Professor Sam Adie
BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons) (UNSW); MSpMed (UNSW); MPH (UNSW); PhD (UNSW); FRACS(Ortho); FAOA
Sam Adie is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UNSW. Sam has had a long association with the university, completing his undergraduate Medical degree, a Masters of Sports Medicine, a Masters of Public Health, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)- all at UNSW. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association, then completed three clinical/research fellowships at the University of Toronto (Canada), the University of Oxford (UK), and Princ...
- Publications
- Grants
- Awards
- Teaching and Supervision
NHMRC 2023 Partnership Projects PRC2 June 2024
AI, Project title: “Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to improve perioperative care
for Older PeoplE (COPE)”
$A1449962.50
Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation Apr 2024
CI, Project title: "Reducing Opioids After fracture Discharge: a Randomised Trial"
$A400,000
Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation Apr 2024
CIA, Project title: "Early Pain Intervention in Knee replacement (EPIK): A registry nested trial"
$A399,052
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Apr 2024
Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant
CIA, Project title: "Early Pain Intervention in Knee replacement (EPIK): A registry nested trial"
$A 2,154,577.23
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Feb 2024
Clinician Researchers Initiative Grant
CIA, Project title: "Early Pain Intervention in Knee replacement (EPIK)"
A$1,467,744.83
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
CI, Project title: “Responsible Opioid use for Hip and knee ArthropLasTy (OpioidHALT) study.
A$1,479,940.39
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Clinician Researchers- Jan 2023
Nurses Midwives and Allied Health Grants
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
CI, Project title: “Responsible Opioid use for Hip and knee ArthropLasTy (OpioidHALT) study.
A$1,479,940.39
Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) Grant Nov 2022 – Nov 2027
National Health and Medical Research Council
Associate Investigator, Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network
AU $2,500,000
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing Strategic Research Pilot Grant May 2022
Project title: “Exploratory investigation of novel brain biomarkers for predicting chronic postsurgical pain”
AU $9,783 over 6 months
Avant Foundation Grant September 2021
Project title: “Responsible pre-operative Opioid use for Hip and knee ArthropLaTty (OpioidHALT): pilot study with embedded qualitative study”
AU $100,046.10 over 2 years
Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trial Network August 2021
(ANZMUS)
Project title: “Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Bolster Analgesic Effects of Exercise in Knee Osteoarthritis”
AU $20000
The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise December 2020
(SPHERE) Musculoskeletal Clinical Academic Group, Blue Sky Initiative
Project title: “Efficacy of pain management approaches in the subacute period following knee or hip arthroplasty”
AU $15000
Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trial Network October 2020
(ANZMUS)
CIA, Project Title: A partial meal replacement program for weight loss prior to knee or hip arthroplasty: a feasibility study
AU$10,000
The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise May 2020
(SPHERE) Musculoskeletal Clinical Academic Group, Blue Sky Initiative
CI, Project title: “Acceptability of opioid tapering: perspectives from a pre-arthroplasty
cohort versus chronic pain cohort
AU$10,000 over 1 year
Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation Grant Aug 2019
CI, Project title: “DISTINCT: Dual mobility versus standard total hip arthroplasty
in femoral neck fractures, a cluster randomised trial
AU$30,000 over 3 years
Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation Grant Aug 2019
CI, Project title: “Rates of Persistent Wound Drainage in Patients Receiving Aspirin or
Low Molecular Weight Heparin as Venous Thromboembolic Event Prophylaxis for Total
Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty”
AU$1,400 over 1 years
Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation Grant Aug 2019
CI, Project title: “Individual patient data meta-analysis: Operative vs. non-operative
treatment for adult distal radius fractures
AU$10,000 over 3 years
The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise Feb 2019
(SPHERE) Supporting Leading Better Value Care (SLBVC) Grants Scheme
“Raising the bar in hip fracture care – a win for everyone”
AU$147,248 over 2 years
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Jan 2018
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Scheme: Lifting Clinical Trials and Registries Capacity
CI for “CRISTAL: Cluster Randomised Trial of Aspirin versus Low molecular weight
heparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in joint replacement
surgery, a registry-nested study” (APP1152285)
AU$910,700.60 over 4 years
Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation Grant Jun 2010
Investigator, Project title: “Combined Randomised and Observational
Study of Surgery for type B Ankle Fracture Treatment (CROSSBAT)
AU$35,337.50 over lifetime of project
Medical Postgraduate Scholarship Jan 2010
National Health and Medical Research Council
AU$81,000 over 2.25 years
Sir Roy McCaughey Research Fellowship Jan 2009
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
AU$180,000 over 3 years
Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Young Ambassador Fellowship, representing Australia 2018
AOA Emerging Leader, 2019
My Research Supervision
- Independent Learning Project Students
- Masters Student
- PhD Student
My Teaching
Faculty Member, RACS Critical Literature Evaluation and Research (CLEAR) Course