Dr Praveen Vijaysegaran is an Australian-trained orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in upper limb surgery with subspecialist training and a keen interest in shoulder arthroscopy and complex joint replacement/reconstructive surgery.
After growing up in Brisbane, Dr Vijaysegaran graduated with a triple-degree in Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Science from the University of Melbourne in 2009. Dr Vijaysegaran rotated through a number of Queensland-based hospitals as a junior doctor and orthopaedic trainee before receiving his FRACS in Orthopaedic Surgery from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 2019. During this time, he also obtained a Master of Applied Science focusing on orthopaedic research from Queensland University of Technology.
Over a 12-month period, he then completed the prestigious Australian Shoulder Athroscopy and Arthroplasty Fellowship at the Brisbane Private Hospital, Greenslopes Hospital, and Mater Adult Hospital South Brisbane. Dr Vijaysegaran also served as the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Ipswich General Hospital from 2020 to 2024.
Dr Vijaysegaran actively participates in orthopaedic research, and has published and presented both locally and internationally on a number of occasions, as well as being part of a number of expert panels. He is a member of the Queensland Unit for Advanced Shoulder Research, the Queensland Shoulder Society, and the Australian Shoulder and Elbow Society.
He also holds appointments as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland and Visiting Fellow at Queensland University of Technology. He is involved in teaching medical students, junior doctors and registrars, and was the winner of the University of Queensland’s John Pearn Medallion Award for Medical Student Teaching in 2021. He is one of the Fellowship Co-Directors of the renowned Brisbane Shoulder Fellowship, which trains surgeons from around Australia and all over the world. Dr Vijaysegaran is also involved in the Australian Orthopaedic Association’s Outreach Program, leading medical outreach trips to Fiji regularly to help the local community.
Dr Vijaysegaran currently works in private practice at St Andrews Private Hospital Ipswich and Mater Private Hospital Springfield, practicing out of the Pring Street Specialist Suites in Ipswich. He believes in treating his patients ethically and compassionately with a patient-centered and evidence-based approach.
Dr Praveen Vijaysegaran
MBBS (Melb), B Med Sci, M App Sci, FRACS (Ortho), FAOrthA