ORTHOSPORTS NZ

Dr Matthew Brick and Dr Warren Leigh

Orthosports specialises in arthroscopic surgery of the hip, knee, shoulder and spine.

We are based at New Zealand’s premier sports facility, AUT Millenium.

 

ORTHOSPORTS NZ

Dr Matthew Brick and Dr Warren Leigh

Orthosports specialises in arthroscopic surgery of the hip, knee, shoulder and spine.

We are based at New Zealand’s premier sports facility, AUT Millenium.

 

ABOUT US

Dr Matthew Brick

Orthosports is led by Dr Mat Brick, who specialises in arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder. Dr Brick is fellowship trained in sports orthopaedic surgery, and a graduate of the University of Auckland School of Medicine and the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Training Programme.

Dr Brick’s passion for sports and activity-related injury follows a successful career as a professional triathlete and later as a two-time World Champion Duathlete. He has also represented New Zealand at World Championship level in cycling. He remains actively involved in sport through racing, coaching and research. Orthosports is based at New Zealand’s premier sports facility, AUT Millennium.

Dr Brick undertook fellowship training in Pittsburgh working with Dr Freddie Fu (knee) and Dr Marc Philippon (hip), as well as in Perth with Dr Keith Holt and Dr Greg Witherow. Dr Brick is on a number of international committees relating to hip arthroscopy, including the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) Hip and Groin Committee and Faculty for the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA). Dr Brick has completed more than 2500 hip arthroscopies, the outcomes of which have all been prospectively followed in a very large database. This places him in a group of a handful of surgeons internationally who have the experience of thousands of hip arthroscopies as well as the extensive knowledge of outcomes, complications and revision rates.

Dr Brick is actively involved in research and teaching. He supervises fellowship training of orthopaedic surgeons from New Zealand and overseas and is involved in clinical research, lecturing and publishing on his results.

Dr Warren Leigh

Dr Warren Leigh (MBChB, MMedSci Distinction, Dip Sports Med, FRACS) is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic Surgeon.  He specialises in Orthopaedic sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder and hip, total knee joint replacements and spine surgery.  Warren works at Orthosports, based at the Millenium Institute of Sport on the North Shore and operates at Southern Cross North Harbour, North Shore Surgical Centre and Auckland Surgical centre. 

Warren was born in NZ and raised in Tauranga before studying Medicine and Surgery at the University of Auckland.  He performed spine research to obtain a Master of Medical Science with distinction, undertook a diploma in Sports Medicine, and then completed his Orthopaedic Fellowship training through the NZ Orthopaedic Association to become a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. 

Dr Leigh undertook three years of post-fellowship training both in NZ and Australia where he sub-specialised in knee, sports and spine surgery.  His first fellowship was with Adidas Sports medicine followed by a dedicated knee fellowship with Professor Julian Feller and Dr Tim Whitehead at Orthosports Victoria and La Trobe University, Melbourne.  Here Warren gained further experience performing total knee joint replacements and knee reconstruction.  He served as part of the sports surgical team for high level AFL athletes.  A further sports fellowship with Dr Matthew Brick at Orthosports focused on hip, knee and shoulder arthroscopy.  Warren then completed a Spine fellowship under Professors Rob Fraser and Brian Freeman based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.  As well as degenerative diseases of the spine Warren managed traumatic spine injury from a far afield as the Northern Territory.   

Dr Leigh returned home to join Orthosports in 2013 and now cares for patients of all ages with both degenerative disorders of the knee and spine, and sports injuries of the knee, shoulder and hip in athletes of all ability, from the enthusiastic to the elite.  

Dr Leigh strives to maintain and deliver excellence in his areas of expertise.  In 2015 Warren was awarded the prestigious APKASS travelling fellowship and was hosted by SLARD, the Society of Latin American Arthroscopic Sports knee surgery, and is now a member or the Magellan Society.  In 2017 he was selected as the NZ Orthopaedic Association travelling fellow to the ASEAN regions and in 2020 will represent the NZ Shoulder and Elbow Society at the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow.  

