Neurosurgery Education
Recent Seminars
Deep Brain Stimulation
Alex Lehn
Dr Alex Lehn is a neurologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He heads the movement disorder service and, together with Sarah Olson, runs the deep brain stimulation service in Metro South Health. He is the current chair of the MDSANZ clinical trials network. Here he discusses the history, practice and pitfalls of deep brain stimulation from the neurologist’s perspective.
Glioma Surgery
Joseph Garcia-Redmond
Joseph Garcia-Redmond is a consultant neurosurgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital and has recently completed a fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital. Here he walks us through a complicated case of dominant hemisphere insular low grade glioma and highlights the key considerations for high risk glioma surgery.
Skull Base Surgery
Wayne Ng
Wayne Ng is a consultant neurosurgeon at the Gold Coast University Hospital. He completed a fellowship in skull base surgery at the Royal Salford Hospital, Manchester, UK. Here he gives a comprehensive presentation on the approaches in skull base surgery. He highlights common pearls and pitfalls of these techniques.
Upcoming events
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Surgical Management of Epilepsy
9th December, 0700
Jason Papacostas
Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
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Topic TBC
13th January, 0700
Presented TBC
Townsville University Hospital
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Open Vascular Neurosurgery
10th February 0700
Jeffrey Steinberg
UC San Diego
Queensland Seminar Series
The Queensland Neurosurgery Seminar Series was initiated in 2025 by current Queensland trainees to provide a platform for knowledge exchange and professional growth within our state.
