Presentations at Conferences & Scientific Meetings

2020

  • MDT and Surgical approaches to Spinal Infection, D/ Orthopaedics grand rounds, Alfred H, Vic
  • Validation of high field 9.4T MRI using the Modified Pfirrmann grading system (poster presentation). Accepted for Spine Week Melbourne (postponed due to COVID-19)

2018

  • High resolution imaging with 9.4T MRI and complementary specialised microscopy provides new insights into the structure of the intervertebral disc (podium presentation). Global Spine Congress, Singapore
  • Neuroanatomy Workshop, Invited speaker and Tutor, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas
  • Basic Neurosurgery Skills Workshop, Invited speaker and Tutor, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas

2017

  • Could the Transitional Zone be the Key to Predicting Degenerative Disc Disease? (poster). North American Spine Society Annual Scientific Meeting, USA, Florida
  • Detailed analysis of intervertebral disc structure using 9.4T MRI and polarised light microscopy facilitates understanding of disc biomechanics (podium presentation). Spine Society of Australasia, Australia, Hobart
  • Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Sydney, NSW
  • 9.4T MRI Complements the Pfirrmann Grade through Better Differentiation of the NP/AF (podium presentation). Global Spine Congress, Italy, Milan
  • Trainee Seminar, Sydney, NSW

2015

  • Neuroanatomy Workshop, Invited speaker and Tutor, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas
  • Basic Neurosurgery Skills Workshop, Invited speaker and Tutor, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas
  • Career in Neurosurgery, Invited speaker, Menzies Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas
  • Spontaneous cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Hobart, Tas
  • Post-operative spine infections, Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Cairns, Qld
  • Classification theories for spinal injuries with respect to stability, Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Cairns, Qld

2014

  • Brainstem gliomas, Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Chordoma: management options, Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Auckland, New Zealand

2013

  • The Neurobiology of Epilepsy, Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Gold Coast, Qld Neuroenteric Cysts, Oral Presentation, NSA Trainee Seminar, Gold Coast, Qld

2012

  • Neurotrauma and Severe Head Injury in Paediatrics, Oral Presentation, Invited Speaker, ANNA Conference – the devil’s in the detail, Hobart, Tas

2011

  • Do programmable VP shunt valves reduce the shunt revision rate: Clinical audit of 157 cases over a 10 year period (2000 – 2010) at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, oral presentation, Hydrocephalus meeting 2011, ISHCSF, Copenhagen
  • Prevalence of Carotid Body Tumour Surgery in Australia, Oral Presentation, RACS Annual Scientific Meeting, 2011, Hobart, Tas
  • Prevalence of Carotid Body Tumour Surgery in Australia, Poster, RACS Annual Scientific Congress, 2011, Adelaide, SA
  • Brain Tumours, Oral Presentation, Invited Speaker with Mr Jens Peters-Willke, Brain Tumour Day, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Spine Infection. Oral Presentation, Invited Speaker for Mr Jens Peters-Willke. The Deteriorating Patient Symposium, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tas

2002

  • A snapshot of Medical Radiation Science (MRS) students in the undergraduate degree course, Oral Presentation, Medical Radiation Sciences Symposium, University of Sydney, NSW