Professor Michael K. Morgan AO, MD, PhD (Hon), MMedEd, FRACS
Professor Marcus A. Stoodley PhD, FRACS
Dr Nazih N.A. Assaad FRACS
Dr Andrew S. Davidson PhD, MS, FRACS
Dr John W. Fuller FRACS
Dr Timothy Siu, PhD, FRACS
Dr Bezhad Eftekhar, MASurg, MPH, FRACS
Dr Kevin Seex, FRCS (Neurosurg), FRACS
Michael Morgan AO
Professor Michael Morgan is a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon. He is Professor of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery at Macquarie University. Professor Morgan trained in Sydney and the Mayo Clinic. He was appointed the first full Professor in Neurosurgery of the University of Sydney in 1998 and the first Dean of Medicine at Macquarie University (2006-2010). Professor Morgan was the Vice President, Health and Medical development, at Macquarie University (2010-2014). Professor Morgan is an internationally recognised neurosurgeon for aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and complex reconstruction of the arteries of the brain. He has operated on more cerebrovascular cases than any other neurosurgeon in Australia with more than 2,000 aneurysms and 700 arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). He retired from surgery in June 2014 but continues to work with the team of cerebrovascular neursurgeons at Macquarie and continues with research.
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, Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica
Interests:
Cerebrovascular neurosurgery including 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.
Neurosurgeon, Macquarie University Hospital, 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
Neurosurgeon, Macquarie University 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 Childrens 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, Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Macquarie Neurosurgery, Macquarie University, Sydney. PhD Scholar at The Australian School of Advanced Medicine, 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 Childrens 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.
John Fuller
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian School of
Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University
Neurosurgical Director, Gamma Knife Surgery Program, Macquarie University
Hospital
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Macquarie University Hospital
Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Capital Private Hospital
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Gosford Private Hospital
Dr Fuller graduated from the University of New
South Wales in 1987. He undertook neurosurgical training in Sydney at the
Prince of Wales, Sydney Childrens and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals obtaining his
RACS Fellowship in Neurosurgery in 1996. Since obtaining his fellowship he has
been practicing in Canberra managing all aspects of cerebral, spinal and
peripheral nerve surgery.
A strong involvement with neurosurgical
education has been maintained by his position on the RACS Board of Neurosurgery
and the Board of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia for the past 10
years. He has been directly involved with neurosurgical training of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons as a consultant and Clinical Director of
Neurosurgery at The Canberra Hospital. Medical student teaching has been
through the postgraduate medical schools the University of Sydney and
subsequently the Australian National University.
Dr Fuller has joined Macquarie Neurosurgery to
combine his sub-specialty interest in surgical neuro-oncology with radiosurgery
as Neurosurgical Director of the Gamma Knife Surgery Program. This is in
addition to maintaining his expertise in complex spinal surgery, including
spinal oncology.
He is a member of the Neurosurgical Society of
Australasia and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Tim Siu
Dr Siu received his medical
degree from the University of Sydney and his doctorate in visual neuroscience
from the University of New South Wales.After completing his neurosurgery training in Sydney, Dr Siu joined the
fellowship program at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the USA where he received
subspecialty training in the management of brain, spine and peripheral nerve
tumours. His clinical expertise includes awake surgery, multimodal imaging and
electrophysiology guided surgery for eloquent brain and spinal surgery for
degenerative and malignant disease. He is currently appointed as a Clinical
Senior Lecturer at the Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie
University.
Behzad Eftekhar
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Macquarie University Hospital
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Nepean Hospital
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Baringa Private Hospital
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian School of Advanced Medicine,
Macquarie University
Dr Behzad Eftekhar completed his neurosurgical training in Tehran
University in 1995. After serving for two years as a consultant neurosurgeon,
he joined the department of neurosurgery in Sina Hospital at the Tehran
University. He obtained his Master of Public health in 2003. During his 9 years
academic career at the Tehran University he was awarded the position of
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery.
In 2006 Dr Eftekhar migrated to Australia and undertook further Australasian
neurosurgical experience in Royal Hobart Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner
Hospital (Perth) and Dunedin Hospital (New Zealand). In 2009, he was admitted
as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.He underwent subspecialty training in
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery at Macquarie University in 2010. Dr Eftekhar has
published over 30 peer-reviewed papers.
