www.drrichardlawson.com.au

Dr Lawson grew up in Canberra and studied medicine at Sydney University, graduating with first class honours in 1994.

He chose orthopaedic surgery for his speciality and after passing through the Northern Sydney training scheme was awarded fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2003, and decided to subspecialise in hand surgery.

He spent a year at Duke University in North Carolina in the US studying hand and reconstructive microsurgery with Professors Urbaniak, Levin and Nunley and watching the Duke Blue Devils and returned to Sydney to set up practice with Sydney Hand Surgery Associates in 2005.

His Sydney public hospital appointments are at the New Children’s Hospital at Westmead where he operates on paediatric patients with congenital hand problems and hand trauma; Royal North Shore Hospital where much of the work is complex nerve reconstruction and brachial plexus reconstruction; and Ryde Hospital where more general hand surgery is done.

Dr Lawson has worked at Dubbo Base and Private Hospitals since 2005 and visits Dubbo every month.

Areas of interest

Dr Lawson has particular interest and training in brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery, congenital hand surgery and Dupuytren’s disease. General hand surgery such as carpal tunnel and trigger finger surgery and hand and wrist trauma also makes up a big part of his work.