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Conferences & invited lectures

Presentations to peers

Dr Hirpara's work has been presented at the FESSH, EFORT, ASSH and BSSH scientific congresses across Europe and the United States, the Shoulder & Elbow Society of Australia, and the Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. The list below covers 43 unique topics across 64 venue appearances since 2003 — from the doctoral programme at the University of Galway and the inaugural Cutbush fellowship in Brisbane through to invited lectures from the practice.

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Reverse-chronological by year. Each presentation lists every venue where it was delivered — many topics from the doctoral years travelled the international conference circuit (FESSH / EFORT / BSSH) before reaching the larger audiences at ASSH Chicago. Talks delivered as invited lecturer are tagged as such; everything else is first-author or co-author peer-reviewed research.

2026 1 appearance

  1. Orthocell Nerve Symposium, University of Technology Sydney Sydney · 12 June 2026

    Experience with Remplir in Common Upper Limb Conditions

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

2025 4 appearances

  1. Australian Hand Therapy Association — Queensland Division SIG Online · 30 July 2025

    The Shoulder for Hand Therapists — anatomy, assessment and conditions

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  2. Device Technologies SCOPE Case Series Dinner Meeting, Marriott Hotel Melbourne · 28 February 2025

    Getting Started in Private Practice (2025)

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  3. Mater GP Education Dinner, CocoBrew Rockhampton · 18 February 2025

    Everything you wanted to know about the shoulder, and more!

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  4. Australian Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting, The Westin Perth Perth · 30 April – 3 May 2025

    Salvage of locked forearm following traumatic injuries of the distal radioulnar joint: a case series and discussion

    Hirpara KM First author

2024 2 appearances

  1. Device Technologies SCOPE: Focusing on your Future (Shoulder), Kolling Institute Sydney · 29 February 2024

    Getting Started in Private Practice

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  2. Device Technologies SCOPE: Focusing on your Future (Shoulder), Kolling Institute Sydney · 29 February 2024

    Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery — cadaveric skills laboratory

    Hirpara KM Faculty instructor

2022 1 appearance

  1. AOA Knowledge Summit, Cairns Convention Centre Cairns · 22–24 June 2022

    AHSS Hand & Wrist Session

    Hirpara KM Session convenor & moderator

2021 2 appearances

  1. Johnson & Johnson Institute, Medical Engineering Research Facility (QUT) Brisbane · 16 October 2021

    QLD Shoulder Cadaver Lab

    Hirpara KM Faculty instructor

  2. GP Education Orthopaedics Workshop (Mater Health), Empire Apartment Hotel Rockhampton · 6 March 2021

    Shoulder, Elbow and Hand for General Practice

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

2020 1 appearance

  1. Johnson & Johnson Institute, Medical Engineering Research Facility (QUT) Brisbane · 2 March 2020

    Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty (Delta Xtend) — cadaveric skills laboratory

    Hirpara KM Faculty instructor

2018 3 appearances

  1. Grand Rounds — Patient Safety and Quality Half Day, Rockhampton Hospital Rockhampton · 29 August 2018

    Shoulder Instability

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  2. AOA Queensland Branch Annual Scientific Meeting, Sofitel Noosa Noosa · 7–10 June 2018

    Proximal Humeral Fractures: ORIF, Hemi or Reverse?

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  3. Queensland Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting Noosa · 23–25 November 2018

    Do Wrist Fractures Require a Splint after Fixation?

    Faruque R, Hirpara KM Co-author

2016 2 appearances

  1. 13th International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (ICSES) Jeju · May 2016

    Arthroscopic Latarjet with Labral Repair

    Cutbush K, Hirpara KM Co-author

  2. Queensland Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting Gold Coast · 25–27 November 2016

    Management of Hand Conditions via Telehealth — a Central Queensland Experience

    Footitt F, Hirpara KM, Smith A Co-author

2015 2 appearances

  1. LMT & National Surgical Nurse Education Day Brisbane · 18 July 2015

    Shoulder Anatomy, Mechanics and Pathology

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  2. LMT & National Surgical Nurse Education Day Brisbane · 14 March 2015

    Principles of Fracture Management

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

2014 3 appearances

  1. Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia Closed Conference Melbourne · 9 November 2014

    Arthroscopic Posterior Bone Block — is it a viable technique?

