Dr John North

John is an orthopaedic surgeon who cares for the peoples of north west Queensland via Telehealth fracture clinics.  He is also the Clinical Director of the Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality and its Northern Territory counterpart.  He is an Associate Professor with the University of Queensland.  He has worked for the peoples of Queensland for over fifty years through Queensland Health appointments.  He teaches regularly on ‘non -technical skills’ and ‘safer surgical teamwork’ required by surgeons and their teams to deliver high quality, compassionate care to all communities and individuals. 

He has co-authored an online learning tool titled ‘Scalpel to Skin” looking at training in these areas for those seeking to progress to becoming surgeons.  He has been heavily involved in rural care delivery for almost fifteen years through telehealth and has researched and published on this subject with respect to evaluation of orthopaedic telehealth service delivery and rural and remote care access. Compassionate care for all patients remains his priority.