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Neurosurgical Courses Attended

1.      Australasian Neurosurgical Society Cerebrovascular Workshop, 5th-7th March, 1993: Sydney

2.      Early Management of Severe Trauma (E.M.S.T.), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 5th-7th August, 1994: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

3.      Cavernous Sinus and Lateral Skull Base Workshop, 24th-26th July, 1995: The St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney

4.      Preoperative Management of Neurotrauma, ANZCA 36th Continuing Education Seminar, 11th November, 1995, Sydney

5.      1996 Cerebral Hemodynamics and Embolism Symposium, with the Basic and Advanced Transcranial Doppler Course, 22nd-24th January, 1996, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

6.      Pituitary Symposium, May 11th-May 12th, 1996, Melbourne

7.      Peripheral Nerve Workshop, 11th-13th November, 1996, Sydney

8.      Midas Rex® Hands-On Neuro Workshop: Modern Dissection Techniques of Bone, Biometals, and Bioplastics, April 26th-27th, 1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

9.      Microendoscopic Discectomy Workshop, 2nd July, 1997, Sydney

10.  Postgraduate Neuropathology Course, 15th - 18th January, 1998, The University of Sydney, Sydney

11.  Midas Rex® Hands-On Neuro Workshop: Modern Dissection Techniques of Bone, Biometals, and Bioplastics, October 31st- November 1st, 1998, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

12.  AO/ASIF Comprehensive Spine Course, March 9th- 12th 2000, Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S.A.

13.  Principles and Techniques of Examination and Evaluation of the Peripheral Nervous System, at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2000 Annual Meeting, April 8th- April 13th, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

14.  Basics of Spinal Stabilization, Fusion and Instrumentation, at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2000 Annual Meeting, April 8th- April 13th, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

15.  Management of Disorders of the Craniocervical Junction (faculty), as part of the 35th Meeting of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, June 13th-17th, 2000, Ottawa, Canada

16.  Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis Workshop,  April 26th, 2001, Perth, Australia

17.  Bryan Cervical Disc System Workshop (faculty), September 15, 2001, Sydney, Australia

18.  Prodisc Spine Arthroplasty Course. February 23rd-25th, 2003, Straubing, Germany

19.  Maverick Total Disc Replacement Inaugural Training Course.  March 22nd, 2003, Brisbane, Australia

20.  Erromed Human Error and Safety Workshop. March 27th- 28th, 2003, Katoomba, N.S.W., Australia

21.  Stryker Spine Symposium. May 30th- June 1st, 2003, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia

22.  Minimal Access Spinal Surgery. August 30th-31st, 2003, Brisbane, Qld., Australia

23.  The 9th Advanced Techniques in Cervical Spine Decompression and Stabilisation Course, January 9th-11th, 2004, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A. (faculty)

24.  Bryan Disc User Group Meeting, February 28th- 29th, 2004, Sydney, Australia (Co-chair)

25.  Risk Management Workshop, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, July 24th, 2004, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

26.  Innovations in Spinal Fixation: An Advanced Course, February 26-27th, 2005, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.

27.  Advanced Cervical Spine Reconstruction Course, June 8, 2006, Las Vegas, U.S.A. (faculty)

28.  AO ASIF Degenerative Spine Symposium. Principles and Emerging Technology. July 22nd –July 23rd, 2006, Montreal, Canada (faculty)

29.  O-Arm System Cadaver Lab/Hot City Meeting, December 2nd, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada

30.  Prestige Cervical Disc: Core Education Course, March 31st, 2007,Memphis TN

31.  Advanced Cervical Spine Reconstruction Course, June 8, 2007, Las Vegas, U.S.A. (faculty)

 

 

 

Neurosurgical Conferences Attended

 

     

1.      Australian Neuroscience Society 13th Annual Meeting, 3rd-5th February, 1993: Melbourne

2.      Xth International Congress of Neurological Surgery, 17th-22nd October, 1993: Acapulco, Mexico

3.      Australian Neuroscience Society 14th Annual Meeting, 2nd-4th February, 1994: Sydney

4.      Spine Society of Australia and Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Combined Meeting, 16th- 24th September, 1995, Broome, Western Australia (awarded Peter Leech Prize)

5.      1996 Cerebral Hemodynamics and Embolism Symposium, with the Basic and Advanced Transcranial Doppler Course, 22nd-24th January, 1996, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

6.      XIth World Congress of Anaesthesiologists Meeting, 14th-20th April, 1996: Sydney

7.      American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 64th Annual Meeting, April 27th-May 2nd, 1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

