Hussain Khan
FACSEP, PhD
BIO
Dr Hussain Khan is passionate about exercise and sports medicine with focus on returning patients to their physical activity goals and promoting healthy active lifestyles.He has valuable medical experience in diverse sporting environments including cricket, soccer, rugby league,
Australian rules football, hockey and endurance running events.He is currently the head doctor of Melbourne Victory A-league men’s team and the team doctor of Hawthorn AFL team. He has also worked as the team
doctor of the Australian Cricket men’s team, including multiple overseas tours.In addition to these clinical experiences, Dr Hussain Khan has completed a PhD in medical sciences with a focus on early diagnosis and management of knee osteoarthritis.
He is currently involved in several research projects examining the effects of physical activity on knee osteoarthritis in elite athletes and in general community members. He is also conducting multiple clinical trials examining the safety and efficacy of different pharmacological agents for management of osteoarthritis. His work has been presented at several International conferences and published in renowned peer-reviewed journals. He has won several awards for his work including the International Osteoarthritis Research Society Young Researcher scholarship in 2017 and the Avant Mutual Doctors in Training Research award in 2020.Dr Hussain Khan has a keen interest in helping patients manage chronic diseases with exercise medicine. He can help patients manage metabolic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and
diabetes through physical activity and help them live longer and healthier lives.
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SPECIALIST AREAS
Management of osteoarthritis of joints (including knee, hip and shoulder joints) including rehab, chronic load management and orthobiological injections including Hyaluronic Acid injections and PRP injections
Longevity/Management of Chronic Diseases with Exercise Medicine
Management of sporting injuries including stress fractures especially in female athletes, tendinopathies and ligamentous injuries
2023
Fellowship of Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Medicine
2017
Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Medical Sciences
University of Tasmania
2010
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
Aga Khan University
PUBLICATIONS
“Natural History and Clinical significance of Meniscal Tears over 8 years in a midlife cohort.”
"Does cartilage volume measurement or radiographic osteoarthritis at baseline independently predict ten- year cartilage volume loss?”
"Correlation between changes in global knee structures assessed on MRI and radiographic osteoarthritis changes over 10 years in a mid-life cohort.”
"A family history of knee joint replacement increases the progression of knee radiographic osteoarthritis and medial tibial cartilage volume loss over 10 years.”
"History of knee injury and MRI-assessed knee structures in middle- and older-aged adults: a cross-sectional study.”
"The clinical significance, natural history and predictors of bone marrow lesion change over eight years.”
"Association between hip and knee cartilage measured using radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging: the Tasmanian Older Adult Cohort Study”
"Adductor tendinopathy and intramuscular botulinum”
"International consensus statement on injury surveillance in cricket: a 2016 update.”
"The offspring of people with a total knee replacement for severe primary knee osteoarthritis have a higher risk of worsening knee pain over 8 years”
"Familial effects on structural changes relevant to knee osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2015.”
AFFILIATIONS
Melbourne Victory Football Club
Current
Hawthorn Football Club
Current
Cricket Australia
Current
Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Medicine
Current
