Emma Buckthorpe
MD
BIO
Emma is currently a sports and exercise medicine registrar who works at OPSMC as well as across multiple divisions of the Hawthorn Football Club. She is the head doctor of their VFL team and works with their AFL team. She is also now in her third year as the head doctor for the Victoria Country Under 18s team.
She graduated from Monash University in 2020 and undertook her internship and residency years at the Alfred Hospital, with a combination medicine, trauma orthopedics and emergency. She is currently doing research in concussion and cardiac screening.Emma has been passionate about Sports and Exercise Medicine since early in her medical school years and has attended and presented original research at national conferences for many years. She is very enthusiastic about keeping people healthy and exercising whether that be to play elite sport or to enjoy their day to day life. Emma very much looks forward to applying these principles to her work at OPSMC.
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SPECIALIST AREAS
AFL
Concussion
Cardiac Screening
2023 – Present
Team Doctor
Box Hill Hawks VFL Team
Australia
2023 – 2024
Team Doctor
Hawthorn AFLW Team
Australia
2022 – Present
Team Doctor
Victoria Country U18s
Australia
2022 – Present
Medical Review Officer
AFL
Australia
2022/2023
Team Doctor
Southern Saints VFLW Team
Australia
2020
Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine(MD)
Monash University
Australia
2022
Management of Sports Trauma
ACSEP
Australia
2023
Advanced Life Support Level 2
Australian Resuscitation Council
Australia
PUBLICATIONS
“What is the prevalence of extra-articular pelvic findings on hip magnetic resonance imaging in football players with hip-related pain compared to asymptomatic controls”
Presenter | ACSEP National Conference | 2020
