About Mr Sam Patten

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Sam Patten was born and raised in Melbourne, where he completed his medical degree at Monash University. After obtaining his Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2002, he undertook further training overseas as a Senior Joint Replacement Fellow at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, England. Subsequently he worked as a Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, also in Oxford.

Mr Patten later returned to Melbourne and was appointed as a Consultant at Monash Medical Centre from 2005 to 2008. During this period, he also served as a Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma at Monash University. From 2006 to 2020, he held a position as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Sam has consulted and operated at the Epworth Hospital Richmond since 2005 and currently serves as the Lead Arthroplasty Clinician at Epworth HealthCare, where he is actively involved in training and mentoring the next generation of surgeons.

Alongside his medical career, Mr Patten achieved notable sporting success. He competed in rowing at three Olympic Games: Los Angeles in 1984 winning a bronze medal in the men’s eight, Seoul in 1988, and Barcelona in 1992. He rowed in the three seat of the original “Oarsome Foursome,” winning gold at 1990 World Rowing Championships.