PROFESSOR PETER BRUKNER
OAM, D Sci(honoris causa), MBBS, DRCOG, FACSP, FASMF, FACSM, FFSEM, FSEM(Ire)
Melbourne
116
Research Papers
19
Book Chapters as the Author
320+
Conference Presentations
115
Research Papers
19
Book Chapters as the Author
300+
Conference Presentations
BIO
Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. His most recent team appointments have been as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and, until 2017, Team Doctor for the Australian cricket team.
Peter has served two terms as President of the Australian College of Sports Physicians during which time he was instrumental in the establishment of a specialist level training program in Australia for sports medicine physicians. Peter was the first Australian to be elected to the Board of the American College of Sports Medicine.
His major area of research interest has been in overuse injuries particularly stress fractures, but he has also published widely in areas such as groin pain, exercise-related lower leg pain, fatigue and the female athlete. Peter has been the keynote speaker at numerous international conferences including the World Congress of Sports Medicine, the Asian Congress of Sports Medicine, the American College of Sports Medicine and the British Association of Sports Medicine. He has been co-president of the Football Medicine conference for the past four years.
AUTHOR/CO-AUTHOR
Food for Sport
Drugs in Sport – What the GP needs to know
Stress Fractures
The Encyclopedia of Exercise and Sport Health
Essential Sports Medicine
Clinical Sports Anatomy
Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine – 5 editions
ACADEMIC
La Trobe University
Foundation Chair, La Trobe University Sport & Exercise Medicine Research Centre, 2015
Professor of Sport Medicine, 2015 – present
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
Visiting Professor, 2016-22
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor in Sports Medicine, 2001 – 2006
Reader, Faculty of Law, 2005 – 2022
Lecturer, Sports Law Masters, 2015 – 2022
University of Queensland
Honorary Professor of Sports Medicine, 2002-Present
Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Honorary Professor of Sports Medicine, 2010 – present
Stanford University, USA
Visiting Professor, Department of Sports Medicine, 1997
SPORTS MEDICINE PROFESSION
Australian College of Sports Physicians
Founding Member, 1985
Executive Member, 1985-2000
President, 1991-92 and 1999-2000
Board of Censors 1985-1996
Censor-in-Chief, 1993-95
Conference Chair, 1985 & 1990
Key role in establishment of the specialty of Sport & Exercise Medicine in Australia
Sports Medicine Australia (formerly ASMF)
ASMF (Vic) Council Member, 1984-90
Co-convenor ASMF/RACGP course, 1987-94
Drugs in Sport Committee, 1988-95
Editor, Sport Health, 1990-1995
Federal Council Member, 1986-90
American College of Sports Medicine
International Relations Committee 1999-2002
Election Task Force 2000-02
Board Member 2000-02 (first non-USA Board Member)
Football Association (UK) Medical Committee
Board Member 2011-12
AWARDS
Life Member
Melbourne University Football Club 1979
“Book of the Year”
Food for Sport ACHPER 1987
Inaugural Honour Award
Australian College of Sports Physicians 1996
Citation Award
American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis 2000
Book of the Year
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2001
Certificate of Merit
Sports Medicine Australia 2002
Bruce Hulsson Trophy
TEM Hockey Club 2002
Barry Prenpaze Trophy
TEM Hockey Club 2004
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
June 2006
Chris Brown Memorial Trophy
University Blues 2019
Life Member
Athetics Australia 2021
Honorary Doctorate
La Trobe University 2022
NATIONAL SPORTING TEAM INVOLVEMENT
Australian Team Doctor
Pakistan ODI series, UAE, 2012
India Test series, India 2013
Ashes Test series, England 2013
England ODI series, England 2013
Ashes home series, 2013-14
South Africa away test series, 2014
Zimbabwe ODI series, 2014
South Africa ODI series 2014
India Test series, 2014-15
ICC World Cup, 2015 (World Champions)
West Indies Test tour, 2015
Ashes Test series, England 2015
New Zealand test series, 2015
West Indies Test series, 2015-16
New Zealand, 2016
Sri Lanka, 2016
South Africa home series, 2016
Pakistan home series, 2016-7
India, 2017
Champions Trophy, England, 2017
Socceroos Team Doctor
Asian Cup, Vietnam 2007
Word Cup qualifying matches 2007-2009
FIFA World Cup, South Africa 2010
Australian Team Doctor
World Track & Field Championships, Tokyo 1991
World Cup, Havana 1992
World Track & Field Championships, Gothenburg 1995
Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996
Australian Team Manager
Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur 1998
World Track & Field Championships, Seville 1999
Test series against South Africa, Pretoria 2000
Olympic Games, Sydney 2000
National Selector
2006-2008
High Performance Committee
2022
Chief Medical Officer
World Cross Country Championships, Bathurst 2023
Australian Team Doctor
European Tour, 1994
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Malaysia 1994
Oceania Cup, New Zealand 1995
Australian Team Doctor
World Swimming Championships, Madrid 1986
Pan Pacific Championships, Brisbane 1987
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Olympic Games
Athletics Team Doctor/Assistant Manager, Atlanta 1996
Athletics Team Manager, Sydney 2000
World University Games
Australian Team Doctor, Edmonton 1983
Australian Team Doctor, Kobe 1985#
Australian Team Doctor, Zagreb 1987
Commonwealth Games
Athletics Team Manager, Kuala Lumpur 1998
SPORTS MEDICINE CLINICS
Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne
Founding Partner 1986
Clinic Director 1987-2001
Board Member 1987-2010
Largest Multi-disciplinary Sports Medcine Clinic in Australia
Imaging @ Olympic Park
Musculoskletal Radiology Clinic
Founding Partner 2010
Isokinetic Sports Medicine Clinic, London
Consultant Sports Physician 2010-14
SPORTING TEAM INVOLVEMENT
AFL
Senior Club Doctor, Melbourne Football Club 1987-90
Consultant Club Doctor, Melbourne Football Club 2021 (Premiers)
Senior Club Doctor, Collingwood Football Club 1995
Victorian State Team 1989
Head of Medical Services, University Blues Football Club 1977-Present
Hockey
Team Doctor, Melbourne Redbacks (NHL) 1995-98
Team Doctor, Victorian Vikings (AHL) 2005-08
Team Doctor, Victorian Open & U21 Indoor Hockey teams 2004-09
Team Doctor, Victorian U16,U16 & U18 Indoor Hockey teams 2004-09
Basketball
Team Doctor, St Kilda Basketball (NBL) 1986
Soccer - English Premier League
Head of Sports Medicine & Sports Science, Liverpool Club 2010-12
Athletics
Victorian State team 1988-94
