Dr Sonali Pande

Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician

Dr. Sonali Pande is a fellow of the Australian College of Sports & Exercise Medicine. She is an internationally trained Sports Doctor and Orthopaedic Surgeon with 30 years of experience in managing musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries. She has been working as a specialist out of Sports clinics across Australia since 2022 and has recently published her landmark research on Sudden Cardiac Death in First Nations Australians. She is passionate about empowering her patients to see them achieve their best results.

Clinical Interests

• Bone health and bone stress injury
• Arthritis & Tendon pathologies
• Longevity/Management of Chronic Diseases with Exercise Medicine
• Management of tendinopathies and ligamentous injuries
• Joint and soft tissue guided procedures (PRP, cortisone, vissco-supplementation)
• Spine injuries and chronic low back and neck pain
• Female athlete and youth health in sport
• Concussion Assessment and Management

Please note, whilst we have listed specific areas of interest for our practitioners, this does not mean they are limited to only the topics listed. All of our sport physicians are thoroughly trained in every aspect of the musculoskeletal system; the subjects noted above are simply areas of personal interest, not expertise.

Qualifications

• M. B. B. S. (India)
• MS (Orth.) (India)
• M.Ch. (Orth.) (UK)
• Grad. Cert. in Sports Medicine (UQ, Australia)
• Grad. Cert. in Rheumatology (Johns Hopkins University, US)
• Master of Sports Medicine (UQ, Australia)
• FASCEP (Australasian College of Sports & Exercise Medicine)

Previous & current sporting club associations

• Cycling- Tournament doctor, Top End Gran Fondo, 24 July 2022
• Basketball- Tournament doctor, NBL Blitz 2022, covered 15 games and team doctor for 10 teams from 16-23 September 2022
• Netball – Tournament doctor, National Netball Championship NNC 2023 for Netball Australia’s 17/U and 19/U pathway competitions, 11-16 April 2023
• Cricket NT:
  – Tournament doctor, tri series between NT, Pakistan Shaheens & Bangladesh A. Covered 2 Four day and 3 one day matches from 19 July to 6 August 2024
  – Tournament doctor for Top End T20 Cricket Series 2024, covered 17 T20 games and team doctor for 9 teams from 9-18 August 2024
• Cricket Australia:
  – CA Team Doctor for HOH T20 Tri-series 2025, Team travel with National Men’s Deaf cricket team to India 27 February to 14 March 2023
  – CA Tournament and Team Doctor for AUS A vs SL A T20 & Test Match Series 2025 from 29 June to 24 July 2025 and covered 11 match days
  – CA Team Doctor for International T20 Blind World Cup 2025 at India & Sri Lanka. Team travel with National Women’s Blind Cricket team, 7 to 24 November 2025

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