ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON
MMed (UCT), FC Ortho (SA), MBChB (UCT)
Professional Membership
- Health professions council of South Africa, HPCSA
- General medical Council (UK)
- South African Orthopaedic Association SAOA
- American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
- South African Foot Society SAFSA (Currently president)
- Consultant, senior lecturer University of Cape Town Orthopaedic department.
Fellowships
Prof McCollum is fellowship trained in Foot and Ankle surgery and Trauma Orthopaedic surgery. He worked under Mr James Calder in the United Kingdom and Dr Mark Myerson in Baltimore, USA. during his fellowships.
He has been practicing Orthopaedic surgery since 2011 and Foot and Ankle surgery since 2013.
He runs the Groote Schuur foot and ankle service and is a member of staff at the University of Cape Town (Senior Lecturer)
TERTIARY EDUCATION
University: University of Cape Town
Degree: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. MBChB
Year 2000
SCHOOL
Matriculation: St. Albans College, Pretoria
Year: 1993
2015
- SENIOR LECTURER UNIVERSTY OF CAPE TOWN, HEAD FOOT AND ANKLE RECONSTRUCTION UNIT,
PRIVATE PRACTICE KINGSBURY AND ORTHOUCT
2014
- SAME
2013 January
- CONSULTANT GROOTE SCHUUR AND HEAD OF THE DIVISION OF FOOT AND ANKLE RECONSTRUCTION
Part time private practice
2012 January-July
- FOOT AND ANKLE FELLOW, TRAUMA FELLOW
Mr. James Calder (Consultant)
Imperial College, Chelsea Westminster Hospital
London, UK
July- December
- FOOT AND ANKLE FELLOW
Dr Mark Myerson (Consultant)
Mercy Medical Centre and Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, USA
2011 July-January
- ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA FELLOW
University of Cape Town
Groote Schuur Hospital
2007- 2011 June
- ORTHOPAEDIC REGISTRAR
University of Cape Town
Groote Schuur Hospital
Red Cross Children’s Hospital
Maitland Cottage Children’s Hospital
2006
- MEDICAL OFFICER ORTHOPAEDICS
New Somerset Hospital
Cape Town
GF Jooste Hospital
Mannenberg
Cape Town
2005
- MEDICAL OFFICER ORTHOPAEDICS
Edendale Hospital
Pietermaritzburg
2004
- SENIOR HOUSE OFFICER ORTHOPAEDICS
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro
Cornwall U.K
2003
- LOCUM SENIOR HOUSE OFFICER
UK
2001-2003
- HOUSE OFFICER
Manapo, Qwa Qwa
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Karl Bremmer and Groote Schuur Hospitals
2007
- The use of ankle spanning external fixators in the management of complex pilon fractures SA Orthopaedic congress.
- Supracondylar fractures in Children. Neurovascular complications treated conservatively. 2nd prize for registrar paper
SA Orthopaedic congress
2009
- De Quervains tenosynovitis: A prospective trial comparing the use of two different corticosteroids SA Hand congress presentation
2010
- An Investigation into the intramedullary pressure rise during femoral nailing:
Does the fracture and level of fracture determine peak pressure?
SA Orthopedic Congress
1st prize for registrar paper
Accepted for publication pending
corrections. J OrthTraum (2012)
2002
Diploma in Primary Emergency Care. DIP PEC (SA) College of Medicine of South Africa
2008
AO Advanced Orthopaedic trauma course
Microsurgical course Groote Schuur Hospital
Smith and Nephew deformity correction and Ilizarov course
2010
Smith and Nephew advanced knee arthroscopy course
AO advanced Paediatric Orthopaedic trauma course
2011
Fellowship of the college of Orthopaedic Surgeons of South Africa. FCS
Orth (SA)
Master of Medicine. MMED (UCT)
2012
Advanced Foot and Ankle course, Munich, Germany
Advanced Fellows Foot and Ankle course. Baltimore- Presenter
2013
Faculty and presenter AO advanced course
Faculty and UCT representative Registrar congress Bloemfontein
Faculty and demonstrator Tournier ankle replacement course, UK
Co-Presenter- paper on return to sport after ankle sprain- SAOA
Member committee foot society, South Africa
2014
Faculty and presenter Kwa Matitane Smith and Nephew trauma symposium
Faculty and presenter: International Congress of Cartilage repair of the Ankle. Prague 2014
2015
Faculty and congress organizer International Congress on repair of Cartilage of the Ankle. Kwa Maritane, South Africa
EXCO Foot and Ankle society, South Africa
2016
Co Chair ISAKOS day at COMOC meeting April Cape Town
Faculty SAOA presenter Skukuza
Faculty Global Foot and Ankle symposium New York December,
2017
SAOA Faculty presenter: Deltoid instability,
Consensus Faculty International Cartilage repair society, Pittsburgh, USA
Arthrex Scientific Foot and Ankle day. Cape Town.
