Summary
Dr Brett Halliday is a Queensland trained orthopaedic surgeon. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1988. He received his FRACS (Orth) in 1997, becoming a full Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (FAOrthA) in 2002. He is a certified independent medical examiner and a senior visiting specialist orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. He works in private practice at the St Vincent’ss Private Hospital Northside (Chermside, Brisbane).
Since finishing his training as an orthopaedic surgeon in Queensland, Dr Halliday completed additional training in joint replacement and trauma at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to Australia he took up the position of the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery in January of 2000. He remained as the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery in at the Royal Brisbane Hospital with interests in orthopaedic trauma management and hip and knee replacement until mid-2002. At this point he left the public position to undertake private practice. He continues to work as a Senior Visiting Specialist at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Dr Halliday is an active participant in post-graduate medical education. He is involved with the training of medical students, resident medical officers, and orthopaedic registrar training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Additionally, he has been an elected member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association State and Federal Committees.
In the past Dr Halliday has been a member of the Road Trauma Committee of Queensland (a branch of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2000 to 2005). He was also a member of the Medical Advisory Committee at the Holy Spirit Northside Hospital from 2003 to 2005.