APrf Stuart Callary
Externally-Funded Senior Research Fellow
School of Medicine
College of Health
Stuart Callary is the Director of the Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma, The University of Adelaide. He leads the Orthopaedic Quality Assurance and Research (OQAR) team across both The University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital. Stuart currently holds a Research Fellowship supported by The Hospital Research Foundation Group (2022-2026). Stuart has developed a broad knowledge and skill set within all aspects of clinical research and is a passionate advocate for translating research findings into improved clinical outcomes that benefit both the health care system and individual patients. Working alongside clinicians, nurses, allied health, scientists and students, he has applied novel musculoskeletal imaging techniques to assess the outcomes of patients who have undergone lower limb surgery.His research program has focused on improving the outcomes of patients undergoing hip replacement surgery. Evaluating implant performance is crucial to reducing the need for further revision surgery. Stuart's research team aim to improve implant longevity and patient outcomes through the development and application of medical imaging and digital technologies. In particular, Stuart is recognised as an International leader of Radiostereometric Analysis (RSA) methodology and applications. RSA is a 3D radiographic measurement technique, to accurately monitor implant movement, spinal fusion, tendon lengthening and fracture fixation. Stuart is a Board Member of the International Radiostereometry Society (https://radiostereometry.org/about-us/society-board/) and Secretary of the Australia New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS).
We have a number of research projects available for students and clinicians to participate in, please contact me for further details (stuart.callary@adelaide.edu.au).
| Investigators | Project Title | Begin | PhD/Masters/Honours/Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callary, Solomon | Can the stability of implants within severe bone defects be improved? | 2026 | PhD; Masters; Honours |
| Callary | Can measurements of acetabular version be adjusted to correct for the projectional change of pelvic tilt in AP radiographs? | 2026 | PhD; Masters; Honours |
| Callary, Sharma | Does micronutrient status effect bone quality? | 2026 | PhD; Masters; Honours |
Improving hip replacements with Dr Stuart Callary - CALHN - Central Adelaide Local Health Network
https://centraladelaide.health.sa.gov.au/research-grant-for-hip-replacements/
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2026 | Early Mid Career Research Fellowship | University of Adelaide |
| 2020 - 2022 | Mary Overton Early Career Fellowship | Royal Adelaide Hospital |
| 2017 - 2019 | Affiliate Senior Lecturer | University of Adelaide, Adelaide |
| 2009 - 2019 | Senior Medical Scientist | Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide |
| 2002 - 2009 | Research Assistant | Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | University of Adelaide, Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2004 | University of Adelaide, Adelaide | Australia | Masters of Medical Science (Qual) |
| 2001 | University of South Australia, Adelaide | Australia | BAppSc |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Bunting, A., Callary, S., & Solomon, L. B. (2023). Jumbo Cup and Modular Porous Metal Augments for Chronic Pelvic Discontinuity. In N. Sheth, & W. Paprosky (Eds.), Treatment of Acetabular Bone Loss and Chronic Pelvic Discontinuity (1st Edition ed., pp. 141-157). Elsevier. DOI Scopus4 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Ladurner, A., Callary, S., Rickman, M., Thewlis, D., & Solomon, L. B. (2020). The potential role of radiostereometric analysis to assess the stability of pelvic ring disruptions (<i>8183</i>). Poster session presented at the meeting of SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY. E M H SWISS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS LTD. |
| 2017 | Jones, C. F., Robertson, W. S. P., Callary, S., Mulaibrahimovic, A., Kuliwaba, J., Gunzburg, R., . . . Freeman, B. J. (2017). Radiographic, Mechanical and Histological Evaluation of Fusion in an Ovine Model: Peek Interbody Cages With and Without a Porous Titanium Alloy Coating. Poster session presented at the meeting of XXVI Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics. Brisbane, Australia. |
| 2017 | Jones, C. F., Robertson, W. S. P., Callary, S., mulaibrahimovic., Kuliwaba., Gunzburg, R., . . . Freeman. (2017). Radiographic, mechanical and histological evaluation of fusion using PEEK interbody cages with and without a porous titanium alloy coating, in an ovine model. Poster session presented at the meeting of ANZORS-RSA Joint Conference. Adelaide. |
| 2017 | Jones, C. F., Robertson, W. S. P., Callary, S., Mulaibrahimovic, A., Kuliwaba, J., Gunzburg, R., . . . Freeman, B. J. C. (2017). Evaluation of fusion with a porous titanium alloy coated peek interbody cage in an ovine model. Poster session presented at the meeting of Spine Society of Australia 28th Annual Scientific Meeting. Hobart. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Solomon, L. B., Atkins, G., Freeman, B., Howie, D., Findlay, D., Smitham, P., . . . Jones, C. (2020). COTR publications [website]. University of Adelaide: Dan McCafferty. |
Grant Funding 2022 onwards
Early-Mid Career Research Fellowship, The Hospital Research Foundation Group (Callary SA) 2022-2025. $390,000
Characterise gut microflora in PJI patients (Ramasamy B, Solomon LB, Sharma D, Callary SA, Ramadass B) Early Grant Development Award, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Medical School 2023. $40,000
Next Generation Sequencing as a Precision Medicine Tool in the Treatment and Management of Patients with Prosthetic Joint Infection (Solomon LB, Ramasamy B, Nelson, R, Atkins G. Associate Investigators: Sharma D, Warner M, Ramadass B, Callary SA). CALHN CEO Clinical Rapid Implementation Project Scheme. 2023-2025 $200,315
Understanding the Role of Nutrition in Bone Quality in Orthopaedic Patients (Sharma D, Solomon LB, Furst C, Callary SA). Synergia Life Sciences. 2022. $53,200
Is gut dysbiosis responsible for prosthetic joint infections? (Ramasamy B, Solomon LB, Ramadass B, Sharma D, Atkins G, Callary SA) Australian Orthopaedic Association. 2023. $30,000
Improving the understanding of pathology, functional implications, and costs of prosthetic joint infections in SA and NT: Clinical Data Component (Solomon LB, Atkins G, Nelson R, Callary SA, Clothier R, Campbell D) Health Services Charitable Gift Board, 2022-23. $33,489
Wearable activity monitors to support clinical COTR research studies (Thewlis D, Solomon LB, Callary S, Sharma D) University of Adelaide Infrastructure Grant. 2022. $13,958
Cadaveric Investigation of Knee Stability after Total Knee Replacement (Solomon LB, Callary SA, Al-Dirin R, Martelli S, Bucci F, Taylor M). Zimmer Biomet. 2021-2022. $127,000
Automated Hip Implant Migration System. (Al Sawari S, Smith P, Solomon LB, Callary SA) Commercial Accelerator Scheme (CAS) funding, The University of Adelaide, 2022. $120,000
Does Vitamin K deficiency affect femoral bone quality? (Sharma D, Solomon LB, Furst C, Callary SA). The Bone Health Foundation, 2022. $25,000
High speed cameras and Mimics module for COTR Biomechanics (Quarrington R, Jones C, Thewlis D, Freeman B, Callary S) University of Adelaide Infrastructure Grant. 2021-2022. $120,000
Machining equipment and 3D printer for COTR Biomechanics (Quarrington R, Thewlis D, Solomon LB, Freeman B, Callary S) University of Adelaide Infrastructure Grant. 2021-2022. $6,397
Improving the understanding of pathology, functional implications, and costs of prosthetic joint infections in SA and NT: CALHN PJI Registry Component (Atkins G, Callary SA, Clothier R, Solomon LB) Health Services Charitable Gift Board, 2021-22. $41,228
Omni International BR24 Elite Cryo Milling System Equipment (Atkins G, Callary SA, Solomon LB) Health Services Charitable Gift Board, 2022. $47,300
Mary Overton Early Career Research Fellowship, Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund (Callary SA) 2020-2022. $252,000
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Outcomes following revision total hip arthroplasty | Master of Philosophy (Surgery) | Master | Full Time | Mr Willis Thompson |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Influence of Bariatric Surgery on Knee and Hip arthroplasty outcomes in overweight or obese Australian patients | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Dr Venkata Raghu Aditya Boppana |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Influence of Bariatric Surgery on Knee and Hip arthroplasty outcomes in overweight or obese Australian patients | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Dr Venkata Raghu Aditya Boppana |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Outcomes following revision total hip arthroplasty | Master of Research | Master | Full Time | Mr Willis Thompson |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the Evidence-based Introduction of Orthopaedic Implants to Market | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Joseph Femia |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the Evidence-based Introduction of Orthopaedic Implants to Market | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Joseph Femia |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the outcomes of complex revision total hip arthroplasty | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Taisha Marie D'Apollonio |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the outcomes of complex revision total hip arthroplasty | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Taisha Marie D'Apollonio |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the surveillance of orthopaedic implants | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Chan Hee Cho |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Cost Analysis of Revision Total Hip Replacement | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Aaron Scott Hammat |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Risk factors for re-infection in two-staged total hip replacement revision | Master of Philosophy (Surgery) | Master | Part Time | Mr Ameya Bhanushali |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | The role of acetabular cup medialisation in revision hip arthroplasty. | Master of Philosophy (Surgery) | Master | Part Time | Dr David Ngo |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Cost Analysis of Revision Total Hip Replacement | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Aaron Scott Hammat |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the surveillance of orthopaedic implants | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Chan Hee Cho |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | The role of acetabular cup medialisation in revision hip arthroplasty. | Master of Research | Master | Full Time | Dr David Ngo |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Risk factors for re-infection in two-staged total hip replacement revision | Master of Research | Master | Full Time | Mr Ameya Bhanushali |
| 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the assessment of peri-prosthetic bone quality and prosthesis contact after total hip arthroplasty | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Thomas Stewart Robertson |
