Visiting Doctors

Dr Daniel Cohen is an Australian trained specialist hip, knee and trauma surgeon.

Dr Cohen graduated from the Sydney University Medical School and has also completed the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Orthopaedic surgical training program. He subsequently undertook post graduate training both locally and internationally, spending 1 year at the prestigious St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto completing a fellowship in primary and revision hip and knee replacement. It was there he was introduced to day surgery joint replacement and was involved in a number of quality improvement projects aimed at advancing post-operative patient care. On his return to Australia, Dr. Cohen completed a travelling smart robotics fellowship in hip and knee joint replacement.

Dr Cohen believes in a patient centred, personalised approach to hip and knee replacement. He utilises computer navigation and robotic assisted surgery to enact patient specific planning and component placement in joint replacement surgery. He is fellowship trained in multiple approaches to hip replacement including the minimally invasive anterior approach and the direct superior approach.

Dr Cohen has previously completed a research based Masters of Science in Physiology. He has numerous publications in peer reviewed medical journals also presenting his research nationally and internationally. His research interests include alignment and balancing in knee replacement, day surgery joint replacement and recently the timing of surgery following COVID-19 infection and vaccination.

Dr Peter Lam is a nationally and internationally recognised Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon.

Dr Lam uses the latest techniques in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for the correction of bunions and certain forefoot deformities and arthritis of the big toe metatarsophalangeal joint. He also has particular interest in ligament and tendon reconstruction, realignment surgery and treatment of ankle/hindfoot arthritis. Dr Lam performs surgery at St George Private Hospital,North Shore Private Hospital,  Castlecrag Private Hospital, St George Private Hospital and East Sydney Private Hospital. 

Dr Lam was invited to be the prestigious Kenneth Johnson International Speaker at the 2024 American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society meeting on Minimally Invasive Bunion Correction Surgery.  Dr Lam was an invited international guest speaker at the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting in 2014,  Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting in 2018,  American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting on Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery in October 2020,  European Foot and Ankle Society Annual Congress in 2020 and 2021,  8th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Federation of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in 2021,  6th Congress of Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Society in 2023,  29th Annual Meeting of the German Association for Foot and Ankle in 2024,  American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting 2024.

Dr Matthew Yalizis is an Orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in all aspects of shoulder, elbow and trauma surgery.

Dr Matthew Yalizis uses both arthroscopy (key-hole) and the latest open surgery techniques for the management of upper limb conditions and aims to utilise the latest surgical techniques and implant technologies.

He has presented at numerous national and international meetings including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting, Australian New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Australian Orthopaedic Association Meeting and the Australian Shoulder and Elbow Society Meeting.

Dr Ali Bokhari is an orthopaedic hip, knee and trauma surgeon.

Dr Ali Bokhari is an Australian-trained orthopaedic surgeon with a sub-specialty focus on hip, knee, and trauma surgery. He completed his medical degree at the University of New South Wales, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine and Bachelor of Medical Studies.

He also earned a Master of Surgery at the University of Sydney before completing his orthopaedic surgery training in New South Wales, becoming a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association. He subsequently undertook several sub-specialty fellowships in Europe across Germany, Austria, and France.

Actively involved in research, he has multiple publications in journals and has presented at international-level meetings. He also reviews journal articles for several high-quality orthopaedic surgery journals. In addition to his clinical work, he supervises and teaches junior surgical doctors and serves as a Conjoint Lecturer with Western Sydney University, educating medical students through the Blacktown Hospital clinical school.