Graduated in Medicine from The University of Sydney, MBBS 1980 Completed
Residency and Advanced training in Neurosurgery at Royal Prince Alfred
and Royal Alexandra Hospitals in Sydney 1980-1986 Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1987 Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurologic Surgery 1986-1988 Doctorate
of Medicine (MD) awarded from The University of Sydney 1991 for "A
study of the haemodynamic pathophysiology of human cerebral
arteriovenous malformations."
Associations Membership of the
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Neurosurgical Society of
Australasia, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American
Academy of Neurological Surgery, Congress of Neurological Surgery.
Interests Sub-specialisation
in arteriovenous malformations (AVM), cerebral aneurysms and surgery
for stroke (including bypass surgery, carotid endarterectomy and brain
hemorrhage).
Marcus Stoodley
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney.
Graduated in Medicine from The University of Queensland, MBBS 1987 Completed
Residency and Advanced training in Neurosurgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital and Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth 1992-1997 Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1997 Neurovascular Fellowship at University of Chicago, completed 1998 Cerebrovascular Fellow, Stanford University, completed 1999 Doctorate
of Philosophy (PhD) awarded from The University of Adelaide 1997 for "Pathophysiology fo syringomyelia."
Associations Membership of the
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Neurosurgical Society of
Australasia, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgery.
Interests Cerebrovascular neurosurgery including bypass surgery for moyamoya disease.
Nazih Assaad
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University Visiting Medical Ofiicer, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
Dr Nazih Assaad completed his medical degrees in 1993 and graduated
from the University of Sydney with honours. His internship and early
post graduate training were at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital followed by
training and research in Neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital at
Westmead. His advanced Neurosurgery training included posts at
Westmead, John Hunter and Royal North Shore Hospitals. During this
time he underwent subspecialty training in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery.
Associations Membership of the
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Neurosurgical Society of Australasia.
Interests Microsurgery for aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernomas and
surgery for the prevention of stroke including carotid surgery and
bypass procedures.
Andrew Davidson
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University Neurosurgeon, Dalcross Hospital, Sydney.
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Macquarie Neurosurgery, Macquarie Street, Sydney. PhD Scholar at The Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie University.
Dr Davidson graduated from
University of Queensland in 1994, and served as a Medical Officer in
the Royal Australian Navy until 2002, where he attained the rank of
Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander. He then undertook Neurosurgical
specialisation, training at Royal North Shore Hospital, John Hunter
Hospital, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital. In 2005, Dr Davidson was awarded the John Loewenthal
Medal for his research on dural arteriovenous malformations, and
graduated with the degree of Master of Surgery from University of
Sydney in 2006. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian
College of Surgeons, and commenced practice in 2008. Dr Davidson’s current research interest involves safety and efficacy in the management of brain arteriovenous malformations.
Associations Membership of the
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Neurosurgical Society of Australasia.
Interests Microsurgery for aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernomas and skull base surgery.
Lindy Jeffree
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Macquarie Neurosurgery, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Neurosurgeon, Dalcross Hospital, Sydney.
Graduated in Medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1991, including a Bachelor of Medical Science research year in The Physiological Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Internship and Residency at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Masters of Science in Neuroscience, awarded from the University of Montréal, Canada 1996. Advanced training in Neurosurgery completed in 2007, after postings at Prince of Wales, St George, Sydney Children’s and the Canberra Hospitals. Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 2006. « Attestation de Formation Specialisee Appronfondie » (Diploma of Advanced Specialisation) in Paediatric Neurosurgery, awarded by University of Paris V – René Descartes. Clinical fellowship at the Hospital “Necker Enfants Malades”, Paris, France, 2007-2008.
Associations: Membership of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS), the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (NSA), the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), the NSWOG Neuro-Oncology Interest Group, the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) and the Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-oncology (COGNO).
