A/Prof Sameer Viswanathan completed his university studies at Sydney University. He completed his Orthopaedic Training in Queensland in 2007. After working for a year as a Staff Specialist in Redcliffe, Queensland he returned home to Sydney where he completed 2 fellowships. 

The first was a hip and knee arthroplasty fellowship at Fairfield Hospital (Supervisor: A/Prof John Ireland) and the second was in Foot and Ankle surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital (Supervisors: Drs Andrew Wines and Les Grujic). Since then Sameer set up a private practice in Campbelltown and Liverpool with a public appointment in Campbelltown Hospital. He is currently the Head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Campbelltown Hospital. He was appointed Conjoined Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Western Sydney University.