8.      Pituitary Symposium, May 11th-May 12th, 1996, Melbourne

9.      Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Meeting, 18th-21st September, 1996, Cairns, Queensland

10.  XIth International Congress of Neurological Surgery, 6th-11th July, 1997: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

11.  Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Meeting, 17th-20th September, 1997, Darwin, Northern Territory

12.  Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, 3rd-8th May, 1998, Sydney

13.  Marshall Professorship Lecture, 2nd-3rd February, 2000, Toronto, Canada

14.  The 2000 Keith Professorship in Neurosurgery, 14th-15th February, 2000, Toronto, Canada

15.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2000 Annual Meeting, April 8th- April 13th, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

16.   35th Meeting of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, 13th-17th June, 2000, Ottawa, Canada

17.   AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, 17th Annual Meeting, February 14th-17th, 2001, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

18.   Controversies and Challenges in Spine Surgery, June 1st-3rd, 2001, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia

19.   Spinal Nurses Symposium, June 23rd, 2001, Sydney, Australia

20.   12th World Congress of Neurological Surgery, September 16th -20th, 2001, Sydney, Australia

21.   51st Annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, California, September 29th- October 4th, 2001

22.   AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, 18th Annual Meeting, February 27th- March 2nd, 2002, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

23.   Medtronic Sofamor Danek Nurses Spinal Symposium & Workshop, April 20th, 2002, Sydney, Australia

24.   Global Spine: Surgical Principles and the Latest Techniques, July 12th –14th, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.

25.   Kuring-Gai District Medical Association 26th Annual Congress, September 29th -October 5th, 2002, Yeppoon, Qld, Australia

26.   North American Spine Society, 17th Annual Meeting, October 29th- November 2nd, 2002, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

27.   Innovations in Image Guided Surgery. Stealth User Group Meeting, December, 8, 2002, Sydney, NSW, Australia

28.   American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2003 Annual Meeting, April 28th- May 1st, 2003, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

29.   World Spine II, August 10th-13th, 2003, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

30.  Cervical Spine Symposium: Innovative Technologies- Artificial Cervical Discs, September 18th-21st, 2003, Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.

  1. Congress of Neurological Surgery 2003 Annual Meeting, Oct 19th- 23rd, 2003, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
  2. Elevating Best Practice in Spine- Challenges in Adult Deformity, November 6th-8th, 2003, Sydney, Australia

33.  AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, 20th Annual Meeting, 17th -20th March, 2004, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

34.  Spine Society of Australia 2004 Annual Scientific Meeting, April 16th – 18th, 2004, Hyatt Coolum, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

35.  SAS4- Global Symposium on Intervertebral Disc Replacement & Non-Fusion Technology, May 4th – 7th, 2004, Vienna, Austria

36.  Stryker Spine Symposium.  June 11th – 14th, 2004 , Gold Coast, Qld, Australia

37.  Spine Trauma Study Group Meeting, Sep 30th- Oct 2nd, 2004, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.

  1. Congress of Neurological Surgery 2004 54th Annual Meeting, Oct 16th- 21st, 2004, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
  2. Spinal Motion Incorporated Inaugural Meeting,  Jan 8th- 13th, 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii
  3. SA5: Spine Arthroplasty Society Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology, May 4-7, 2005, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  4. May 2005: International Bryan Cervical Disc User Group Meeting.  May 4, 2005, New York, NY, U.S.A.

42.  Spine Trauma Study Group Meeting, May 11th- 13th, 2005, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

43.  Stryker Spine Symposium. The Practical Management of Complex Spinal Pathologies (convenor). May 27th – May 29th, 2005, Ayres Rock, NT, Australia

44.  Neurointensive Care: The Road Ahead. Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine in Association with ANZICS 1ST ASM, June 10th- 12th, 2005, Sydney, Australia

45.  12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Technologies (IMAST), July 7th- 9th, 2005, Banff, Alberta Canada, 2005

46.  Spine Trauma Study Group Meeting, January 12th-14th, 2006, Vancouver, Canada

47.  SA6- Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology, May 9th -12th, 2006, Montreal, Canada

48.   Advanced Cervical Spine Reconstruction Course, June 8, 2006, Las Vegas, U.S.A. (faculty)

49.  Global Spine, June 9-11, Las Vegas, U.S.A. (faculty)

50.  Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine, August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia (faculty)

51.  Special Course IV. Motion Segment Preservation A to Z at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 7th, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona (faculty)

52.  23rd Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 7th- 10th, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona (Organising Committee).