| 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Improving the assessment of peri-prosthetic bone quality and prosthesis contact after total hip arthroplasty | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Thomas Stewart Robertson |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - 2020 | Co-Supervisor | Acetabular Component Migration Following Revision Total Hip Replacement | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr John Matthew Abrahams |
| 2009 - 2015 | External Supervisor | A Comparison of Wear of 36mm and 28mm Metal-on-Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Articulations in Primary Total Hip Replacements | Master of Surgery | Master | Part Time | Dr Mario Giuseppe Tedesco Zotti |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | External Supervisor | Modelling Soft Tissue Impingement in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty for Improved Surgical Planning | Flinders University | PhD | Doctorate | Part Time | Wajih Hassan |
| 2025 - 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Assessing the Effectiveness of Double Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention (DAIR) in the Knee and Hip Joint | University of Adelaide | Honours | Honours | Full Time | Rudraksh Gupta |
| 2024 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Serial Pathology Monitoring in Two-Stage Total Hip Replacement Revision: Machine Learning Model to Predict Eradication of Infection | University of Adelaide | Honours | Honours | Full Time | Jaiden Nairne-Nagy |
| 2023 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Serial Pathology Monitoring in Two-Stage Total Hip Replacement Revision: Machine Learning Model to Predict Eradication of Infection | University of Adelaide | Honours | Honours | Full Time | Ali Ramzi |
| 2022 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Long term wear of cross-linked polyethylene liners | University of Adelaide | Honours | Honours | Full Time | Taisha D’Apollonio |
| 2022 - 2025 | External Supervisor | Rapid patient-specific model development for large acetabular defect hip joint replacement surgery | The University of Melbourne | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Daniel Hopkins |
| 2021 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Improving the in vivo imaging of hip replacements to assess the implant bone interface | The University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Full Time | Belinda Jenkins |
| 2021 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Cost analysis of revision arthroplasty surgery in South Australia | The University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Full Time | Aaron Hammat |
| 2021 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Do patient functional outcomes improve after total hip replacement surgery? | The University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Full Time | Chan Hee Cho |
| 2021 - ongoing | Co-Supervisor | Assessing The Bone-Cement Interface From Micro-CT Datasets Of Implanted Femoral Stems | Flinders University | - | Honours | Full Time | Miró Van Rensburg |
| 2018 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Retrospective review of peri-prosthetic femoral fractures following primary total hip replacement | The University of Adelaide | Undergraduate Medical Research Project | Other | Part Time | Darcy Noll |
| 2018 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Measuring acetabular coverage on supine and standing radiographs in dysplastic hips | The University of Adelaide | Undergraduate Medical Research Project | Other | Part Time | Amey Bahnushali |
| 2016 - 2018 | Principal Supervisor | Migration of highly porous acetabular components | The University of Adelaide | Undergraduate Medical Research Project | Other | Part Time | Thomas Robertson |
| Date | Topic | Location | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - 2020 | Assessing changes in peri-prosthetic bone stiffness over time | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Zeng (Michael) Yi |
| 2019 - 2020 | Radiostereometric Analysis Allows Assessment of the Stability and Inducible Displacement of Pelvic Ring Disruptions during Healing | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Andreas Ladurner |
| 2018 - 2018 | The variation in hip stability measurements between supine and standing radiographs of dysplastic hips | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Martin Beck |
| 2018 - 2019 | Cemented Revision Hip Arthroplasty With Femoral Impaction Bone Grafting | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Mukai Chimutengwende-Gordon |
| 2018 - 2018 | Acetabular Component Migration Measured Using Radiostereometric Analysis Following Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Huang Qiang |
| 2018 - ongoing | Radiographic loosening definitions used following revision total hip replacement surgery | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Sung Won Jang |
| 2017 - 2019 | Accuracy of EBRA‐cup measurements after reconstruction of severe acetabular defects at revision THR | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Joseph Hewett |
| 2016 - 2017 | The diagnostic performance of radiographic criteria to detect aseptic acetabular component loosening after revision total hip arthroplasty | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Young Sung Kim |
| 2016 - 2016 | Proximal translation of > 1 mm within the first two years of revision total hip arthroplasty correctly predicts whether or not an acetabular component is loose in 80% of cases: a case-control study with confirmed intra-operative outcomes. | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Carmine De Iesso |