In 2002, Dr Kieran Hirpara was awarded his medical degree from The National University of Ireland, Galway. He completed general orthopaedic training in Ireland in 2013 having attained his FRCS (Tr&Orth). Whilst in training, he also received a research MD from the National University of Ireland, Galway. 

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In order to develop the skills necessary to provide highly specialised care of conditions of the upper limb, Dr Hirpara underwent fellowship training in ortho-plastic hand surgery (Manchester, UK) and shoulder surgery (Brisbane, Australia). 

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Dr Hirpara commenced his public appointment as an Orthopaedic Surgeon in Rockhampton Base Hospital in 2016. In 2020, CQ Hand & Upper Limb was established in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton where Dr Hirpara offers complex upper limb surgery.