Neurosurgeon

Medical career

2006

• Nominated for Australian of the Year 2006

2001 - present

• Consultant neurosurgeon - Perth

     - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

     - Royal Perth Hospital

     - Mount Hospital

1993 - 2000

• Consultant neurosurgeon - Melbourne

     - The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Director of Neurovascular Surgery

     - Melbourne Private Hospital

     - Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

     - Epworth Hospital

     - Royal Children's Hospital - locum attending neurosurgeon




• Assistant Editor - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (Churchill Livingstone)

2000

• Investigator in worldwide randomised, controlled trial - artificial cervical joint versus standard anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for single level cervical radiculopathy due to disc prolapse and/or osteophyte - Sofamor-Danek Pty Ltd

1998 - 1999

• Medical Advisory Committee, Melbourne Private Hospital

1996

• Investigator in phase III trial of tirilazad mesylate in women with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage - Upjohn Pty Ltd

1995

• Successful candidate in the Emergency Management of Severe Trauma course

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1993

• Clinical Neuroscience Centre Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital - research fellow and neurosurgeon

• Mary Kelly Prize for research, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1992

• Neurosurgical Fellow - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (Dr Thoralf Sundt Jr, Dr David Piepgras, Dr Patrick Kelly, Dr Fredric Meyer, Dr Burton Onofrio, Dr Richard Marsh, Dr Dudley Davis, Dr Michael Ebersold)

1991

• F.R.A.C.S. Fellowship in Neurosurgery

1986 - 1991

• Neurosurgery Registrar

     - The Royal Melbourne Hospital

     - Austin Hospital, Melbourne

     - Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

     - Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne

     - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

     - Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne

     - Royal Perth Hospital

     - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth

1985

• Accredited General Surgical Registrar

     - General surgery, Geelong Hospital

     - Vascular surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

1984

• Senior Resident Medical Officer, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne - Cardiothoracics, Neurosurgery, Emergency (registrar), General Surgery (registrar)

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1983

• Lecturer - Melbourne University - Anatomy, Histology, Neuroscience and Physiology

• Neuroscience tutor - Melbourne University International House and Trinity College

• F.R.A.C.S. Part 1 Examination - Exhibition - Gordon-Taylor Prize

1981-1983

• Mitcham Football Club doctor

1982

• Junior Resident Medical Officer - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne - Intensive Care, Medical Oncology, Orthopaedics, Urology

1981

• Intern - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne - Medicine, Surgery, Emergency

• Intern - Gippsland Base Hospital, Sale - Medicine, Anaesthetics, Emergency

Undergraduate years : University of Melbourne 1975-1980

1978 - 1980

• Clinical years - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

• Margaret Ryan prize in Clinical Medicine

• H.F. Summons prize in Otolaryngology

• Honours

- Medicine

- Obstetrics and Gynaecology

- Surgery

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1975-1977

• Preclinical years - University of Melbourne

• 1976 Exhibition in Anatomy - T.F. Ryan Prize

• 1976 Prosector in Anatomy

• Honours

- Anatomy

- Biochemistry

- Medical Studies

- Microbiology

- Pathology

- Pharmacology

- Physiology

- Biology

- Chemistry

- Physics

1969-1974

• Mitcham High School, Melbourne

• Dux 1971 and 1972

• Form 6, 1974: Principal's Achievement Award

1968

• Mitcham State School, Melbourne - dux of school

1962-1967

• Nunawading State School, Melbourne

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Continuing professional memberships

1981 - Australian Medical Association

1981 - Melbourne University Medical Alumni

1981 - Medical Defence Association of Victoria

1991 - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1991 - Neurosurgical Society of Australasia

1993 - Mayo Clinic Alumni

2000 - Australian Association of Surgeons

2005 - Congress of Neurological Surgeons, U.S.A.

Other interests

• Three children:

     - Andrew, born 1993

     - Christopher, born 1996

     - Sophie, born 2000

• Christianity

• Piano

• Tennis - member of Dalkeith Tennis Club

• Swimming

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