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Neurosurgeon in Brisbane
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Dr Bruce Hall | MBBS FRACS CIME
Dr Bruce Hall is a highly respected Australian neurosurgeon with broad interests and experience in all aspects of neurosurgery. Dr Hall trained in Brisbane then completed subspecialty Fellowships in Cambridge and Liverpool in the UK. Enthusiastic about new technologies, Dr Hall is a world authority on stereotaxic brain surgery and artificial disc replacement spine surgery. Managing Director and founder of QNS, his expertise is widely valued. Dr Hall has previously been the Chair of Neurosurgery, and Chair of Surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital.He is currently the Director of Neurosurgery at Greenslopes Private Hospital, Senior Neurosurgeon and Co-Director of the Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Unit at PAH. He has served for extended periods on the Board of the Neurosurgery Society of Australasia and on the Board of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons where he was Chair of Professional Standards. Dr Hall has performed more than 7,000 neurosurgical procedures and is known for his carefully considered, compassionate and minimally interventional approach to neurosurgical care.
Areas of Special Interest:
> All Brain and Spine Tumours
> Cerebrovascular Surgery
> Microvascular Decompression
> Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
> Complex Medicolegal Cases
Dr Richard Laherty | MBBS FRACS CIME
Dr Richard Laherty is an experienced neurosurgeon with a special interest and expertise in the use of minimally invasive techniques to treat spine conditions, both simple and complex. He strives to continually enhance current surgical strategies through his innovation and is actively engaged with the industry as a designer and educator. Dr Laherty understands the importance of providing holistic care to maximise patient outcomes. He liaises closely with his colleagues to facilitate comprehensive investigation and management plans. He is Course Director of the Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient courses and Deputy Chair of the CCrISP Committee. Dr Laherty has received a commendation from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for his educational efforts.
Areas of Special Interest:
> Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
> Complex Spine Surgery
> Deformity Correction Spine Surgery
Dr Rumal Jayalath | MBBS FRACS
Dr Rumal Jayalath is an approachable, conscientious, and caring neurosurgeon who has established herself as a leading intracranial specialist. Dr Jayalath is highly regarded by her medical colleagues for her holistic approach to patient care and her technical expertise in complex brain surgery. Dr Jayalath’s practice encompasses all aspects of general neurosurgery, with a special interest in cerebrovascular surgery and brain tumours. She also has an interest in the care of the older patient with neurosurgical conditions.
Dr Jayalath is a Queensland graduate whose specialist Neurosurgical training was completed at leading centres around Australia, with additional training in cerebrovascular neurosurgery. Dr Jayalath has broad professional interests reflected in her many clinical roles. She is actively involved in teaching young neurosurgeons and is actively involved in neurosurgical research.
Dr Jayalath conducts her private practice with Queensland Neurosurgery & Spine Surgery at Ramsay Specialist Centre on the Greenslopes Private Hospital campus. She has clinical privileges at Brisbane Private Hospital and Mater Private Hospital. She is accessible and available and enjoys clinical discussion with colleagues regarding cooperative patient management.
Areas of special interest:
> Cerebrovascular surgery
> Brain tumours
> Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
> Anterior cervical spine surgery
> Lumbar microdiscectomy
> Lumbar canal stenosis