Dr John Roe is a fellowship trained knee surgeon based in the Wesley Orthopaedic & Sports Injury Clinic at The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. As a former professional rugby player, playing at the international level, Dr Roe developed a keen interest in sports injury at the knee, lower limb trauma and the management of hip and knee arthritis. His fellowship allowed him to focus on all aspects of knee surgery including sports injury, meniscal repair, meniscal transplantation, primary and revision knee replacement and traumatic knee injury including fractures.
In his private practice he operates at The Wesley Hospital in Auchenflower in Brisbane while he maintains public appointments at the Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital and STARS. Dr Roe also does a monthly clinic in Stanthorpe and Warwick for his rurally based patients. Along with many ongoing research interests, Dr Roe is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland Medical School. He is also the Director of Orthopaedic Training at the Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital.
Dr Roe was educated at the University of Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1997. He went on to medical school, also at the University of Queensland and completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 2006. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from the Queensland University of Technology in 2012 for his work on the mechanical characteristics of a cemented hip replacement system. His orthopaedic training was completed throughout many centres in Queensland, including multiple years in the main tertiary referral centres of the Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
He received his Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2018 and was accepted as a Fellow of the Australia Orthopaedic Association in the same year. He completed the prestigious BOSMC Orthopaedic Fellowship focusing on sports orthopaedics and knee surgery under the mentorship of Dr Peter Myers.
During his time at Medical School, Dr Roe juggled a professional rugby union career with his university studies. During this period he played at the highest level representing the Australian Wallabies and the Queensland Reds, the latter of which he captained for four seasons in career that lasted ten years. He also represented the Australian 7's team and Australian Universities.