Full circle moment for Dr Sheldon Moniz
When high school student Sheldon Moniz landed a casual cleaning job at St John of God Murdoch Hospital, performing surgery in the same building 20 years later was not on his radar.
14 Jul 2025
As Dr Sheldon Moniz, now an orthopaedic surgeon with Orthopaedics WA, joins us this month, he describes this next chapter of his career as a ‘full circle moment’.
“I grew up locally, have worked here at Murdoch from a young age, and now I have this wonderful opportunity to grow a practice and serve the local community.”
Since those early days in housekeeping, Dr Moniz has seen and experienced the hospital from a range of vantage points.
While studying medicine he went on to become:
- a theatre orderly
- an orderly for joint replacement patients with SKG
- a self-titled ‘lunch orders guy’ in theatres (“we wrote down orders manually back then!” he says)
- weekend shift cleaner and PCA on the wards
- an orthopaedic technician
- surgical assistant.
Dr Moniz says he is grateful for the inspiration, guidance and support that fellow caregivers and orthopaedic surgeons have shown him along the way, and he hopes to give back to others finding their way at St John of God Murdoch Hospital.
Welcome (though you never really left) Dr Moniz. We are proud of your unique journey with us, and excited for your future at St John of God Murdoch Hospital.