Neurosurgeons trained in Australia are Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and use the postnominals F.R.A.C.S. Specialties within neurosurgery include brain surgery, spinal surgery, cerebrovascular/endovascular surgery, functional neurosurgery, peripheral nerve surgery, pain neurosurgery, paediatric neurosurgery and oncology.
According to information collated by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, there were 124 medical specialists with neurosurgery being their main specialty of practice in the year 2006. (Medical labour force 2006. National health labour force series no. 41. Cat. no. HWL 42. Canberra: AIHW.)
The Neurosurgical Society of Australasia is the professional association of neurosurgeons.
This category lists neurosurgeons practicing in Australia.
Neurosurgeon and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon
Dr Raoul Pope MBChB(Hons,Otago), FRACS(Sydney)
Consulting/Operative Services in Brain and Spine disorders
(2 locations)
North Sydney, NSW 2060
Dr Popes Primary Service:General Spinal Surgery; Complex Instrumented Spine Surgery; Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery; Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery; Artificial Disc Replacement; Brain & Pituitary Tumours; Neuroendoscopy; Hydrocephalus; Trigeminal Neuralgia; Peripheral Nerve Surgery; Pain Management.
Dr Popes Secondary Service:
Medico-legal Opinion.
Dr Vini Gautam Khurana
Staff Specialist Neurosurgeon - Canberra Hospital
Assoc. Prof. of Neurosurgery - Australian National University Medical School
Garran, ACT 2605
Mayo Clinic-trained neurosurgeon. Dr Khurana has an advanced neurosurgery Fellowship in cerebral vascular and tumour microsurgery from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dr Jonathon Ball
Specialist Spine Surgeon & Neurosurgeon
Sydney Neurospine
St Leonards, NSW 2065
An Australian neurosurgeon in the North Shore of Sydney specialising in surgery of the spine. Dr Ball works in the Department of Neurosurgery and the Spinal Injuries Unit at the Royal North Shore Hospital. He also cares for patients at the North Shore Private Hospital.