Dr Tim Barbour

Sport & Exercise Physician
MBBS, FACSEP, MSM(Res)

Qualifications

2006
Master of Sports Medicine (Research) (MSM(Res)), University of Melbourne

2004
Fellow of the Australian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (FACSEP), Melbourne

1998
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP – Inactive), Adelaide

1991
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Adelaide

Career Highlights

  • Chief Medical Officer – St Kilda Football Club (2007-2025)

  • Chief Medical Officer – Athletics Australia (2003-2008)

  • Team Doctor – Australian Olympic Athletics Team (Athens 2004 & Beijing 2008)

  • Team Doctor – Australian Commonwealth Games Athletics Team (Melbourne 2006)

  • Team Doctor – Australian World Championship Athletics Team (Paris 2003 & Osaka 2007)

  • Medical Officer – Richmond Football Club (1997-2002)

  • Medical Officer – Australian Under 20 Track and Field Team (1998–2002)

Research/Publications

  • Master Sports Medicine – Thesis. Histology of the Fascial-Periosteal Interface in Lower Limb Chronic Deep Posterior Compartment Syndrome, 2006.

  • The Match Day use of Ultrasound during Professional Football Finals Matches. BJSM 2010

  • Return to Competitive Play after Hamstring Injuries involving Disruption of the Central Tendon, AJSM 2013