Dr Ralph Stanford

Ralph Stanford graduated from the Medical School at the University of Tasmania in 1988. He trained as an orthopaedic surgeon in Sydney, NSW and completed surgical training in 1999. He undertook post-fellowship training in spinal surgery and surgical management of spinal cord injury in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States during 2000 and 2001. He obtained a PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2001. 

Dr Stanford is experienced in surgical approaches to all regions of the spine. His areas of clinical interest are disorders of the adult spine including degenerative disease, tumours, trauma, infection, inflammatory conditions and acquired deformity. He is closely involved in the management of spinal cord injury at Prince of Wales Hospital and sits on committees responsible for spinal cord injury at hospital, area health and state-wide levels. He has previously been scientific secretary of the NSW Branch of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Spine Society of Australia.