Dr Christy Graff

Foot and Ankle

Adult and Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

MBBS MHMSC FRCS FRACS

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Dr Christy Graff

Appointments

Consulting Locations

About Dr Graff


Dr Graff is passionate about giving patients the best experience possible when managing their foot and ankle problem. She has pioneered accurately correcting foot and ankle deformities that cause patients pain and difficulty mobilising. She and her team use advanced technology with 3D CT based software modelling and surgical expertise to create individualised surgical plans for foot or ankle problems. 

 

Dr Christy Graff is an internationally and nationally trained Australian orthopaedic surgeon, subspecialising in foot and ankle, trauma, and paediatric orthopaedics.
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Treating adults and children throughout South Australia with excellence, expertise, care, and compassion.


Consults at:

Adelaide Health Suites, Parkside

Calvary Central Districts Hospital, Elizabeth Vale


Private Hospital Accreditation:

Calvary Central Districts Hospital

Calvary North Adelaide Hospital

Memorial Hospital

St Andrews Hospital


‍Public Appointments at:

Modbury Hospital

Lyell McEwin Hospital

Women’s and Children’s Hospital


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Compassion and Personalised Care

Dr Graff and her team are passionate about good communication, and tailoring treatment to the needs of each patient. Patients feel comfortable, looked after, not rushed, and listened to. Dr Graff recognises each patient has different needs and provides individualised and patient centred care.

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Expertise

Dr Graff is one of few orthopaedic surgeons in Adelaide providing treatment for foot and ankle conditions in both children and adults. She performs some of the most complex foot and ankle surgery for foot deformities. She sometimes utilises 3D technology from CT scans to plan difficult cases and takes time to ensure the best possible outcomes for her patients.

 

She volunteered for six months in Malawi, Africa correcting difficult and neglected foot and ankle deformities in adult and children

 

Her practice focus includes:

  • Foot and ankle conditions in adults and children
  • Paediatric Orthopaedics
  • Leg length discrepancy and bony deformities
  • Fractures and trauma


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Experience

Dr Graff has trained in Australia and the UK and has a diverse wealth of experience in orthopaedic surgery, especially in her subspecialties of foot and ankle surgery, deformity correction and fractures.

 

She is dually qualified in both Australia and the UK and worked for 3 years at the Royal London Hospital.

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QUALIFICATIONS

  • Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics) (Australia)
  • Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics) (UK)
  • Masters of Human Movement Science Central Queensland University
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) The University of Adelaide, South Australia


HONORARY TITLES/PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Clinical Lecturer, University of Adelaide
  • Australian Foot and Ankle Society
  • Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society
  • Australian and New Zealand Limb Reconstruction Society
  • Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
  • Clinical Lecturer, University of Adelaide
  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
  • General Medical Council (UK)                                
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)                             
  • Royal College of Surgeons (UK)

 

LOCUM

  • Jun 2019 Locum orthopaedic surgeon at Bundaberg Base  Hospital (QLD)
  • 13 Nov 2017 - 20 Jan 2018 Locum orthopaedic surgeon at Cairns Hospital (QLD)
  • Oct 2017 Locum consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Hervey Bay Hospital    


HUMANITARIAN WORK

  • 10 Mar 2017 - 28 Sep 2017 Orthopaedic Surgeon in Paediatric Orthopaedics, Deformity Correction and Adult Trauma at Beit Cure International Hospital, Malawi, Africa


ORTHOPAEDIC TRAINING AUSTRALIA

  • 10 Aug 2016 - 3 Feb 2017 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at Flinders Medical Centre (SA)
  • 01 Feb 2016 - 09 Aug 2016 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (SA)
  • 05 Aug 2015 - 31 Jan 2016 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at the Royal Darwin Hospital (NT)
  • 02 Feb 2015 - 04 Aug 2015 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (SA)
  • 07 Feb 2011 - 28 June 2011 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at Monash Hospital (Vic)
  • 08 Feb 2010 - 07 Feb 2011 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at Frankston Hospital (Vic)
  • 02 Aug 2009 - 07 Feb 2010 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at Dandenong Hospital (Vic)
  • 02 Feb 2009 - 03 Aug 2009 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at Western Hospital (Vic)
  • 04 Feb 2008 - 01 Feb 2009 Training Orthopaedic Registrar at Geelong Hospital (Vic)

                 

ORTHOPAEDIC TRAINING UK

  • 31 Dec 2014 - 14 Jan 2015 Senior Orthopaedic Registrar at Royal London Hospital
  • 3 Nov 2014 - 28 Nov 2014 Locum Orthopaedic Registrar at St Mary’s Hospital
  • 2 Oct 2012 - 30 Sept 2014 Senior Orthopaedic Registrar at Royal London Hospital


