Dr. Robert Reid
MBBS, Dip. Sports Med, FACSP, FASMF,
AM (“AM” Member of the order of Australia for service to sports medicine)
After completing his medical degree, Dr. Reid worked in a hospital in West Germany before attending the London Hospital Medical College, where he completed a Diploma in Sports Medicine. He then spent three years working in corporate health and exercise physiology at City Health Care.
He returned to Australia in 1988 and served as a Sports Physician at the Australian Institute of Sport from 1989 to 1990.
Dr. Reid is one of the inaugural Fellows of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians and a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine in the United Kingdom.
Over the course of his career, he has worked with a wide range of sports, including hockey, basketball, football (soccer), rugby union, netball, rowing, ice hockey, figure skating, and distance running.
He has a longstanding interest in understanding how the body works, regardless of the underlying theory, and this broad curiosity continues to influence his approach to sports medicine.
Dr. Reid is also a Fellow of Sports Medicine Australia (formerly the Australian Sports Medicine Federation). He is a Past President of Sports Medicine Australia (Canberra) and served for more than 10 years on the National Board of Sports Medicine Australia, most recently as an immediate past board member.
Dr. Reid has always worked closely with professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including soft tissue therapists, orthopaedic surgeons, acupuncturists, and chiropractors. Although he has not trained in all of these fields, he strongly believes in a multidisciplinary team approach and values understanding how different disciplines can work together to provide the best possible care for patients. Dr. Reid has worked around the world across many levels of sport and with athletes from a wide variety of sporting backgrounds.
EDUCATION:
Dr ROBERT ANDREW REID, MBBS, Dip. Sports Med, FACSP, FASMF
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Monash U, 1978)
Diploma of Sports Medicine (London, 1986)
Fellow, Australasian College of Sports Physicians
Fellow, Australian Sports Medicine Federation
Current Professional Positions:
| Sports Physician (Doctor) - Private Practitioner, Director of Canberra Sports Medicine |
1995 - present |
| Sports Medicine Australia - National Board Member | 2003 – 2018 |
| Sports Medicine Australia ACT Branch Board Member | 1989 – current |
| President SMA ACT | 2003-2007 |
| Vice President SMA ACT | 2007-2017 |
| Sports Physician - ACT Academy of Sport | 1993 – 2010 |
| Member, Technical Advisory Panel - ACT Academy of Sport | 2002 - 2010 |
| Chief Medical Officer – Ice Skating Australia | 2003 – 2010 |
- Involved with figure skating since 1995 when his daughter (then aged 3) started to take lessons. She is still participating in the sport competitively and has reached Novice level with the goal of representing Australia Internationally.
- Medically, Dr. Reid treated the majority of the figure skating injuries locally and was asked to consult on many of the problems that other National level skaters around Australia where having.
- Since 2003 he was actively involved within Ice Skating Australia as a Medical Advisor and Team Doctor. Within the ACT (our local State) he educated the skaters in Anti-doping matters and work closely with the Australian Sports Drug Agency.
| Chief Medical Officer – Ice Hockey Australia | 2005 - present |
| Chief Medical Officer - Rally of Canberra, FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Round | 1991 - 2008 |
| Club Doctor - Tuggeranong Valley Rugby Union Football Club | 1994 – present |
| Club Doctor – Canberra Knights Ice Hockey Team | 1994 – 2003 & 2005 – present |
Canberra Institute of Technology:
| Medical Representative, Faulty of Science & Technology Advisory Committee | 2005 - present |
| Medical Member, Program Reference Group - Advanced Diploma of Soft Tissue (Massage) Therapy |
1995 – present |
| Medical Member, Program Reference Group – Diploma in Eastern Massage | 2001 - present |
Community Lecturer:
Dr Reid gives of his time freely and lecturers at Sports Medicine community courses at little or no charge to ensure that the people working within the sporting clubs providing care to the athletes are able to access affordable up to date information. Dr Reid has worked tirelessly over the past 24 years to help SMA shape and build quality educational courses which see the professional members putting back into the community. His skill set and passion has been a driving force for his colleagues to participate in this community program.
