QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION

1977 MBBS (Hons)  Monash University, Victoria, Australia
 Alfred Hospital Residents and Graduates Association Prize (for first place in the final  MBBS examination in the Alfred Hospital Clinical School)
1985 FRACS (Neurosurgery)
1998 GradDipOccEnvH Monash University, Victoria, Australia
2004 MRACMA

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

1978  Intern, Alfred Hospital
1979  Junior RMO, Alfred Hospital
1980  Senior RMO, Alfred Hospital
1981-83  Neurosurgery Registrar, Alfred Hospital

1984  Dilworth S Hagar Clinical Research Fellow
 Division of Neurological Surgery
 University of Texas Health Science Center
 Dallas Texas USA

1985  Neurosurgery Registrar
 The London Hospital
 Whitechapel
 London UK  (six months)

 Neurosurgery Registrar
 Hospital for Sick Children
 Great Ormond Street
 London UK (three months)

PRESENT APPOINTMENT

2002 - present  Executive Medical Director
Epworth Hospital

PAST APPOINTMENTS

1997-2002
Chairman Victorian Neuroscience Centre at Epworth

2000-2002
Medical Director Epworth Hospital

1993-96
Visiting Neurosurgeon Alfred Hospital

1987-93
Neurosurgeon Royal Melbourne Hospital
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon Preston & Northcote Community Hospital
Sessional Consultant Neurosurgeon Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

1986-87
Relieving Neurosurgeon Dandenong & District Hospital
Assistant Neurosurgeon Alfred Hospital
Assistant Neurosurgeon Prince Henry's Hospital
Neurosurgeon Queen Victoria Medical Centre

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

1992-          Examiner, Basic Surgical Training, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
1991-96      Coordinator of Melbourne neurosurgery registrar tutorial programme
1993-96      Clinical Instructor in the Clinical School Alfred Hospital
1987-1993  Clinical Instructor in the Clinical School Royal Melbourne Hospital

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Australian Medical Association
Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Medico-Legal Society of Victoria
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery
Spine Society of Australia
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons

OTHER ROLES

2001-02      Board Member Epworth Hospital
2001-08      Board Member Melbourne Football Club
1996-2001  Research and Ethics Committee  Epworth Hospital
1996-2003  Medical Examiner Victorian Workcover Authority
1993-          Medical Advisory Council Epworth Hospital
1991-96      Secretary Association of Melbourne Neurosurgeons
1986-89      Treasurer Neurophthalmology Society of Australia
2008-          Member, Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria