He is currently the Chief Medical Officer for both Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW, and was also medical director for the Cricket World Cup 2015. He was previously a team doctor for the Sydney Roosters (1998-2013), the Sydney Swans (1994-1997) and the NSW State of Origin team (2000-2006) and a Sports Medicine Fellow at the Australian Institute of Sport (1993). He provided injury surveillance consultancy services for the Australian Football League from 1992-2014 inclusive. He has a PhD in sports injury epidemiology from the UNSW (1999), an MD by thesis from the University of Melbourne (2006), and has published over 100 scientific papers.He is amember of the editorial board for 6 journals including the British Journal of Sports Medicine and the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Further information is available at www.johnorchard.com