In 2019 Dr Leigh graduated from Harvard University completing the inaugural Surgeon’s as Leaders course.  He is on the Board of Directors for the North Shore Surgical Centre, Milford.  

Dr Leigh continues to perform and publish research.

Warren is married to a fellow doctor and has 3 children.  He has a keen interest in all sports and relaxes paddling his surf ski, swimming and surfing and skiing with his family. 

Dr Warren Leigh

Dr Warren Leigh (MBChB, MMedSci Distinction, Dip Sports Med, FRACS) is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic Surgeon.  He specialises in Orthopaedic sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder and hip, total knee joint replacements and spine surgery.  Warren works at Orthosports, based at the Millenium Institute of Sport on the North Shore and operates at Southern Cross North Harbour, North Shore Surgical Centre and Auckland Surgical centre. 

Warren was born in NZ and raised in Tauranga before studying Medicine and Surgery at the University of Auckland.  He performed spine research to obtain a Master of Medical Science with distinction, undertook a diploma in Sports Medicine, and then completed his Orthopaedic Fellowship training through the NZ Orthopaedic Association to become a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. 

Dr Leigh undertook three years of post-fellowship training both in NZ and Australia where he sub-specialised in knee, sports and spine surgery.  His first fellowship was with Adidas Sports medicine followed by a dedicated knee fellowship with Professor Julian Feller and Dr Tim Whitehead at Orthosports Victoria and La Trobe University, Melbourne.  Here Warren gained further experience performing total knee joint replacements and knee reconstruction.  He served as part of the sports surgical team for high level AFL athletes.  A further sports fellowship with Dr Matthew Brick at Orthosports focused on hip, knee and shoulder arthroscopy.  Warren then completed a Spine fellowship under Professors Rob Fraser and Brian Freeman based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.  As well as degenerative diseases of the spine Warren managed traumatic spine injury from a far afield as the Northern Territory.   

Dr Leigh returned home to join Orthosports in 2013 and now cares for patients of all ages with both degenerative disorders of the knee and spine, and sports injuries of the knee, shoulder and hip in athletes of all ability, from the enthusiastic to the elite.  

Dr Leigh strives to maintain and deliver excellence in his areas of expertise.  In 2015 Warren was awarded the prestigious APKASS travelling fellowship and was hosted by SLARD, the Society of Latin American Arthroscopic Sports knee surgery, and is now a member or the Magellan Society.  In 2017 he was selected as the NZ Orthopaedic Association travelling fellow to the ASEAN regions and in 2020 will represent the NZ Shoulder and Elbow Society at the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow.  

In 2019 Dr Leigh graduated from Harvard University completing the inaugural Surgeon’s as Leaders course.  He is on the Board of Directors for the North Shore Surgical Centre, Milford.  

Dr Leigh continues to perform and publish research.

Warren is married to a fellow doctor and has 3 children.  He has a keen interest in all sports and relaxes paddling his surf ski, swimming and surfing and skiing with his family. 

What do we specialise in?

Arthroscopic treatment of labral tears and cartilage injuries, femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI) and deep gluteal syndrome (piriformis syndrome).

KNEE

Anatomic ACL reconstruction, revision ACL reconstruction, meniscal tears, navigated high tibial and distal femoral osteotomy, patello-femoral pain and instability, cartilage injury and repair.

SHOULDER

Shoulder instability, subacromial impingement, rotator cuff tears, AC joint problems, SLAP tears, biceps problems and frozen shoulder. 

SPINE

Discectomy, decompression surgery, cervical spine surgery. 

Visit Us

Orthosports North Harbour
AUT Millenium
17 Antares Place 
Rosedale 0632

Contact us

09 477 2080

Dr Matthew Brick

office@orthosports.co.nz

Dr Warren Leigh

warrenoffice@orthosports.co.nz

Orthosports NZ

AUT Millenium
17 Antares Place
Rosedale