Melbourne Radiology Clinic
Ground Floor
Suite 3-6, 100 Victoria Parade
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Ph: 03 9667 1667
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Dr George Koulouris

MBBS, GrCertSpMed, MMed(Radiology), FRANZCR

Dr George Koulouris - Sports and Musculoskeletal Radiologist

Our Radiologists.

Dr George Koulouris.

MBBS, GrCertSpMed, MMed (Radiology), FRANZCR

Sports & Musculoskeletal Radiologist

Musculoskeletal Radiologist

– Dr George Koulouris.

George Koulouris completed his radiology training at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in 2004, having completed a combined general MRI and interventional fellowship. He then worked at Victoria House Medical Imaging and also undertook further training in musculoskeletal imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA under the supervision of Professor William Morrison. Here, George assisted in the provision of medical services to all the major sporting associations, including the Philadelphia Eagles, The Phillies baseball team, Philadelphia Flyers (ice hockey) and the Philadelphia 76ers. George has since worked in public and private practice, gaining experience working at several centres and in the different subspecialty fields of radiology.

Throughout his career, George has maintained a determined focus on research, publishing in excess of 30 articles in peer review journals and textbook chapters. He also acted as a consultant for the world’s largest medical publisher, Elsevier, where he helped deliver an interactive web based programme devoted to musculoskeletal imaging in order to help trainees and other radiologists improve their understanding of this field. He gained his medical degrees from the University of Melbourne in 1996 and then completed his internship and basic surgical training at Austin Health (formerly Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre).

George is a musculoskeletal and MRI radiologist and therefore his main interests includes the diagnosis and treatment of orthopaedic and rheumatological disorders as well as sporting and work injuries. In particular, muscle injuries, such as hamstring, calf and groin strains are areas of sub-specialisation, as well as tendon injuries, back, neck and sciatic pain. Other areas of interest include neurological, neurosurgical and urological radiology.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Melb) 1996
  • Fellow Royal Australasian & New Zealand College of Radiologists 2005
  • Masters of Medicine (Radiology) (Melb.) 2006
  • Graduate Certificate of Sports Medicine (UNSW) 2008

Professional Memberships

  • Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG)
    – President 2014 & 2015
    – Vice President 2012 & 2013
  • Senior Lecturer – University of Western Australia (UWA)
  • Australian Medical Association (AMA)
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)
  • Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), UK
  • Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR)
  • Australian Football League Medical Officers Association (AFLMOA)
  • Sports Doctors Australia
  • Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
  • International Spinal Intervention Society (ISIS)
  • Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine
  • International Skeletal Society (ISS)
  • European Society of Radiology (ESR)
  • Federation Internationale de Medecine du Sport (FIMS)

Publications

Invited Presentations

  • Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Victoria Branch – Annual Scientific Meeting, Lorne, Victoria, 25th February 2017
    Radiofrequency Ablation for Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
  • 8th Muscletech Network Workshop, 3-4th October 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
    MRI Imaging of the Quadriceps Muscle Complex (QMC).
  • Lightbox Radiology: Lower Limb Interpretation Course 4 & 5 June 2016
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) – Annual Scientific Meeting (Queensland branch), June 2015
    Imaging of the Meniscus – an evidence based approach.
  • South African Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (SAMSIG), “Meet the Experts in Africa”, Namibia, September 2014
    Basic science of tendinopathy
    Controversies of image guided tendon therapies
  • Australian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG) 2014, Brisbane – Annual Scientific Meeting
    Imaging Assessment and Imaging guided treatment of gluteal tendinopathy. AMSIG
  • Australian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG) 2013, Sydney – Annual Scientific Meeting
    Imaging of assessment of angiomyoma.
  • Australasian Sarcoma Study Group – Annual Sarcoma Conference, Sydney, October 2012.
    Imaging of Desmoid Tumours
  • The Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons, Foot and Ankle Insight Conference, Sydney, August 2012.
    Radiologically guided treatment of tendinopathy
    Radiofrequency ablation of Morton’s neuromas
  • Scientific Co-Convenor Australian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG) Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, May 2012.
    Conference Theme: The Tendon
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) Annual Scientific Meeting – October 2011
    Imaging Guided Treatment of Elbow Tendinopathy
  • Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) – Musculoskeletal Imaging – Melbourne, September 2011
    Imaging of the Synovial Entheseal Complex and Tendon treatment controversies
  • Australian Sonographers Association (ASA), Musculoskeletal Special Interest Group, Melbourne 2011
    Cortisone vs Autologous Blood Injection vs Platelet Rich Plasma in the treatment of Tendon disease
  • Sports and Biomechanics Special Interest Group – Inaugural Sports Podiatry & Biomechanics Seminar, APODA VIC, Melbourne, June 2011
    MRI of the Foot and Ankle
  • Australasian Podiatry Conference 2011, Melbourne, April 2011
    Imaging guided intervention of foot and ankle disorders
  • South African Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (SAMSIG) – “Meet the Experts in Africa”, Botswana, October 2010
    MRI of Muscle Injuries
  • Australian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG) – Tasmania 2010
    Panel discussion – Treatment of Tendon Disorders
  • Combined Australian Orthopaedic Association/Royal Australian College of Surgeons Medicolegal Meeting: “The Medical Assessment of Musculoskeletal Injuries”. Melbourne 2009
    1. Principles & basic interpretation of MRI Scans.
    2. MRI hip & knee.
    3. US & MRI shoulder.
    4. MRI vs CT lumbar spine.
  • Australian Sonographers Association (ASA), Musculoskeletal Special Interest Group, Gold Coast, 2008
    Plenary session: Imaging of Hamstring muscle complex injuries
    Hands on workshop: Ultrasound of the Hamstrings: How I do it
  • Olympic Park Sports Medicine Conference, Melbourne, 2007:
    Making sense of groin imaging.
  • Musculoskeletal MRI, Gold Coast, 2007
    Hamstring Imaging
    Groin imaging in elite athletes
  • Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) and Football Australasia, Telstra Dome, Melbourne 2006.
    Hamstring imaging – The Radiologist’s perspective. Controversies in 2006.
  • 24th International Congress of Radiology (ICR), Cape Town, South Africa 2006.
    Hamstring Muscle Imaging Manifestations
    Thigh and Groin Ultrasound workshop
    Elbow and Wrist Ultrasound workshop
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Lower Limb Symposium: 2006
    Interesting Cases session.
  • American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), Vancouver Canada 2006.
    Imaging features of injuries of the calf muscle complex.
  • Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), Melbourne 2005
    Finger Pulley and Ligament injuries
    Hamstring and muscle strains
  • Inaugural Australian Health and Medical Research Congress (AHMRC), Melbourne 2003.
    Imaging Features of injuries to the hamstring muscle complex.
  • Seventh International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic World Congress in Sports Sciences, Athens, Greece, 2003.
    Comparison of MRI and ultrasound in the evaluation of injuries to the hamstring muscle complex.
  • Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) and Football Australasia; Controversies in 2003, Telstra Dome, Melbourne, 2003.
    Comparison of MRI and ultrasound in the evaluation of injuries to the hamstring muscle complex.
  • Australian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG), Sydney 2002.
    MR angiography of disorders of the hand and wrist.
  • Conference of Science and Medicine in Sports, Sports Medicine Australia, Melbourne 2002.
    Imaging Features of injuries to the hamstring muscle complex.
  • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, USA 2001.
    Imaging Features of injuries to the hamstring muscle complex.
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Melbourne, 2001.
    Imaging Features of injuries to the hamstring muscle complex.

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