53.  Neurosciences Symposium, May 18th, 2007,  Renown Regional Medical Centre, Reno, Nevada (faculty)

 

 

 Presentation at National Meetings

1.      February, 1993: “Impaired hippocampal long-term potentiation in the chronic hypoperfusion model of the rat” at the Australian Neuroscience Society 13th Annual Meeting, 3rd-5th February, 1993: Melbourne

2.      February, 1994: “Alterations in hippocampal structure in the chronic hypoperfusion model in the rat” at the Australian Neuroscience Society 14th Annual Meeting, 2nd-4th February, 1994: Sydney

3.      September, 1995: “Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and impaired neuronal function in the rat” at the Spine Society of Australia and Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Combined Meeting, 16th- 24th September, 1995, Broome, Western Australia (awarded Peter Leech Prize)

4.      September, 1996: “Pathological consequences of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in the rat”; at the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Meeting, 18th-21st September, 1996, Cairns, Queensland

5.      September 1997: “The palmtop pilot in neurosurgical practice management” at the Practice Management Workshop, 14th-16th September, 1997, Jabiru, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory

6.       September 1997: “Delayed neurological deterioration following resection of arteriovenous malformations of the brain” at the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Meeting, 17th-20th September, 1997, Darwin, Northern Territory

7.       April 2001: “Methylprednisolone in acute spinal cord injury: arguments for its use” at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Spine Society of Australia, April 27th, 2001, Perth, Western Australia

8.      October 2002: “Revisiting cervical myelopathy in the new millenium” at the Kuring-Gai District Medical Association 26th Annual Congress, September 29th -October 5th, 2002, Yeppoon, Qld, Australia

  1. November 2003: “Lytic Spondylolisthesis- Who Needs Surgery? Who Doesn’t? at Elevating Best Practice in Spine- Challenges in Adult Deformity, November 7th, 2003, Sydney, Australia

10.  June 2006: “Posterior cervical fixation in spinal trauma” at Advanced Cervical Spine Reconstruction Course, June 8, 2006, Las Vegas, U.S.A.

11.  August 2006: ”Lateral Mass Fixation: Technique” at Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine Course,  August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia

12.  August 2006: ”Pearls, Tips and Tricks of C1/2 fixation”  at the Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine Course,  August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia

13.  August 2006: ”C7/T1/T2 fixation”  at the Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine Course,  August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia

14.  August 2006: ”Complications of Cervicothoracic Fixation”  at the Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine Course,  August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia

15.  August 2006: ”Complications of Lateral Mass Fixation”  at the Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine Course,  August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia

 

 

Presentation at International Meetings

1.      October, 1993: “Altered hippocampal structure and function in the chronic hypoperfusion model of the rat” at the Xth International Congress of Neurological Surgery, 17th-22nd October, 1993: Acapulco, Mexico

2.      January, 1996: “Alterations in animals behavior in the chronic hypoperfusion model in the rat” at the 1996 Cerebral Hemodynamics and Embolism Symposium, with the Basic and Advanced Transcranial Doppler Course, 22nd-24th January, 1996, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

3.      January 1996: “Alterations in hippocampal structure in the chronic hypoperfusion model in the rat” (nominated for Cerebrovascular Research Award) at the 1996 Cerebral Hemodynamics and Embolism Symposium, with the Basic and Advanced Transcranial Doppler Course, 22nd-24th January, 1996, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

4.      April, 1996: “Alterations in animal behavior in the chronic hypoperfusion model in the rat”, at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 64th Annual Meeting, April 27th-May 2nd, 1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

5.      April, 1996: “Alterations in hippocampal structure in the chronic hypoperfusion model in the rat” at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 64th Annual Meeting, April 27th-May 2nd, 1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

6.       April, 1996: “Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in the rat: temporal delineation of effects” at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 64th Annual Meeting, April 27th-May 2nd, 1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

7.      July, 1997: “The effects of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion associated with arteriovenous malformations” (prize-winning paper), ” at the XIth International Congress of Neurological Surgery, 6th-11th July, 1997: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

8.       July, 1997: “Defining the role of capillaries in normal perfusion pressure breakthrough and occlusive hyperemia” ” at the XIth International Congress of Neurological Surgery, 6th-11th July, 1997: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

