Dr Donald Kuah

Dr Donald Kuah is an experienced Sport and Exercise Physician Specialist and one of the founding practitioners at Sydney Sports Medicine Centre in Olympic Park.

He has been the Chief Medical Officer to the West Tigers NRL team (2003 to 2013) and has been on the NRL Medical Advisory Panel since 2015. He is also currently the lead physician in New South Wales for the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. He was the NSW Institute of Sport Medical Director from 2000 to 2012. He has previously been consultant sport physician to AFL team GWS (2011 to 2012) and has also been team doctor to the Sydney Kings basketball team (2000 to 2002).

Dr Kuah was Deputy Medical Director for the AOC at the London Olympics and part of the medical headquarters with previous Australian team appointments at the Athens and Beijing Olympics. He was also clinical director of the Village Polyclinic working for SOCOG in Sydney in 2000. He has also previously been national doctor to the Australian weightlifting team (1993-2004) and the Australian men's hockey team (1997 to 2008). More recently, he was a team physician for the Australian Winter Olympics Games in Beijing in 2022.

For his services to Sports Medicine, the Commonwealth awarded Dr Kuah the 2000 Sports Medal. He was also recently inducted as a Fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation in 2024.

Dr Kuah is involved in teaching at many levels and also heavily involved in clinical research. He has previously been the state training coordinator for the Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Medicine and continues to be a clinical training supervisor for training registrars and is an examiner for the College, as well as being on the Interview Committee for registrar applicants. He is also on the Scientific Advisory Committee for Sports Medicine Australia.

His interest areas lie in treatment of tendon pathologies, osteoarthritis, hamstring origin pathologies, biomechanics and in the area of orthobiologics (PRP, Autologous Tenocyte Implantation and stem cell therapies).

  View all of Dr Donald Kuah's publications at ResearchGate  

1. Filbay SR, Dowsett M, Chaker Jomaa M, Rooney J, Sabharwal R, Lucas P, Van Den Heever A, Kazaglis J, Merlino J, Moran M, Allwright M, Kuah DEK, Durie R, Roger G, Cross M, Cross T. Healing of acute anterior cruciate ligament rupture on MRI and outcomes following non-surgical management with the Cross Bracing Protocol. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Jun 14:bjsports-2023-106931. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-106931. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37316199.
   
   
2. Du Preez EJ, Graham KS, Gan TY, Moses B, Ball C, Kuah DE. Depression, Anxiety, and Alcohol Use in Elite Rugby League Players Over a Competitive Season. Clin J Sport Med. 2017 Nov;27(6):530-535.
   
   
3. Kuah D, Sivell S, Longworth T, James K, Guermazi A, Cicuttini F, Wang Y, Craig S, Comin G, Robinson D, Wilson J. Safety, tolerability and efficacy of intra-articular Progenza in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled single ascending dose study. J Transl Med. 2018 Mar 6;16(1):49.
   
   
4. Succar P, Breen EJ, Kuah D, Herbert BR. Alterations in the Secretome of Clinically Relevant Preparations of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cocultured with Hyaluronan. Stem cell International 2015(2):16.
   
   
5. Gan TY, Kuah DE, Graham KS, Markson G. Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in lower limb bone stress injuries: a randomized controlled trial. Clin J Sport Med. 2014 Nov;24(6):457-60.
   
   
6. Blaber SP, Webster RA, Hill CJ, Breen EJ, Kuah D, Vesey G, Herbert BR. Analysis of in vitro secretion profiles from adipose-derived cell populations. J Transl Med. 2012 Aug 22;10:172
   
   
7. Kuah D. Platelet rich plasma—Current evidence and use in musculoskeletal medicine. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. Dec 2011.
   
   
8. O'Neill BC, Graham K, Moresi M, Perry P, Kuah D.. Custom formed orthoses in cycling. J Sci Med Sport. 2011 Nov;14(6):529-34.
   
   
9. Sein ML, Walton J, Linklater J, Appleyard R, Kirkbride B, Kuah D, Murrell GA. Shoulder pain in elite swimmers: primarily due to swim-volume-induced supraspinatus tendinopathy. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Feb;44(2):105-13.
   
   
10. Kuah D. Lye P. How to treat - Snow-sports injuries. Sep 2007
    
    
11. Sein ML, Walton J, Linklater J, Harris C, Dugal T, Appleyard R, Kirkbride B, Kuah D, Murrell GA. Reliability of MRI assessment of supraspinatus tendinopathy. Br J Sports Med. 2007 Aug;41(8):e9.
    
    
12. Kuah D. Burne S. Downhill skiing and snowboarding injuries: a guide for GPs. Medicine Today. 2005; 6(8): 61-66.
    
    
13. Merkur A, Whalan KM, Kuah D, Choo P. The Effect of Ski Shape on Injury Occurrence in Downhill Skiing. Jan 2003.
    
    
14. Kuah DE. An alternative slump reduction technique of anterior shoulder dislocations: a 3-year prospective study. Clin J Sport Med. 2000 Jul;10(3):158-61.