DR JEFF LING

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr Jeff Ling

Sydney Foot & Ankle Surgeon

BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS (Orth)

Dr Jeff Ling is an orthopaedic surgeon with expertise in all aspects of surgery of the foot and ankle in adults and children.

He has a particular interest in patient-specific total ankle replacement, modern techniques for ankle instability, and the correction of flat foot deformity. His scope of practice covers sports Injuries, arthroscopy, fractures, tendon disorders, forefoot conditions, bunions, arthritis, and paediatric problems. Through his university and academic appointments, he continuously updates and contributes to the development of the latest evidence-based options. He is dedicated to creating personalised treatment plans for his patients, in a supportive, engaging and empathetic environment.

Jeff was born and raised in a medical family in Sydney and has the privilege of having lived in all four quadrants of this beautiful city. After graduating from Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Jeff completed his internship, and general surgical residency at Royal North Shore Hospital. After a year as a senior house officer in trauma and orthopaedics in Bristol, in the UK, he returned to Australia and completed his subspecialty training in Orthopaedic Surgery through the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) and obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons – FRACS (Orth). He then undertook two years of further subspecialty training in foot and ankle surgery in the form of three fellowships, starting with the foot and ankle fellowship at Royal North Shore Hospital. He then continued his training in the USA.

He was a clinical fellow at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, which is ranked the top hospital for orthopaedics in the USA. Here, his training focused on adult deformity correction, ankle replacement surgery and sports injuries of the foot and ankle. During this time, he had the privilege of treating professional athletes from the NBA, NFL, and New York Ballet. This was followed by a paediatric fellowship at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Portland, Oregon, where his training focused on deformity correction in the paediatric foot and ankle.

Jeff then returned home to Australia to practice, where he began his private practice at Sydney Orthopaedic Specialists at Prince of Wales Private, as well as taking up appointments at Prince of Wales Hospital, and Sydney Children’s Hospital. Well into his second decade of practice now, he still enjoys the process of getting active individuals back to the best version of themselves.

Jeff feels privileged to be involved in the education and training of medical students, junior doctors, and local and international surgeons. He is the Head of Orthopaedics at Sydney Children’s Hospital and has previously held the position of Director of Orthopaedic Training. He is the Secretary of the Australian Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), the peak body overseeing standards of foot and ankle care in Australia. He has published significant articles in international, peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent contributor at national and international meetings.

He particularly enjoys his annual trip to The Kingdom of Tonga where he has been travelling to for over a decade, where he provides expertise and support to the local health service on the management of clubfeet, an endemic problem in the Polynesian population.

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Publication

Gorrie A, Tannos N, Morris D, Leicester A, Ling JS, Lakis S. The relationship between developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) – A retrospective review. Submitted to ANZ Journal of Surgery June 2023.

Publication

Castillo Vazquez F, Dayoub T, Lunz D, Negrine JN, Ling JS. Return to Sports and Physical Activities After Insertional Achilles Tendinosis Surgery. Ethics Approval Submitted August 2023.

Publication

Davies B, Mundine T, Castillo Vazquez F, Lunz D, Ling JS. The Accuracy of Component Placement Using Patient Specific Instrumentation in Ankle Replacement Surgery. Submitted to FAI in June 2023.

Publication

Davies B, Hamid J, Lunz D, Ling JS. The Arthroscopic Assessment of the Syndesmosis: How reliable is this? Submitted to FAI July 2023.

Publication

Bui DT, Pym AJ, Lunz D, Ling JS. Non-union in a neck of fifth metatarsal fracture: A case report. Trauma case reports. 2018 Dec;18:37. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2018.11.010.

Publication

Reilingh ML, Murawski CD, DiGiovanni CW, Dahmen J, Ferrao PNF, Lambers KTA, Ling JS, Tanaka Y, Kerkhoffs GMMJ. Fixation Techniques: Proceedings of the International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. Foot Ankle Int. 2018 Jul;39(1_suppl):23S-27S. doi: 10.1177/1071100718781096.

Publication

Mora DA, Kao M, Alfred T, Shein G, Ling JS, Lunz D. Return to Sports and Physical Activities After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Lisfranc Injuries in Recreational Athletes. Foot Ankle Int. Article first published online: April 2, 2018

Publication

Lee M, Walsh J, Smith MM, Ling JS, Wines A, Lam P. Hallux Valgus Correction Comparing Percutaneous Chevron/Akin (PECA) and Open Scarf/Akin Osteotomies. Foot Ankle Int. 2017 May 1

Publication

Hutchinson ID, Baxter JR, Gilbert S, Hogan MV, Ling JS, Saunders SM, Wang H, Kennedy JG. How Do Hindfoot Fusions Affect Ankle Biomechanics: A Cadaver Model. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Apr;474(4):1008-16.

Publication

Ling JS, Smyth NA, Fraser EJ, Hogan MV, Seaworth CM, Ross KA, Kennedy JG. Investigating the relationship between ankle arthrodesis and adjacent-joint arthritis in the hindfoot: a systematic review. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Mar 18;97(6):513-9

Publication

Ross KA, Seaworth C, Ling JS, Smyth NA, Kennedy JG. Talonavicular Arthroscopy for Osteochondral Lesions: Technique and Case Series, Foot Ankle Int. 2014 Sep;35(9):909-15.

Publication

Ling JS, Ross KA, Hannon CP, Egan C, Smyth NA, Hogan MV, Kennedy JG. Reverse Cotton Osteotomy: a closing wedge osteotomy of the medial cuneiform for residual forefoot supination in flatfoot reconstruction. Foot Ankle Int. 2013 Sep;34(9):1221-6.

