A/Prof Raphael Hau

QUALIFICATIONS

FELLOWSHIP EXPERIENCE

After graduating from Melbourne University in 1992, Raphael undertook internship training at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. He then worked in Hong Kong for 2 years as an orthopaedic resident before he returned to Melbourne. He started his Orthopaedic training program in 2000 and during this time, he worked at major Melbourne hospitals including The Alfred and The Austin Hospitals as well as working in country hospitals like Bendigo and Shepparton.

After completing specialist surgical training and gaining recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Raphael completed a Trauma Fellowship at the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre in Heidelberg, Victoria. He then undertook further overseas fellowship training in knee surgery at Avon Orthopaedic Centre at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom followed by a lower limb arthroplasty fellowship in British Columbia, Canada to further his subspecialty experience in joint replacements. During this period, Raphael gained important expertise in complex hip and knee replacements and revision replacements.

Upon his return to Melbourne Raphael commenced work as a specialist orthopaedic surgeon with public hospital appointments at Box Hill Hospital and Northern Hospital.

In 2007 Raphael opened his own practice at Epworth Eastern Medical Centre in Box Hill in Melbourne’s east. Raphael consults regularly at Epworth Eastern Medical Centre, Ringwood Private Hospital and La Trobe Private Hospital in Bundoora.

Raphael is the Director of Orthopaedics at Eastern Health in Box Hill, Victoria. Prior to 2017, he was the Director of Orthopaedics at The Northern Hospital in Epping, Victoria.

He is actively involved in academic conferences and meetings, keeping up to date with the latest advances in arthroplasty surgery. Mr. Raphael is also involved in the training of junior medical staff and medical students of Monash University & Melbourne University medical schools through his public appointments.