- G T Du Toit 2nd prize for registrar paper, co-author SA Orthopaedic congress 2007
- GT Du Toit 1st prize for registrar paper, SA Orthopaedic congress 2010
- University of Cape Town, research day. 2nd Prize for registrar paper 2010
- Best Orthopaedic registrar, University of Cape Town 2011
- Myerson Foot and Ankle International Fellowship 2012
International publications:
- Van Den Bekerom M, Kerkhoffs, McCollum GA, Calder JDF, Van Dijk CN. Management Of Acute Lateral ankle ligament injury in the Athlete. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 2013;21:1390-1395
- McCollum GA, Van Den Bekerom, Kerkoffs, Calder JDF, Van Djk CN. Syndesmosis and Deltoid Ligament injuries in the Athlete. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2013;21:1328-1337
- McCollum GA, Calder JDF, Longo U, Romeo G, Mafulli N. Talus; osteochondral bruises and defects: diagnosis and differentiation. Foot Ankle Clin. 2013;18:35-47
- McCollum GA, Myerson MS. Managing the cystic Osteochondral defect. Allograft or Autograft. Foot Ankle Cliin. 2013;18;113-133
- Caesar B, McCollum GA, Elliot R, Calder JDF, Williams A. Stress fractures of the tibia and medial malleolus. Foot Ankle Clinics. 2013;18:339-355
- McCollum GA, Myerson Ms. Failure of the Agility Total Ankle replacement system and the salvage options. Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2013;30: 207-223
- White WJ, McCollum GA, Calder JD. 2015: Return to Sport following acute lateral ligament repair of the ankle in the professional athlete. Knee Surg Sports Trauma Arthroscopy
- McCollum GA, Bamford RA, Calder JDF, Stable versus unstable grade II high ankle sprains – a prospective study predicting the need for surgical stabilization and time to return to sports. Arthroscopy. 2016:34(2);634-642
- The L5 transverse process fracture revisited. Does its presence predict pelvis fracture instability? S Maqungo, M Kimani, D Chiiba, G McCollum, S Roche. Injury 08 May 2015. S0020-1383(15)00255-7.
- Surgical hip dislocation for removal of retained intra-articular bullets. S Maqungo, J Kauta, S Hoppe, M Laubscher, G McCollum, M Held, MJB Keel. 2016 47.10 (2016): 2218–2222
- van Dijk PAD, Murawski CD, Hunt KJ, Andrews CL, Longo UG, McCollum G, Simpson H, Sofka CM, Yoshimura I, Karlsson. Post-treatment Follow-up, Imaging, and Outcome Scores: Proceedings of the International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. J; International Consensus Group on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. Foot ankle int. 2018 Jul;39(1_suppl):68S-73
- Talus replacements: A case series and intermediate term results. Abrahamson M, Campbell N, McCollum GA. J Foot Ankle. Accepted for publication ahead of Print: September 2020
South African Publications:
- Nortje M, McCollum GA. The use of Acticote and pin sealer to reduce the rate of pin- site sepsis with external fixators of the tibia. Wound healing Southern Africa. 2013 ;6(2):94-97
- Horn A, McCollum GA. Achilles tendonopathy Part 1: aetiology, diagnosis and non-surgical management. South African Orthopaedic Journal. 2015;14(2):24-31
- Horn A, McCollum GA. Achilles tendonopathy Part 2: Surgical management. South African Orthopaedic Journal. 2015;14(3):53-57
- Reddy P, McCollum GA. Accessory soleus muscle: Case report. South African Ortho Journal 2015: 14(4) 19-22
- Jordaan P, Maqungo S, Roche S, Magampa R, McCollum GA. Open reduction and internal fixation of calcaneus fractures through a sinus tarsi approach. South African Ortho Journal 2016: 15(3); 27-31
- Maqungo S, Kimani S, McCollum GA, Kauta NJ, Dachs R,. Early clinical outcomes of isolated low velocity gunshot radius fractures treated with closed intramedullary nailing. South African Ortho Journal 2016:15;34-39
- S Swanepoel, D Chivers, W Leong, M Laubscher, G McCollum, S Maqungo S. Intramedullary nailing of subtrochanteric femur fractures caused by low velocity gunshots. South African Ortho Journal 2017: 16(3); 46-50
- C Martin, G Thiart, G McCollum, S Roche,S Maqungo. The burden of gunshot injuries on orthopaedic healthcare resources in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2017; 10(7):626-630
- S Maqungo, V Boskovic, M Laubscher, N Kauta, G McCollum, M Held. The role of interventional angiography and embolization in the management of high-energy pelvic ring injuries with uncontrolled haemorrhage. South African Ortho Journal. 2017;10(3): 19-23
- S Wever, G McCollum The Management of Acute Ankle Sprains: A Survey of South African Surgeons and the Best Evidence Available. South African Orthopaedic Journal. South African Ortho Journal. 2018;14(3): 13-19
- Workman M, Wever GS, McCollum GA. A survey of the management of posterior malleolar ankle fractures in South Africa.SA Orthop J 2019;18(3):36-40
- Systematic review and outcomes of primary fusion in high energy Lisfranc injuries operated on at Groote Schuur. A retrospective study from 2013 to 2018. Panchoo P, Wiegerinck JJ, Laubscher M, Maqungo S, McCollum G. SA Orthop Journal.( Accepted for publication, Spring edition, September 202
- Management of Cystic Osteochondral lesions of the Talus. McCollum GA. Cartilage lesions of the ankle. Chapter 6: 53-65 Springer
- Rheumatoid forefoot reconstruction: The Clayton Hoffman procedure
Common Foot and Ankle procedures McCollum GA: Chapter 6: 131-145. Springer publishers. - Articles in press. Accepted awaiting publication.
- Rheumatoid forefoot reconstruction. Mid-term outcomes.
South African Orthopaedic Journal - The Management of Acute Ankle Sprains: A Survey of South African Surgeons and the Best Evidence Available. South African Orthopaedic Journal.