Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
DECISION SUMMARY
What matters before you keep reading.
Eligibility
Requirements published
Funding
The AOA programme summary publishes: AUD 240,000 per annum including superannuation, leave, penalties and allowances. Confirm the current appointed-year salary, award and benefits with the host.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
25 Aug 2026
Duration · published12 months
Clinical exposurePaediatric spinal deformity, trauma and tumour surgery with an adult spinal-trauma secondment at Princess Alexandra Hospital
Funding · publishedThe AOA programme summary publishes: AUD 240,000 per annum including superannuation, leave, penalties and allowances. Confirm the current appointed-year salary, award and benefits with the host.
DestinationAustralia
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports
Decision-critical fields are separated into confirmed facts, partial information and points requiring direct confirmation.
—Not published
International applicant eligibility
The cited source does not explicitly confirm international-applicant eligibility.
✓Published by official source
Required training level
Eligible for medical registration in Queensland · Postgraduate orthopaedic fellowship preferred
✓Published by official source
Programme classification
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific.
?Confirm directly with host
Hands-on restrictions
Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
Eligibility for Queensland medical registration is required; appointment is as a senior registrar with no right to private practice.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
Any examination requirement must be confirmed with the relevant regulator and host.
—Not published
Language requirements
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
The AOA programme summary publishes: AUD 240,000 per annum including superannuation, leave, penalties and allowances. Confirm the current appointed-year salary, award and benefits with the host.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
66% of core application fields verified
Checked 25 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-21. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleEmail Geoffrey Askin with a CV to request current availability; no fixed deadline or next commencement date is published
Deadlines and intake dates can change between cycles. The data-quality ledger above explicitly labels application fields that the cited official source does not publish.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Published entry requirements
Clinical / academic eligibility
Eligible for medical registration in Queensland
Postgraduate orthopaedic fellowship preferred
Registration, licence & examinations
Eligibility for Queensland medical registration is required; appointment is as a senior registrar with no right to private practice.
Visa / work authorisation
Visa sponsorship or work-authorisation requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Application documents
Curriculum vitae
Licensing, visa and document rules depend on the individual programme and application cycle. OrthoFellow does not infer USMLE, AHPRA, ECFMG, recommendation-letter or visa requirements from the country alone.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A long-running Brisbane clinical and research fellowship centred on spinal deformity. The host's published profile highlights paediatric scoliosis expertise and a fellowship history extending back to 1994.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Approximately three all-day elective scoliosis operating lists per fortnight, additional trauma or tumour lists, weekly multidisciplinary review, research meetings and preparation of an audit for publication or national or international presentation.
Benefits may depend on appointment type, training level, visa status and the active academic year. OrthoFellow keeps stipend and benefits separate so a salary figure is not mistaken for the full package.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Queensland Children’s Hospital / Princess Alexandra Hospital
The 12-month appointment is shared between Queensland Children’s Hospital—the state's dedicated paediatric hospital serving a published catchment of at least six million—and Princess Alexandra Hospital for adult spine trauma.
Fellowship supervisor / program leadershipOfficial program roster
Current position
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
Queensland Children’s Hospital / Princess Alexandra Hospital
Clinical focus
Spine training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Geoffrey Askin is listed in the cited programme evidence as fellowship supervisor / program leadership for Geoff Askin Research/Clinical Fellowship in Spinal Surgery. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Spine training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Geoffrey Askin is listed by the official programme source as fellowship supervisor / program leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
RL
Faculty: Robert Labrom
Teaching faculty / co-leadershipOfficial program roster
Current position
Teaching faculty / co-leadership
Affiliation
Queensland Children’s Hospital / Princess Alexandra Hospital
Clinical focus
Spine training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Robert Labrom is listed in the cited programme evidence as teaching faculty / co-leadership for Geoff Askin Research/Clinical Fellowship in Spinal Surgery. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Spine training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Robert Labrom is listed by the official programme source as teaching faculty / co-leadership. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Fellowship supervisor and paediatric spine surgeonOfficial profile & photo verified
Current position
Orthopaedic spine surgeon and fellowship supervisor
Affiliation
Mater Private Hospital Brisbane / Queensland Children's Hospital
Clinical focus
Paediatric and adult spinal deformity, including scoliosis
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Geoffrey N Askin is listed in the cited programme evidence as fellowship supervisor and paediatric spine surgeon for Geoff Askin Research/Clinical Fellowship in Spinal Surgery. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Paediatric and adult spinal deformity, including scoliosis. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Mater's official profile notes that Dr Askin has supervised a spine fellowship since 1994 and has trained approximately 36 spine surgeons.
Names and fellowship roles come from the cited programme source. A green “individual profile verified” label means the position, qualifications and biography were also checked against an official personal or institutional profile. OrthoFellow displays a portrait only when it can be tied to an official profile or faculty source; otherwise the host institution brandmark is shown, with initials retained only when neither image is available. Faculty rosters may change.
PROGRAM HISTORY
Published fellowship history
The host profile states that Dr Geoffrey Askin has supervised a spinal fellowship since 1994 and has trained approximately 36 spine surgeons. AOA Trauma-filter identity checked 2026-08-25; source summary last updated date not displayed.
APPLICANT PROFILE
Applicants eligible for Queensland medical registration, preferably with a postgraduate orthopaedic fellowship
