About Dr Hartin

Dr Hartin grew up with three brothers in North Queensland. His subspecialty interest was Spine Surgery and his training time included a period studying Paediatric Spine Deformity Surgery at the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, Portland, Oregon USA. After he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Dr Hartin undertook subspecialty Spine Trauma training at Royal North Shore Hospital. Dr Hartin spent his final year of training at the Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, one of America’s leading spine centres.

In 2012, Dr Hartin was appointed to the Spine and Scoliosis Units at Royal North Shore Hospital and the Children’s Hospital Westmead. His clinical interests include paediatric scoliosis surgery, upper cervical instability and adult and paediatric spine trauma.

Dr Hartin is Head of Orthopaedic Surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital and Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Sydney.

Qualifications

Main Specialty

• Scoliosis in children and adults
• Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• Congenital scoliosis
• All spine fractures and dislocations in adults and children
• Benign and malignant primary bone tumours of the spine in adults and children
• Spinal cord injuries of child

Other conditions treated

Degenerative

• Disc herniation
• Sciatica
• Spinal stenosis
• Spinal cord compression and myelopathy
• Degenerative spinal deformity
• Degenerative spondylolisthesis

Deformity

• Neuromuscular scoliosis
• Syndrome-associated scoliosis
• Degenerative scoliosis
• Kyphosis
• Scheuermann disease
• Spondylolisthesis

Trauma

• Spinal cord injuries
• Spinopelvic dissociations

Tumours

• Metastatic disease

Special interests

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Upper cervical instability

Hospitals

• Royal North Shore Hospital
• The Children’s Hospital Westmead
• North Shore Private Hospital
• Westmead Private Hospital

Consulting Locations

• St Leonards
• Westmead
• Erina