| Sports Medicine Australia Community Education Program: | |
| Sports Trainers’ Courses | 1990 – present |
| Sporting groups and schools short talks and seminars | 1990 – present |
| Sports Medicine Australia Professional Members talks and Conferences | 1990 – present |
| Canberra Institute of Technology Soft Tissue Therapy Course | 1995 – present |
| Australian Sports Drug Agency lectures to General Practitioners (doctors) | 1998 - present |
| South East Region Division of General Practitioners | 2002 - present |
Past Positions Held:
- ACROMS Used:
- (AIS) Australian Institute of Sport
- (ASC) - Australian Sports Commission
- (NHMRC) - National Health and Medical Research Council
- (SLSA) Surf Life Saving Association of Australia
- (SMA) Sports Medicine Australia
- (ASMF) Australian Sports Medicine Federation
Australia
| President, SMA Canberra Australia | 91-94, 96-98, 2002-2006 |
| Patroller - SLSA Victorian Branch | 1973 – 1980 |
| Member – Victorian Medical Board, SLSA | 1979 – 1980 |
| Consultant Sports Physician – AIS | 1989 – 1990 |
| Consultant Sports Physician – Southern Sports Centre, Canberra | 1990 – 1995 Team Medical |
| Officer - AIS Netball Team Trinidad Tour | 1989 |
| Team Medical Officer - Australian Under 21 Rugby Union Football Team Australian Tour | 1990 |
| Team Medical Officer – Canberra Capitals Women’s Basketball Team | 1989 – 1993 |
| Team Medical Officer – Canberra Deakin Soccer Club | 1992 -- 1994 |
| Member - AIS/ASC Drugs in Sport Policy Formulation Committee | 1990 |
| Lecturer in Sports Medicine - The Canberra Hospital Intern Program | 1991 - 2000 |
| Medical Officer - Australian Safari Rally | 1991 |
| Core Panel Member - NHMRC Injuries in Boxing White Paper | 1992 |
| Core Panel Member – NHMRC, Head and Neck Injuries in Football White Paper | 1994 |
| Team Doctor – Australian Ice Hockey Federation Youth Team Pool C Competition, China | 1994 |
| Sports Physician - Sydney Olympics 2000, Canberra (Soccer) | 2000 |
| Team Doctor – Australian Ice Skating Team, Four Continents Competition, Korea | 2003 |
West Germany
| Doctor – Canadian Forces Hospital, West Germany | 1982 – 1985 |
| Patroller - Canadian Ski Patrol System (CSPS) | 1982 – 1985 |
| President – CSPS Schwarzwald Zone | 1983 – 1985 |
| Lecturer – CSPS Schwarzwald Zone | 1983 – 1985 |
| Member – Bergwacht Schwarzwald | 1983 – 1985 |
England
| Sports Physician – Crystal Palace Sports Centre | 1986 – 1988 |
| Honorary Medical Officer – The Hockey Association (England) | 1986 – 1988 |
| Medical Officer and Drug Testing Officer -1986 Hockey World Cup | 1986 |
| Chief Medical Officer - City Health Care, London | 1986 – 1988 |
| Lecturer - North East London Polytechnic - Fitness Trainers Diploma | 1986 – 1988 |
| Medical Officer – HA Cup, England | 1986 – 1988 |
| Medical Officer - Great Britain Hockey Team Tour, Ipoh, Malaysia | 1988 |
| Medical Advisor – Wimbledon FC | 1987-1988 |
Professional Education and Papers:
| “Side-effects of Local Glucocorticoid Injections” ASMF Conference | 1991 |
| Emergency Management of Severe Trauma Course | 1994, 2000 |
| Co- Author – “Take Care of Yourself in Australia” | 1994, 1999 |
| Chapter Author – Epilepsy in Sport in “Science and Medicine in Sport” | 1995 |
| Co-Author “Central Stability” Article | 2003 -present |
| URSA Osteopathic Course in Back and Pelvic Mechanics | 1990 |
| Concussion Management – ASMF Regional Conference | 2005 |
| On Field Injury Management Course – ASMF Conference | 2006 |