Griffith University

Biography

Associate Professor Nusem undertook his undergraduate medical degree at Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.  Iulian completed fellowships in adult reconstruction and surgery of the hand, and he is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.

Iulian is currently the Director of Orthopaedics at Logan Hospital and holds an Academic Title of Associate Professor with Griffith University, School of Medicine.

Research interests

• Is the Kessler grasping suture as safe as a four strand suture for early active ROM pritocols after flexor tendon repair?
• The role of mammography films in the diagnosis of occult scaphoid fractures.
• The accuracy of clinical signs combination in the diagnosis of occult scaphoid fractures.
• Cement penetration using a syringe cement pressurizer and aspiration of the tibia in total knee arthroplasty.
  

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Timperley AJ, Nusem I, Wilson K, Whitehouse SL, Buma P, Crawford RW (2010) A modified cementing technique using BoneSource to augment fixation of the acetabulum in an ovine model. Acta Orthopaedics. 81(4): 503-507.
• Nusem I, Morgan DAF (2006) Structural allografts for bone stock reconstruction in two-stage revision for infected total hip arthroplasty. Good outcome in 16/18 patients. Acta Orthopaedics. 77(1): 92-97.
• Nusem I, Jabur MKA, Playford EG (2006) Arthroscopic treatment of septic arthritis of the hip. Arthroscopy. (8); 22: 902 e1-3.
• Nusem I, Morgan DAF (2006) Anatomic-specific proximal femoral allografts for bone stock reconstructionin revision hip arthroplasty. Hip International. 16(2): 107.
• Nusem I, Morgan DAF (2006) The use of structural allografts in two-stage reconstruction for infected total hip arthroplasty. Hip International. 16(2): 108.
• Nusem I, Jabur MKA, Playford EG (2006) Arthroscopic diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis of the hip. Hip International. 16(2): 142.
• Gotterson PR, Nusem I, Pearcy MJ, Crawford RW (2005) Metal debris from bony resection in total knee arthroplasty-is it an issue? Experiments in pigs. Acta Orthopaedics. 76(4): 475-480.
• Nusem I, Edelstein S, Otremski I (2005) Magnetic resonance relaxation-time studies of fracture repair in chicks: A potential method for evaluation of fracture healing. Journal of Musculoskeletal Research. 9(2): 85-92.
  

Current teaching areas

• Year 4 Medicine students - Orthopaedics