Publication

Nguyen AR, Ling JS, Antoniou G, Sutherland LM, Cundy PJ, Gomes B. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: rising rates with obesity and aboriginality in South Australia. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2011; 93-B: 1416-1423.

Publication

Amirfeyz R, Bacon A, Ling JS, Harries WJ, Blom AW, Winson IG. Fixation of ankle fractures by minimally invasive tibiotalocalcaneal nail. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2008 Apr; 128(4): 423-8.

Meeting Presentation

Davies B, Ling JS. The Accuracy of Component Placement Using Patient Specific Instrumentation in Ankle Replacement Surgery. AOFAS Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns 2022.

Meeting Presentation

Mah D, Ling JS. Does Flatfoot Correction in Talocalcaneal Coalition Patients Improve Radiological Outcomes? AOFAS Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns 2022.

Meeting Presentation

Kingston M, Lunz D, Ling JS, Negrine JN. Thromboprophylaxis for Achilles Injuries – Is there a Consensus Between Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeons? AOFAS Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns 2022.

Meeting Presentation

Davies B, Hamid J, Lunz D, Ling JS. The Arthroscopic Assessment of the Syndesmosis: How reliable is this? AOFAS Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide 2022.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS. Plenary talk – Paediatric Foot Problems in Young Adulthood. AOFAS Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide 2022.

Meeting Presentation

Davies B, Negrine JN, Lunz D, Ling JS. An Update on the Australian Experience of Cartiva, and interpositional arthroplasty for the great toe. AOFAS Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide 2022.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Lunz D. Our Experience with a Custom-made 3-D Printed Total Talus Replacement. Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Gold Coast, August 2019.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Lunz D. Osteochondral Autograft Transplant for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: An Australian Perspective. Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Gold Coast, August 2019.

Meeting Presentation

Alttahir M, Lunz D, Ling JS. Rate of Subsidence and Early Failure Post Cartiva Synthetic Cartilage Implantation. Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Gold Coast, August 2019.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS. Improvement in Radiographic Parameters After Flatfoot Reconstruction Using a Systematic Approach to Treatment. Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Cairns, August 2018.

Meeting Presentation

Neptune D, Leicester A, Ling JS. Improvement in Radiographic Parameters After Flatfoot Reconstruction. Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, Annual Scientific Meeting. Noosa, August 2018.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS. Plenary Talk: Paediatric Foot Deformities in Adulthood. Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, Annual Scientific Meeting. Noosa, August 2016.

Meeting Presentation

Ross KA, Seaworth C, Ling JS, Smyth NA, Kennedy JG. Talonavicular Arthroscopy for Osteochondral Injuries: Technique and Case Series. Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Annual Meeting. Perth, August 2015.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Smyth NA, Hogan MV, Seaworth C, O’Malley MJ, Kennedy JG. Investigating the relationship between ankle arthrodesis and adjacent-joint arthritis in the hindfoot: a systematic review. AOA ASM Melbourne 2014

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Ross KA, Hannon CP, Egan C, Smyth NA, Hogan MV, Kennedy JG. Reverse Cotton Osteotomy: a closing wedge osteotomy of the medial cuneiform for residual forefoot supination in flatfoot reconstruction. AOA ASM Melbourne 2014

Meeting Presentation

Gilbert SL, Hogan MV, Hutchinson ID, Ling JS, Kennedy JG, Baxter JR. The Effect of Hindfoot Fusion Modalities on Ankle Joint Kinematics. Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, New Orleans, March 2014

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Ross KA, Hannon CP, Egan C, Smyth NA, Hogan MV, Kennedy JG. Reverse Cotton Osteotomy: a closing wedge osteotomy of the medial cuneiform for residual forefoot supination in flatfoot reconstruction. American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Annual Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, July 2013.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Smyth NA, Hogan MV, Seaworth C, Kennedy JG. Does ankle arthrodesis cause arthritis in the adjacent joints of the foot? ESSKA- AFAS Annual Meeting, Rome, April 2013.

Meeting Presentation

Smyth NA, Ross KA, Ling JS, Duke G, Kennedy JG. Peroneal Tendoscopy: Use for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pathology. Poster Presentation. AOFAS, Hollywood, Florida, July 2013.

Meeting Presentation

Hogan MV, Ling JS, Konin GP, Drakos MC. Anatomic Assessment of the Optimal Starting Point for Fifth Metatarsal Intramedullary Screw Fixation: A Cadaveric Study. Poster Presentation. AOFAS, Hollywood, Florida, July 2013.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Sharr J, Lam PC, Wines AP. Minimally Invasive Chevron Akin (MICA) Procedure: Our Early Experience. Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Hobart, August 2012.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Gomes B, Nguyen AR, Cabot J, Cundy PJ. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: 20 year experience in South Australia. Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), Hobart 2008.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Ockendon M, Khan S, Hutchinson J, Nelson IW. Pyogenic spine infections: long-term outcome for 55 patients in South West England. AOA ASM, Canberra 2006.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Bacon A, Amirfeyz R, Harries WJ, Blom AW, Winson IG. Fixation of ankle fractures by minimally invasive tibiotalocalcaneal nail. AOA ASM, Canberra 2006.

Meeting Presentation

Ling JS, Ockendon M, Khan S, Hutchinson J, Nelson IW. Primary spinal infection – An analysis of 103 cases. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST), Athens 2006.

DR JEFF LING
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DR DAVID LUNZ
Suite 29, Level 7
  02 9650 4835

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