From Refugee to Medical Revolutionary | Munjed Al Muderis | TEDxSydney

Mounted Al Muderis is a world leader in "osseointegration" which is life-changing for all of Munjed’s patients, enabling the amputee to focus on the destination rather than the journey.

In this talk, Munjed explains how he is now on the top of his "Wheel of Fortune" and can now assist people who are on the bottom.

Munjed is an Australian-trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor with Notre Dame University School of Medicine, Sydney. Born in Baghdad, he fled to Australia as a refugee and embarked on his journey to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon on his release from a detention centre on 26 August 2000.

Munjed’s ambition to become a world leader in osseointegration surgery started when he was a young child watching “The Terminator” movie. How to combine robotics and humans?

This passion inspired him to develop and expand this technology for amputees, to enable mobility, to enhance comfort, reduce pain and to facilitate a better quality of life. To date Munjed has helped more than 108 amputees mobilize and function with greater ease, comfort and control.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx