Dr Bruce Mitchell
Sports and Interventional Pain Physician
MBBS FACSM FACSP FASMF MPainMed FIPP

Dr Bruce Mitchell has an extensive Sports Medicine background (a previous AFL club doctor) and is Ex- National President of Sports Medicine Australia. Dr Mitchell is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (CHESM) and has a special interest in the management of hip, buttock, back and groin pain; and the exciting new field of Neuromodulation. He is an active researcher in these fields and has published extensively. Dr Mitchell has training in spinal interventional techniques and is constantly developing these skills. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and has completed a Masters of Pain Medicine. He recently completed the International Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
• Fellow Australasian College of Sports Physicians (FACSP)
• Fellow Australian Sports Medicine Federation (FASMF)
• Fellow American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM)
• Master of Medicine (MPainMed)
• Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)

Dr Bruce Mitchell graduated from Melbourne University in 1985 and received his diploma in Sports Medicine in 1989. He has published research in Sports Medicine since 1991, qualifying as a Sports Physician in 2000, when he was the winner of the ACSP medal.

Dr Mitchell has worked as a clinical research fellow at the Austin and Repat Medical Centre and is currently a clinical research fellow at The University of Melbourne. He has worked as a clinician at Reservoir Sports Medicine Centre, 1989 to 2004, Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre (OPSMC) 1994 to 2005 and Metro Spinal Clinic since 2003, as partner with Dr Paul Verrills and Dr David Vivian.

Honours achieved in his sports medicine career include:

• Subject of Biographical record in 2002/2003/2004 Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• Subject of Biographical record in 2003 and 2004 Marquis Who's Who in the World
• ACSP College Medal 2000
• Life membership of the Northern Knights Football Club, awarded 2001

Involvement with Teams and Associations:

• Collingwood Football Club, 1989 to 1996
• Northern Knights Football Club, 1992 to 2004
• Victorian Teal Cup Doctor from 1992 to 1997.
• Medical Director Melbourne Marathon 1997 and 1998

Professional Memberships & Affiliations:

• FIPP, World Institute of Pain, 2007
• International Spine Intervention Society 2004 – Present
• Australian and International Neuromodulation Societies 2005 - Present

• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians 2004 - Present
• Fellow American College of Sports Medicine, 2004 - present
  - Member since 1997
• Fellow Australian College of Sports Physicians 2001 – present
• Fellow, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (CHESM) , Hip study group, University of Melbourne, 2001 - present
• Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) 1989 - present
  - Immediate Past National President
  - National Board member since 1997
  - National Councillor from 1992 to 1997
  - Fellow since 1997
  - Past President of Victorian Branch 2000 - 2002
  - (State Councillor 1990-2005)
  - National Vice President 2001-2005
• Federation Internationale Medicine Sportif 1993 - present
• Australian Medical Association 1994 - present
• AFL Medical Officers Association 1990 -
• Australasian Performing Rights Association 2000 - present
• Fellow, North American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2002 – present

Professional conferences & appearances:

