Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine

The Macquarie University Neurosurgery Unit is one of the largest academic neurosurgery groups in Australia, including ten neurosurgeons and a dedicated neurosurgery research laboratory.

We are committed to:

• Providing outstanding and compassionate patient care
• Striving to improve patient outcomes
• Guiding the development of expert surgeons and scientists
• Advancing the understanding and treatment of neurosurgical and spinal conditions by a focused approach to clinical and laboratory research<
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NEUROSURGEONS

• Dr Nazih Assaad
• Prof Antonio Di Ieva
• Prof Behzad Eftekhar
• A/Prof Sebastian Eibach
• A/Prof John Fuller
• Dr Santhosh George Thomas
• A/Prof Kevin Seex
• Dr Timothy Siu
• Prof Marcus Stoodley
• Dr Matthew Tait



Practice Locations
Macquarie University, Coffs Harbour, Nepean, Canberra, Armidale, Bathurst, Chatswood, Dee Why, Dubbo, Gregory Hills, Mona Vale, Orange, Roseville, Rouse Hill, Sydney CBD, Tamworth, Wamberal, Woy Woy

SERVICES
Working at Macquarie University Hospital, we have access to the latest technology from intraoperative scans and high-resolution neurosurgical microscopes, to state-of-the-art imaging and the revolutionary Gamma Knife.

We are dedicated to providing accessible neurosurgical care for everyone; this means we have 10 clinic locations around NSW. Our surgeons travel to these regional clinics to provide our patients access to a specialist in a more convenient way.

Macquarie Neurosurgery specialises in the treatment of a wide variety of neurosurgical conditions including:

Vascular neurosurgery • Spinal surgery • Tumour surgery • Radiosurgery • Syringomyelia • Chiari malformations • Skull base surgery

• Brain aneurysms
• Arteriovenous malformations (AVM)
• Cavernous malformations (cavernomas) of the brain & brainstem
• Complex spinal disorders
• Syringomyelia & spinal cord tumours
• Chiari malformations
• Tumours of the brain & spinal cord
• Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm & glossopharyngeal neuralgia (microvascular decompression; MVD)
• Carotid stenosis (carotid endarterectomy)
• Cerebral ischamia (brain bypass surgery)
• Radiosurgery / Gamma Knife