Medical School
Newcastle University
Bachelor of Medicine 1993

Post Graduate Training
Sydney (Southside) Advanced Orthopaedic Training Scheme 2000-2003

Fellow Royal Australian College of Surgeons (Orth) 2004
Australian Orthopaedic Association Provisional Fellow

Post Fellowship Training 2004-2005
New Royal Infirmary Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty Hip, Knee, Shoulder)
- Sports Medicine (Arthroscopic Reconstruction Knee, Shoulder)

Travelling Fellowship USA/UK
- Joint Replacement
(Hip, Knee, Shoulder Primary and Revision Arthroplasty)
- Sports Medicine
(Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopic and Open Reconstruction)
- Foot and Ankle surgery
- Trauma surgery

Registration
NSW Medical Board

Aim
Dr Ashton is committed to providing the highest quality service in the orthopaedic management of arthritic and sports related conditions and injuries. He has trained and travelled extensively to many of the leading Orthopaedic Centres in the United Kingdom and the USA to gain the required skills to provide a top quality orthopaedic service incorporating the latest management and surgical techniques to the community.

Orthopaedic Centres Dr Ashton has visited include:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Chicago
Arthroscopic Association of North America Chicago
Hospital for Special Surgery New York
Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota
Southern California Orthopaedic Institute Los Angeles
University of California San Francisco
Royal College of Surgeons London
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Birmingham
Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Replacement Oxford
Louis Barouk Foot and Ankle Centre, Bordeaux France