Rotator Cuff Tears: Green, Yellow, and Red Flags

Learning outcomes

• Classify rotator cuff tears that are low risk and suitable for non-operative management.
• Distinguish rotator cuff tears that require urgent orthopaedic review.
• Identify patients who are at risk of poor outcomes following rotator cuff tear injury.
• Outline the management options available for different rotator cuff tear presentations.

Speaker bio: Mr Filip Cosic, Orthopaedic Surgeon

I am an orthopaedic surgeon with a sub-specialty interest in upper limb (shoulder, elbow, and wrist) and trauma.

I completed my FRACS in 2025 and have undertaken a sub-specialty fellowship in Paris at the Institut de la Main et de l’Epaule (Paris Hand and Shoulder Institute) under the supervision of Dr Philippe Valenti, renowned for his work in shoulder arthroplasty, arthroscopy, tendon transfers, and brachial plexus/thoracic outlet syndrome. I offer comprehensive management of shoulder and elbow pathologies, along with management of common wrist pathology, and both complex and simple trauma of the extremities.

I am passionate about research and providing high quality evidence-based practice, with a background as a clinician researcher currently completing my PhD at Monash University on the topic of operative and non-operative management of proximal humerus fractures. In addition, I have published extensively along with presenting my work at numerous specialty and sub-specialty meetings.