Medical & Allied Health Team

MEDICAL STAFF

ACADEMY DOCTOR

Dr. Lynne Reid - OSSEM (Orthopaedic Surgery, Sport & Exercise Medicine)  - P | 07 4242 1444

General Practitioner

(MBChB, MRCP, MRCGP, FRACGP, DFSRH, PG Cert Medical Law, PG Cert Medical Education)

I have been a doctor for twenty years and have extensive training in all areas of health and wellbeing. As well as having over a decade of general practice experience, I have also completed postgraduate qualifications in internal medicine, medical education, medical law, sport & exercise medicine and focussed psychological strategies.  

I am absolutely passionate about all aspect of lifestyle medicine including exercise prescriptions, nutrition, weight loss and wellbeing.  I am keen to optimise your health so that you can be at your best.  So, if you are preparing for surgery and want to optimise your health, or struggling with your weight, your energy levels or just wanting to get motivated and back to healthy, active living, I want to help you.  

If you are looking to eliminate bad habits, improve your positivity through behavioural change and start really looking after your well-being, start by coming in for a chat.   I enable patients to take charge of their own health by coaching them how to prevent & reverse chronic disease, and to live an optimised and nourishing life, connecting to their goals.  Together we develop a plan for optimising nutrition, physical activity, stress management & social connection. 

Services provided:

  • Pre – surgery health optimisation 
  • Acute & chronic sports injury assessment, investigation, and treatment
  • Weight loss advice, medication, and treatment plans
  • Fatigue investigation and treatment
  • Menstrual control in athletes
  • Sport performance optimisation – e.g. asthma, diabetes,
  • Healthy ageing support

ACADEMY SURGEON

Dr Michael Reid - OSSEM (Orthopaedic Surgery, Sport & Exercise Medicine)  - P | 07 4242 1444

Orthopaedic Surgeon

MBChB MRCS MD MSc Dip (SEM) PG Cert (MedEd) FRCS (Tr and Orth) FRACS (Orth) FAOrthA, Orthopaedic Surgeon

Michael is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with sub-specialist interests in knee, hip, sports injuries and trauma.

Michael studied Medicine at the University of Aberdeen and graduated as a doctor in 1999 with Thomas Lauder Carr Prize in Orthopaedics. Michael’s early medical years were spent in Glasgow and then completing a higher research degree in London. He then undertook specialist Orthopaedic Training in the South East Thames Region of the UK. Michael spent a further two years completing fellowships in lower limb and shoulder arthroscopy, sports injuries, and primary and revision joint replacement in Perth, Western Australia and Chelsea & Westminster in the UK. He trained in musculoskeletal cancer surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London and trauma surgery at the internationally renowned Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit. In 2014 Michael was appointed as a consultant at the Princes Elizabeth Orthopaedic Center Exeter.

Fortunately for Cairns Michael and his family were determined to return to Australia and he started work at Cairns Hospital in January 2015. He was quickly made to feel extremely welcome by both patients and colleagues. Michael and his wife, a local GP in Redlynch, along with their two children have thrived in Cairns and are delighted to have put down roots here. Although retired from Rugby, Michael still enjoys sport and can be seen adorning Lycra and riding his road bike up Copperlode or hurtling around Smithfield tracks on his mountain bike.

Michael is actively involved in teaching and has been appointed Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at James Cook University where he continues to be involved in research and the advancement of orthopaedic surgery in the Far North Queensland region. His extensive research has been the basis for his ongoing work to improve postoperative outcomes for his patients with a faster return to normal activities and sport.

A/ Prof Reid is a member of the following associations:

  • Australian Orthopaedic Association
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • British Association for Surgery of the Knee
  • British Orthopaedic Association
  • Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Faculty of Surgical Trainers
  • Faculty on AO Trauma

ACADEMY PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Tom Maher - Cairns Total Physio - P | 07 4051 3252