PRESENTATIONS

  •  Jul 2024 Connexion Surgical (invited speaker): External Fixation for Complex Foot and Ankle Disorders
  • Feb 2023 ALLARS (Australian Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society) (invited speaker): External Fixation of Foot Deformities
  • Sep 2022 APOS (Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society): 143 hip reconstructions in paediatric cerebral palsy- lessons from a single centre
  • Sep 2015 BOA Annual Congress: Hip reconstructions in paediatric cerebral palsy: lessons from one surgeon's series of 71 patients (106 primary hips)
  • Apr 2015 AOA (SA Branch) Scientific Meeting: Tibial Eminence Fractures in the Paediatric Population: A Systematic Review
  • Feb 2011 AOA (Victorian Branch) Annual Scientific Meeting: Antibiotic Elution from Cement: An In Vitro Study
  • Oct 2008 AOA 68th Annual Scientific Meeting (Hobart): The Relationship Between Subjective and Objective Outcome Data after Total Knee Arthroplasty
  • Aug 2007 AOA (SA Branch) Annual General Meeting: Outcomes Movement: Instruments in Total Knee Arthroplasty


PUBLICATIONS

  • Graff C, Dounas,G.D, Todd,M.R.L.C, Sung,J, Kumawat, M. Management of Traumatic Nerve Palsies In Paediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: A Systematic Review. Children 10,1862 2023
  • Graff C, Mathur T. Antibiotic impregnated cement coated intramedullary nail (ACCIN) using bronchoscopy tubing: technical tips, case series and a review of the literature. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. Aug 28 2023
  • Graff C, Tang R, Crick B. Antibiotic Elution from Cement: An In Vitro Study. Acta Scientific Orthopaedics Feb 6(2): 24-30 2023
  • Graff C, Dounas GD, Sung J, Kumawat M, Huang Y, Todd M. Management of iatrogenic ulnar nerve palsies after cross pinning of pediatric supracondylar humerus fracture: A systematic review. J Child Orthop Oct; 16(5): 366-373 2022
  • Bhanushali A, Kovoor JG, Stretton B, Kieu JT, Bright RA, Hweitt JN, Ovenden CD, Gupta AK, Afzal MZ, Edwards S, Jaaarsma RL, Graff C. Outcomes of early versus delayed weight-bearing with intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. Oct;48(5):3521-3527 2022
  • Bhanushali A, Axelby E, Patel P, Abu-Assi Rabieh, Ong B, Graff C, Kraus M. Re-fractures of the paediatric radius and/or ulna: A systematic review. ANZ J Surg Apr;92(4):666-673 2022
  • Todd MRL, Dounas GD, Chataway J, Salih S, Graff C. Effectiveness of operative versus expectant management on recovery of nerve palsies in paediatric supracondylar fractures: a systematic review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 18(8):1788-1793 2020
  • Graff C, Hohmann E, Bryant AL, Tetsworth K. Subjective and objective measures after total knee replacement: is there a correlation? ANZ J Surg 86: 921, 2016
  • Coyle C, Jagernauth S, Ramachandran M. Tibial eminence fractures in the paediatric population: a systematic review. J Child Orthop 8(2): 149-59 2014
  • Hohmann E. Sports Medicine. Co-writer of 2 chapters: Injuries to the Upper Limb; Injuries to the Lower Limb. University Publishing Unit, Central Queensland University 1st ed. pp107 – 177, 2007
  • Henshaw R, Coyle C, Low S, Barry C. A retrospective cohort study comparing microwave endometrial ablation with a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in the management of heavy menstrual bleeding. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 42: 2: 205 2002


MANAGEMENT/CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

  • Nov 2024  Convenor: Framing the Framers Course (Connexion Surgical)
  • Nov 2020  Convenor: Life After Training Dinner (AOA)
  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2020: Member of the Surgical Services Operating Theatre             
  • Oct 2018 Local organiser for FRACS (Orth) examinations
  • Jun 2017 Development of financial pathway of private patients, Beit Cure International Hospital (Malawi)
  • May 2017 Development of the preadmission checklist and DVT prophylaxis protocol for Beit Cure International Hospital (Malawi)
  • Aug 2011 Convenor: Australian Orthopaedic Registrar’s Association (AORA) ASM

 

TEACHING AND TRAINING

  • Apr 2018 - present: Clinical lecturer with the University of Adelaide
  • Feb 2018 - present: AOA trainee supervisor
  • Jan 2018 - present: Regular teaching for registrars at Bone School and medical student lectures at Women’s and Children’s Hospital
  • Mar 2018 - present: Examiner for medical students University of Adelaide
  • Sept 2019:  Cairns Orthopaedic Exposures Course (Faculty)
  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2024: Examiner for medical students University of Adelaide
  • Dec 2017: Cairns Orthopaedic Exposures Course (Faculty)
  • Oct 2014: Training the Orthopaedic Trainers (UK)
  • Mar 2014: The Royal London FRCS (Orth) Trauma Viva Course (Faculty) Examiner for Mock Vivas (UK)


Next Step

If you want further information or would like to book an appointment with Dr Graff, please call 0493 461 133 or email us on admin@christygraff.com