About Dr Luke Mooney — Orthopaedic Surgeon, Adelaide

Orthopaedic Surgeon · Hip & Knee · Adelaide

Dr Luke Mooney

MBBS · FRACS · FAOrthA

A surgeon who believes the best outcome starts with the right conversation.

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Philosophy

The surgeon you’ll always see.

Dr Mooney chose orthopaedics because of what it gives people back. Hip pain that stops you sleeping. A knee that ends your mornings at the golf course. A joint that makes every step a negotiation. When surgery goes well and returns your comfort and mobility, it is genuinely life-changing — and that outcome is what drives the way he works.

Over his career, Dr Mooney has progressively focused his practice on hip and knee surgery — the area where he has built the greatest depth of experience and the bulk of his specialist training. This focus is deliberate: the more you concentrate on one area, the better your results. Hip and knee surgery is where he operates, where he teaches, and where he has chosen to build his practice.

Dr Mooney runs a personalised practice. That means you will see him — at your consultation, at your surgery, and at every follow-up. He does not delegate the consultation to a registrar or the operation to a colleague. If you are under Dr Mooney’s care, Dr Mooney is your surgeon.

Hip Surgery → Knee Surgery →
Credentials
  • MBBS — University of Adelaide
  • FRACS — Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • FAOrthA — Australian Orthopaedic Association
Operating Hospitals
  • Eastwood Private Hospital
  • Calvary Adelaide Hospital
Practice
  • Orthopaedics 360, Eastwood SA
  • Principal Orthopaedic Surgeon
Background

Training & appointments

Current

Principal Orthopaedic Surgeon — Orthopaedics 360

Dr Mooney’s primary practice. Hip and knee surgery. Eastwood Private Hospital, 204 Greenhill Road, Eastwood SA 5063.

Current

Stryker MAKO Faculty Member

Dr Mooney teaches other orthopaedic surgeons how to perform robotic-assisted total hip and knee replacement using the Stryker MAKO system.

Current

Clinical Senior Lecturer — University of Adelaide

Teaching medical students and trainees at one of Australia’s leading medical schools.

2021–2023

President — South Australian Sports Medicine Association

Dr Mooney was elected to the SASMA council in 2018 and served as president from 2021 to 2023, reflecting his work in arthroscopic surgery and sports-related knee injury.

2017–2018

International Arthroplasty Fellowship — Vancouver, Canada

Arthroscopic reconstruction of hip, knee, and shoulder joints. University of British Columbia, with Drs Jordan Leith, Michael Gilbart, William Regan, and Patrick Chin.

2017–2018

Arthritis Australia / Zimmer Fellowship

Lower limb arthroplasty. National competitive fellowship awarded by Arthritis Australia.

2016

Robotic Surgery Fellowship — Perth

Lower limb arthroplasty and robotic-assisted surgery. Perth Hip and Knee Clinic, with Drs Dermot Collopy and Gavin Clark. One of the first orthopaedic surgeons in Australia to complete a dedicated robotic surgery fellowship.

2016

FRACS & FAOrthA

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association. Admitted March 2016.

2011–2015

Orthopaedic Surgery Training

Australian Orthopaedic Association / Royal Australasian College of Surgeons training programme. Perth, Western Australia.

2007

MBBS — University of Adelaide

Medical degree. Graduated with internship at Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Research & Teaching

Research & teaching

Dr Mooney is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and has published research in leading orthopaedic journals including the Bone & Joint Journal and the ANZ Journal of Surgery. He teaches robotic surgery technique as a member of Stryker’s MAKO faculty and served as President of the South Australian Sports Medicine Association from 2021 to 2023.

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The Practice

Orthopaedics 360

Dr Mooney is a principal orthopaedic surgeon at Orthopaedics 360, a specialist orthopaedic practice based in Eastwood, South Australia. The practice brings together a group of experienced orthopaedic surgeons, with consulting rooms in Eastwood and across metropolitan and regional South Australia.

About Orthopaedics 360 →

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