Melbourne Knee Centre is a destination practice for elite athletes and everyday Australians seeking highly skilled, focused care for knee injuries and conditions.
Exclusively focused on knees, the Centre delivers subspecialised surgical expertise, multidisciplinary support and a long-standing commitment to exceptional care.
Rather than spread our expertise across orthopaedics, we focus exclusively on the knee.
The knee is a highly dynamic, load-bearing joint that must provide both stability and motion under constant demand. Every step, change of direction, landing, climb and pivot depends on the coordinated work of bone, cartilage, ligament, tendon, muscle and nerve.
That complexity means knee surgery and management demands strong clinical judgement and highly developed surgical skills. A dedicated knee practice allows an intense focus on the knee, honing skills through high volumes of surgery, tailored to each patient’s needs, and staying at the forefront of research and emerging treatments.
Knee care is stronger when a range of expertise is brought to bear before, during and after surgery, and throughout recovery, rehabilitation and return to function.
Our multidisciplinary team and wider networks include surgeons, physiotherapists, nurses, sports physicians and perioperative physicians who collaborate to deliver wraparound care for surgical and non-surgical patients.
Our surgeons are highly trained and experienced, but warm and friendly. They’ve been called “approachable experts,” always happy to take phone calls from referrers and collaborate with GPs or allied health providers to ensure a patient receives the care they need.
Melbourne Knee Centre is supported by a multidisciplinary team, whose combined skills ensure a comprehensive approach to knee management.
With decades of consultant physician experience across perioperative and complex internal medicine, Dr Eric Seal oversees medical care for our surgical inpatients in hospital. Working directly alongside our surgeons, Dr Seal manages acute post-operative medical needs, pain regimens, and complex co-morbidities throughout your hospital admission, ensuring continuous medical oversight from surgery through to discharge.
Bringing three decades of musculoskeletal experience to the practice, Charlie acts as the clinical link between our surgeons and community physiotherapists. He conducts key milestone reviews and coordinates closely your local treating practitioner, ensuring recovery protocols align with surgical outcomes.
Dr Lauren Briggs is a medical doctor and highly experienced surgical assistant working alongside our orthopaedic surgeons in theatre. Dr Briggs provides dedicated intra-operative assistance, ensuring surgical consistency, technical precision, and the highest standards of safety for our patients throughout their procedure.
Morgan works directly alongside Mr Hayden Morris across both the operating theatre and clinical consulting rooms. As Mr Morris’s primary surgical scrub nurse, she provides dedicated intra-operative assistance, bringing technical precision and seamless continuity to every procedure. In the clinic, Morgan oversees surgical preparation, post-operative assessments, and clinical care. Currently undertaking advanced postgraduate studies toward Nurse Practitioner endorsement, she pairs extensive operating theatre expertise with high-level clinical assessment skills to support patients throughout their surgical journey.
Sheree works directly alongside Mr Nathan White, providing end-to-end clinical care across both the consulting rooms and the operating theatre. As Mr White’s primary surgical scrub nurse, she delivers expert intra-operative support during procedures, ensuring familiar, highly coordinated care in theatre. In the rooms, Sheree draws on decades of specialized perioperative experience to manage pre-admission planning, wound care, and post-operative recovery, offering patients a trusted, continuous point of contact from preparation through to healing.
Kate oversees all practice operations, clinical systems, and business administration across our practice. Working closely with our surgical, medical, and allied health teams, she ensures our clinic runs with absolute efficiency, high clinical standards, and transparent patient communication. Kate leads our administrative team to provide a seamless, supportive experience for patients from their very first enquiry through to final surgical follow-up.
Nicole coordinates clinical correspondence, patient accounts, and post-operative appointment scheduling, supporting patients through the administrative side of their surgical follow-up.
Amanda leads our front-of-house team full-time, managing daily clinic operations, patient enquiries, and appointment scheduling with a focus on welcoming and well-organised patient care.
Carla assists patients with clinic appointments, general enquiries, and front-desk coordination, bringing a warm, attentive approach to our patient services team.
Ruby provides administrative and operational support across the practice, assisting our clinical and front-office teams to ensure the clinic runs smoothly.
Melbourne Knee Centre is located in Kew next to St Vincent’s Private Hospital.
