Dr Thomas is an orthopaedic surgeon with special interests in hip and knee joint replacement, and arthroscopic surgery of the knee. Dr Thomas completed post–fellowship subspecialty training in arthroplasty and arthroscopic sports knee surgery at Queen’s University, Canada where he was an arthroplasty fellow. Dr Thomas is actively involved in teaching at the university of Western Sydney, and teaching the orthopaedic registrars at Blacktown-Mt Druitt Hospital where he is a Visiting Medical Officer in Orthopaedic Surgery.