About Us
Achieving Through Collaboration
The success of the ANZHFR lies in the dedicated collaboration of many individual health professionals and organisations.
Co-Chairs
The Steering Group is chaired by a geriatrician and an orthopaedic surgeon, reflecting the ideal, shared approach to high-quality hip fracture care.
Professor Jacqueline Close AM
Geriatric Medicine Co-Chair
Associate Professor Chris Wall
Orthopaedic Surgery Co-Chair
Steering Group
The ANZHFR Steering Group is comprised of clinicians and experts in the field with representation from a number of key professional organisations. It provides strategic direction of the registry and oversees the development, implementation, maintenance and reporting of the Registry and its data.
Dr Garry Kirwan
Australian Physiotherapy Association
Dr Jack Bell
Dietetics Australia
Dr Casey Bennetts
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Prof Ian Cameron
Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
Dr Weiwen Chen
Healthy Bones Australia
A/Prof Kerin Fielding
Royal Australiasian College of Surgeons
Mr Stewart Fleming
Webmaster ANZHFR
Ms Jamie Hallen
Manager Australian Hip Fracture Registry, NeuRA
Dr Frazer Anderson
Osteoporosis New Zealand
Dr Sarah Hurring
Clinical Lead New Zealand
& ANZSGM New Zealand
Dr Angel Hui-Ching Lee
Royal Australian College of Physicians
Dr Sean McManus
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
A/Prof Rebecca Mitchell
Injury Epidemiologist
Mr Pierre Navarre
New Zealand Orthopaedic Association
A/Prof Marinis Pirpiris
Co-opted Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Chrys Pulle
Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine
Ms Anita Taylor
Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Nurses Alliance
A/Prof Michael Wyatt
Australian Orthopaedic Association
Ms Nicola Ward
National Co-ordinator New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry
Mr Mark Wright
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chair NZHFR Trust, Co-Chair NZ Implementation Committee
Registry Team
Project Officer
Dr Morag Taylor
Data Analyst
My Hip My Voice
Ms Elizabeth Armstrong
Consumer Reporting Project Manager
James Wright
Patient Reported Experience Project Manager
Contact Number: 0466 563 876
Ms Narelle Payne
Project Officer
Funding
The ANZHFR is generously funded by the following organisations:
Hosts
The Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) is managed by the Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre at Neuroscience Research Australia, a medical research institute affiliated with the UNSW Sydney Faculty of Medicine. In New Zealand, the Registry is supported by the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association.
Partner Organisations