• Research Fellow at Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, (CHESM) The University of Melbourne.
• 1994 International Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. "AFLMOA Position Paper on Prevention of Thermal Injuries in Football". Brisbane, Australia.
• First Australian Science in Football Congress. "AFLMOA Position Paper on Prevention of Thermal Injuries in Football". Melbourne, Australia.
• 1995 ACSP/SMA Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. "Ultrasound diagnosis of ACL rupture within the first 24 hours". Hobart, Australia.
• 1995 ACSP/SMA Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. "Do Rhino's take the cork out? Or the efficacy of thigh protectors in preventing thigh haematomas". Hobart, Australia.
• 1996 ACSP/SMA Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport.
  “The Efficacy of Glycerol induced hyperhydration in Australian Rules Footballers”. Canberra , Australia.
• 1998 ACSP Registrar's Conference, "A Case of Solitary Vertebral Plasmacytoma". Mt Macedon, Victoria, Australia.
• 1998 Alpine Sports Medicine Conference. Keynote Speaker: 3 lectures:
  - Preventing heat injury in sport
  - Protective equipment in sport
  - Pelvic Stability
• 1999 ACSP Registrar's Conference. "Psoas sheath injections and pelvic biomechanics". Mt Macedon, Victoria, Australia.
• 1999 IOC 5th Pre-Olympic Congress. Two workshops on examination of the groin and lumbar spine.
• 1999 SMA state conference. Medical coverage of endurance events. Sports tumours.
• 2000 ACSP Registrar's Conference. "Clinical diagnosis of hip joint pathology". Mt Macedon, Victoria, Australia.
• 2000 ACSM Annual Meeting. Indiannapolis , USA. "Clinical presentation of 25 Hip arthroscopies".
• 2000 SMA/ICSPE Pre-Olympic Congress. "Clinical presentation of 25 consecutive Hip arthroscopies".
• 2000 ACSP Conference. "Long term outcomes of Psoas sheath injections and pelvic stabilisation". Gold Coast, Australia.
• 2001 SMA Victorian State Conference. Hip Injuries.
• 2001 ACSM Annual Meeting, Baltimore , USA. "Long term outcomes of psoas sheath injections and pelvic stabilisation".
• 2001 NSPG meeting. Current thoughts on hip joint pathology. August 2001.
• 2001 MPA meeting. Hip joint pathology. August 2001.
• 2001 Australian Conference on Science and Medicine in Sport, Perth. "Clinical aspects of preventing heat injuries".
• 2001 Australian Conference on Science and Medicine in Sport, Perth. Workshop on hip injuries.
• 2002 SMA State Conference. Preventing Heat injuries in Sport.
• 2002 Current Concepts in Sports Medicine. Hip Injuries. July 2002.
• 2002 National COSA Conference. Keynote Speaker. "The Sporting Hip".
• 2002 MPA workshop, Keynote speaker. “The Sporting Hip”. July 2002.
• 2002 SMA anatomy workshop, Keynote Speaker. "Groin injuries".
• 2003 CSMRE, Keynote Speaker. "Hip injuries".
• 2003 Football Australia Conference. Melbourne, Australia. Sept 2003.
  - Invited Speaker and session co-ordinator. "Diagnosing hip injuries. Non-operative treatments for hip injuries".
• 2003 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Canberra , Australia , October 2003 Workshop presenter. “Diagnosing the source of groin pain”.
• 2003 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Canberra , Australia October 2003 " Intra and inter tester reliability of hip MRI"
  Correlation of different MRI techniques and arthroscopic findings in hip joint pathology
  Hip arthroscopic findings in 100 consecutive cases.
• 2003 Soft Tissue injury Forum, Invited Speaker. “Hip pathology, not just for Oldies”.
• 2003 Football Australia Conference. Melbourne , Australia . Sept 2003. Invited Speaker and session co-ordinator. Diagnosing hip injuries. Non-operative treatments for hip injuries.
• 2003 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Canberra, Australia, October 2003.
  Workshop presenter. “Diagnosing the source of groin pain”.
• 2003 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Canberra , Australia October 2003.
  - Intra and inter tester reliability of hip MRI
  - Correlation of different MRI techniques and arthroscopic findings in hip joint pathology
  - Hip arthroscopic findings in 100 consecutive cases.
• 2004 Soft Tissue Injury Forum, Keynote Speaker.
• 2004 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Alice Springs, Australia, October 2004.“Area of pain presentation in hip arthroscopy patients”, “The efficacy of hip arthroscopy”, “Reliability and validity of the Hip and Back Assessment Questionaire (HABAQ)”, “Iatrogenic hip injuries. A case series of hip injuries from gynaecological and obstetric procedures”.
• 2005 Invited Speaker SMA NSW sports medicine course: Back and hip problems.
• 2006 Invited speaker SMA QLD state conference: Hip joint pathology and Interventional diagnosis and treatment of low back pain.
• 2006 Invited speaker SMA NSW sports medicine course: Chronic back pain. Hip joint injuries.
• 2006 Australian Conference on Science and Medicine in Sport. Workshop on examining the Hip and Back.
• 2006 Multiple Lectures for the VMPF on diagnosing and treating chronic low back pain.
• 2007 Keynote speaker SMASA state conference. Hip joint and low back pain
• 2007 Area of pain presentation in Hip Arthroscopy patients. ISIS international meeting.