    Hirpara KM, Cutbush K First author

  2. Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia Closed Conference, Grand Hyatt Melbourne · 7 November 2014

    Arthroscopic ACJ Reconstruction of the CC Ligaments and ACJ Capsule — presentation of a technique

    Cutbush K, Hirpara KM Co-author

  3. Queensland Hand Society Brisbane · 25 July 2014

    The Manchester experience of flexor tendon rehabilitation

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

2009 8 appearances

  1. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    The incidence of trochanteric bursitis in an Irish back-pain population

    Hirpara KM, Edmundson S, Karkuri A, Hughes B First author

  2. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    The effectiveness of MRSA colonisation screening in asymptomatic orthopaedic healthcare workers in an Irish orthopaedic centre

    Edmundson SP, Hirpara KM, Neill R, Bennett D Co-author

  3. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    The effect of personality traits on total knee arthroplasty outcomes

    Walls R, Hirpara KM, Albadi M, Alkahtani R, Church H, O'Byrne J Co-author

  4. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    Static and dynamic digital imaging as methods of monitoring patient recovery from shoulder surgery

    O'Briain DE, O'Neill B, Kelly J, Shaughnessy M, Yeatman E, Hirpara KM, Kaar TK Co-author

  5. EFORT Congress Vienna · 3 June 2009

    The effect of personality traits on total knee arthroplasty outcomes

    Walls R, Hirpara KM, Albadi M, Alkahtani R, Church H, O'Byrne J Co-author

  6. EFORT Congress Vienna · 3 June 2009

    Clavicle fractures — a comparison of five classification systems and their relationship to treatment outcomes

    O'Neill BJ, Hirpara KM, O'Briain DE, McGarr C, Kaar TK Co-author

  7. EFORT Congress Vienna · 3 June 2009

    Functional outcome after shoulder surgery — are clinical photographs a reliable method for measuring range of motion in the community?

    O'Neill BJ, O'Briain DE, Hirpara KM, Shaughnessy M, Yeatman E, Kaar TK Co-author

  8. AAOS Annual Meeting (poster P230) Las Vegas · 25–28 February 2009

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

2008 7 appearances

  1. ASSH Scientific Congress Chicago · 19 September 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  2. 33rd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium (poster) Galway · September 2008

    The effect of personality traits on total knee arthroplasty outcomes

    Walls R, Hirpara KM, Albadi M, Alkahtani R, Church H, O'Byrne J Co-author

  3. 33rd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · September 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  4. FESSH Scientific Congress Lausanne · 19 June 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  5. EFORT Congress (short-listed to top 10, Free Paper Prize) Nice · 31 May 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  6. IHSS Scientific Congress Dublin · 24 April 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  7. Presidential Medal Competition, RCSI Charter Day Dublin · 15 February 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

2007 15 appearances

  1. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium (poster) Galway · 7 September 2007

    Effects of freezing on the tensile properties of repaired flexor tendons

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  2. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 7 September 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  3. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 7 September 2007

    Risks, benefits and cost-effectiveness of autologous blood transfusion drains compared with suction drains and autologous blood transfusion following total knee arthroplasty

    Abouazza OA, Hirpara KM, Walsh A, O'Sullivan ME Co-author

  4. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 7 September 2007

    Functional outcome and complications after volar plating of distal radial fractures

    Murphy M, Ong J, Hirpara KM, Walsh A, O'Sullivan ME Co-author

  5. 28th Cappagh Residents' Prize Dublin · 31 August 2007

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  6. FESSH Scientific Congress Athens · 30 June 2007

    Effects of freezing on the tensile properties of repaired flexor tendons

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  7. FESSH Scientific Congress Athens · 30 June 2007

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  8. FESSH Scientific Congress Athens · 30 June 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  9. EFORT Congress Florence · 15 May 2007

