through a combination of bed-side, tutorial and formal teaching.

Facility: University of Queensland

City/State: Brisbane, Queensland

Country: Australia