Publications:

• Co-author of the LowBackPain™ - CD-Rom: A Clinical Guide to Low Back Pain - educational textbook.
• Contributing author to the 3rd edition of Clinical Sports Medicine, (Brukner and Kahn) on interventional techniques in chronic LBP and hip joint injuries.
• Manuscript reviewer Journal Science and Medicine in Sport from 1996 to 2005.
• Manuscript reviewer for Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise from 2000 to 2005.
• Manuscript reviewer for The British Journal of Sports Medicine from 2001 to 2005.
• Mitchell B., Brukner P., McCrory P., O'Donnell J., Colson E. Hip Joint Pathology: Clinical Presentation and Correlation between Magnetic Resonance Arthrography, Ultrasound and Arthroscopic findings in 25 Consecutive Cases. CJSM Vol 13: 152-156
• Mitchell B. Brukner P. A case of vertebral solitary plasmacytoma. CJSM Vol 8, No 4, Oct 1998
• Mitchell B. AFLMOA Position Paper on Prevention of Thermal Injuries in Football. Sport Health. Dec 1994; Vol 12 (4): page 10-18
• Mitchell B. Prevention of dehydration and thermal injuries in Football. Sports Coach. Winter 1995;18 (2): page 10-13
• Mitchell B. Prevention of dehydration and thermal injuries in Football. ASTA Journal. Sept 1995; 12 (2): page 1-4
• Mitchell B. The efficacy of thigh protectors in preventing thigh haematomas. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 3/1:page 30-34
• Mitchell B. Arthroscopically proven hip joint injury – The Clinical Syndrome. MSSE vol 32, No 5, S298
• Mitchell B. Psoas sheath injection and pelvic stabilisation in back pain, long term outcomes. MSSE Vol 32, No 5, S90
• 1998 Football Australasia Conference. “Prevention of hyperthermia in Football”. Melbourne, Australia . AJSMS supplement 1998
• 1998 Football Australasia Conference. “Efficacy of thigh protectors in preventing thigh haematomas”. Melbourne, Australia. AJSMS supplement 1998
• 1998 ACSP/SMA Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. A prospective study on early patient outcomes following psoas sheath injections. Adelaide, Australia. Abstract published in AJSMS
• Efficacy of MRI in Hip joint pathology Long term follow up on Psoas Sheath Injections and pelvic stabilisation. Brisbane, Australia. Abstracts published in AJSMS
• Preventing Heat injuries in sport. SMA position paper “Beat the Heat” 2002. First Author. Co-authors: Hugh Seward, John Carlson, Gerry Naughton, Mark Febbraio, Warren Payne, Geoff Thompson
• IN PRESS:
  • Colson E, Mitchell B. Hip joint arthroscopy, pre and rehabilitation.
  • Vivian D, Verrills P, Mitchell B, Sinclair C. The incidence of intravascular penetration in medial branch blocks: cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines.
  • Verrills P, Mitchell B, Vivian D, Sinclair C. Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation: Is Age an Indicator of Outcome?
  • Verrills P, Mitchell B, Vivian D, Sinclair C. Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation: A Novel Treatment in chronic Low Back Pain and FBSS.

Unpublished Research:

• Mitchell B, Wickramasinghe T. An unusual case of haematuria, bladder schistosomiasis in an African immigrant.
• Mitchell B. Fluid losses in AFL Footballers, ’89 &’90.
• Mitchell B. Videoanalysis of back movements and injury risk, a prospective study.
• Mitchell B. Colson E. Initial outcomes of psoas sheath injections.
• Mitchell B, Garden L. The Efficacy of Glycerol induced hyperhydration in Australian Rules Footballers.

Interests:

• Research, continuing education, reading, cycling, rowing, song writing, computers, Australian Rules Football, water & snow skiing.

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