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  10. BSSH Spring Scientific Meeting Leeds · 3 May 2007

    Effects of freezing on the tensile properties of repaired flexor tendons

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  11. BSSH Spring Scientific Meeting Leeds · 3 May 2007

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  12. BSSH Spring Scientific Meeting Leeds · 3 May 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  13. Atlantic Orthopaedic Club Sligo · 24 February 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  14. EFORT Congress (e-poster, rated top 30%) Florence · 11–15 May 2007

    A case report of intertrochanteric hip fracture secondary to high-velocity RTA after hip resurfacing

    Hirpara KM, Thakrall R, Curtin W First author

  15. BAPRAS Summer Scientific Meeting Deauville · 4–6 July 2007

    The inverting epitendinous suture

    Sullivan PJ, Healy CE, Hirpara KM, Brennan W, Dockery P, Kelly JL Co-author

2006 7 appearances

  1. Corail Learning Course Annecy · November 2006

    Metal-on-metal bearings in total hip replacement

    Curtin W, Hirpara KM, Raheem OA Co-author

  2. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 2 September 2006

    The inverting epitendinous suture

    Sullivan PJ, Healy CE, Hirpara KM, Brennan W, Dockery P, Kelly JL Co-author

  3. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 2 September 2006

    Quantitative comparison of three forms of facial protection in elective hip arthroplasty

    Hirpara KM, McCarthy T, Lenehen B, O'Sullivan ME First author

  4. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 1 September 2006

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  5. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 1 September 2006

    Four years of experience with scaphoid compression fixation

    Hirpara KM, Thakral R, Beirne C, O'Sullivan ME First author

  6. Irish Hand Surgery Society Meeting Galway · 21 April 2006

    Four years of experience with scaphoid compression fixation

    Hirpara KM, Thakral R, Beirne C, O'Sullivan ME First author

  7. PanCeltic Meeting Ayrshire · 15–17 June 2006

    Quantitative comparison of three forms of facial protection in elective hip arthroplasty

    Hirpara KM, McCarthy T, Lenehen B, O'Sullivan ME First author

2005 3 appearances

  1. Atlantic Orthopaedic Club Galway · 19 November 2005

    A case report of intertrochanteric hip fracture secondary to high-velocity RTA after hip resurfacing

    Hirpara KM, Thakrall R, Curtin W First author

  2. Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland Galway · 17 November 2005

    MIVA thyroidectomy — a novel technique (video presentation)

    Hirpara KM, Jawad A, Ishtiaq A, Quill D First author

  3. 30th Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 2 September 2005

    Quantitative assessment of helmet visor contamination in total hip arthroplasty

    Hirpara KM, McCarthy T, Devitt A, Curtin W, O'Sullivan ME First author

2004 1 appearance

  1. Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Meeting Harrogate · 28–30 April 2004

    An observational parallel-group comparative study with and without the “Magic Bullet” (aspirin, cardioselective beta-blocker, pravastatin and clopidogrel) in the perioperative and postoperative period for AAA surgery and femoral-popliteal revascularisation

    Oaikhinan K, Hirpara KM, Akhtar Y, Heskin L, Mannind B, Arema M, Courtney D, Sultan S Co-author

2003 2 appearances

  1. Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting Limerick · 7–8 March 2003

    Opportunities in vascular surgery — endovascular intervention of the aorto-iliac and femoral-popliteal segments: a comparative parallel group study of bypass surgery and angioplasty

    Hynes N, Akhtar Y, Hirpara KM, McManus C, Oaikhinan K, Courtney D, Quill D, Sultan S Co-author

  2. Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting Limerick · 7–8 March 2003

    Comparative study of the use of synthetic graft in the aortic and femoral-popliteal segment: does InterGard silver-impregnated Dacron and carbon Distaflo graft offer a better outcome?

    Oaikhinan K, Akhtar Y, Hynes N, Hirpara KM, McManus C, Quill D, Courtney D, Sultan S Co-author

2016 – present

Australian practice — list in progress

Conference presentations and invited talks since establishing practice in Rockhampton in 2016 are being compiled and will appear here.

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