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Neurosurgery Education

Recent Seminars

Management of AVMs

Jeffrey Steinberg

Jeffrey Steinberg is an attending neurosurgeon at University of California, San Diego. He is director of the cerebrovascular program and involved in the resident training program. He completed a fellowship in open and endovascular cerebrovascular surgery. Here he discusses the surgical approach to management of intracranial AVMs.

Epilepsy Surgery

Jason Papacostas

Jason Papacostas is an epilepsy neurosurgeon working at Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and the Mater Hospital, Brisbane. He has fellowships in epilepsy surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery from Foothills Hospital, Canada. Jason pioneered Stereo EEG surgery for epilepsy patients in Queensland and here he provides a comprehensive overview of the approach to epilepsy surgery.

Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery

Saad Anis

Saad Anis is a consultant neurosurgeon at Townsville University Hospital. He has recently commenced in Townsville after moving from Lahore, Pakistan. He has completed fellowships in functional and pituitary surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, and paediatric neurosurgery at Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Here he discusses his approach to endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery.

Upcoming events

  • Neuropathology

    10th March 0700

    Neuropathology

    Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital

  • Spondylolisthesis

    14th April, 0700

    Christopher Daly

    Gold Coast University Hospital

  • Chordomas

    12th May, 0700

    Matei Banu

    Stanford University, California

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.

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