Samuel Patten

Samuel Patten

Patten (seat 3) as a member of the Oarsome Foursome
Personal information
Born	(1963-05-23) 23 May 1963 Melbourne, Victoria
Education	Scotch College, Melbourne
Alma mater	Monash University Oxford University
Occupation	Orthopaedic surgeon
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Other interests	Barry Patten (father)
Sport
Club	Mercantile Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1984, 1988, and 1992: Men's coxless pair Men's coxed eight
World finals	1983 and 1990: M8+ Men's Coxless four
Medal record Men's rowing Representing Australia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Eight World Rowing Championships 1990 Tasmania Coxless four 1983 Duisburg M8+
Updated on 22 August 2016

Samuel Patten (born 23 May 1963) is an Australian former World Champion rower. Patten is now an orthopaedic surgeon based in Melbourne who specialises in hip and knee surgery.

Rowing career

The son of Olympic alpine skier and noted architect, Barry Patten, Samuel Patten's club rowing was with the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne.

Patten was a member of the Australian men's eight rowing team which won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. At the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics, Pattern was part of the eight rowing team which replicated the bronze medal feat. A member of the first incarnation of Australia's Oarsome Foursome coxless four at the 1990 World Rowing Championships in Lake Barrington, Tasmania, Patten (seat 3) together with Nick Green (bow), Mike McKay (two) and James Tomkins (stroke), achieved his first and only world championship gold medal.

Patten was part of the coxless pair Australian team at the 1988 Seoul, and the men's eight at 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games; however did not achieve a medal at either event.

Surgical career

Samuel Patten in his private practice.

Graduating from Monash University with a degree in medicine, Patten gained a Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 2002 and went on to work as a Senior Joint Replacement Fellow at the prestigious Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, England, and Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and Oxford University in 2004. Patten’s extensive experience in international trauma centres coupled with a high demand sporting background puts him in the unique position to gain a full understanding of complex medical cases, whilst managing individual patient expectations. As one of Australia’s leading orthopaedic surgeons, Patten specialises in conditions of the Hip and Knee with a particular interest in revision hip and knee surgery.

At Melbourne Orthopaedics, Patten specialises in injuries and arthritis of the hip and knee: Anterior Minimally Invasive Surgery (AMIS) for total hip replacement, conventional total hip replacement, revision hip replacement, hip arthroscopy, total knee replacement, revision knee replacement, knee arthroscopy, reconstructive surgery of the knee (ACL), knee osteotomy, post-trauma reconstruction of the pelvis and lower limb.