9.      July, 1997: “Delayed neurological deterioration following resection of arteriovenous malformations of the brain” at the XIth International Congress of Neurological Surgery, 6th-11th July, 1997: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10.  April, 2000: “Role of apoptosis in neuronal and axonal degeneration in cervical spondylitic myelopathy: an immunohistochemical study of human autopsy cases” at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2000 Annual Meeting, April 8th- April 13th, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

11.  June, 2000: “Role of apoptosis in neuronal and axonal degeneration in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: an immunohistochemical study of human autopsy cases” at the 35th Meeting of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, 13th-17th June, 2000, Ottawa, Canada

12.  September, 2000: “Role of apoptosis in neuronal and axonal degeneration in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: an immunohistochemical study of human autopsy cases” at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 50th Annual Meeting, September 23rd-28th, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.

13.  September 2001: “Spinal metastatic disease: posterior vertebrectomy for high thoracic and cervicothoracic metastatic vertebral tumours” at the Breakfast Session on Spinal Metastatic Disease, at the 12th World Congress of Neurological Surgery, September 16th -20th, 2001, Sydney, Australia

14.  August, 2002:  “Surgical management of spinal injury” at ICRAN 2002: International Conference on Recent Advances on Neurotraumatology, August 1-4, 2002, Bali, Indonesia

  1. April, 2003: “Posterior Cervical Decompression And Fusion For Circumferential Spinal Cord  Compression: Prospective Review Of  30 Consecutive Cases” at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2003 Annual Meeting, April 28th- May 1st, 2003, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

16.  August, 2003: “Posterior Cervical Decompression And Fusion For Circumferential Spinal Cord  Compression: Prospective Review Of  43 Consecutive Cases” at World Spine II, August 10th-13th, 2003, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

17.  August, 2003: “Lateral Mass Posterior Cervical Fixation: A Prospective Analysis of 612 Consecutive Screws In 95 Patients” at World Spine II, August 10th-13th, 2003, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

18.  September 2003:  Cervical Spine Symposium: Innovative Technologies- Artificial Cervical Discs: “Indications for Multilevel Cervical Arthroplasty”, September 18th-21st, 2003, Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.

  1. October 2003: “Posterior Cervical Decompression And Fusion For Circumferential Spinal Cord  Compression: Prospective Review Of  43 Consecutive Cases” at Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 19th- 23rd, 2003, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

  2. October, 2003: “Lateral Mass Posterior Cervical Fixation: A Prospective Analysis of 612 Consecutive Screws In 95 Patients” at Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 19th- 23rd, 2003, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

  3. October, 2003: “Multilevel Cervical Arthroplasty” at Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 19th- 23rd, 2003, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

22.  May, 2004: “Cervical Arthroplasty: Beyond the European and United States FDA Study” at SAS4- Global Symposium on Intervertebral Disc Replacement & Non-Fusion Technology, May 4th – 7th, 2004, Vienna, Austria

  1. October 2004: “Present Day Technology of Spinal Arthroplasty: What’s Available Now and in the Near Future” at  the Congress of Neurological Surgery 2004 54th Annual Meeting, Oct 16th- 21st , 2004, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

  2. May 2005: “Cervical arthroplasty after previous surgery. Report of 15 cases. ” at the SA5: Spine Arthroplasty Society Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology, May 4-7, 2005, New York, NY, U.S.A.

  3. May 2005: “Post-operative kyphosis and segmental imbalance with the Bryan cervical disc – a study of the incidence and causative factors in 66 patients” at the SA5: Spine Arthroplasty Society Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology, May 4-7, 2005, New York, NY, U.S.A.

26.  June 2005: “Early fixation of spinal fracture: when to cut” at Neurointensive Care: The Road Ahead. Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine in Association with ANZICS 1ST ASM, June 10th- 12th, 2005, Sydney, Australia

27.  Sekhon LHS, Sears W and Duggal N: “Cervical arthroplasty after previous surgery: report of 15 cases.” Proceeds  of 12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Technologies (IMAST), July 7th- 9th, 2005, Banff, Alberta Canada, 2005

28.  Sekhon LHS, Sears W and Duggal N: “Cervical arthroplasty after previous surgery: report of 15 cases.” Proceeds  of the 20th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, September 27th- October 1st, 2005, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

29.  Joseph V, Sekhon L, Duggal N, Sphenoid E, Choy D, Bertagnoli R, Massicotte E and Fehlings MG: Revision strategies for Cervical Arthroplasty: results of a multi-surgeon international survey. Proceeds  of SA5- Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology, Montreal Canada, May 9-12, 2006

30.  March 2007: “Cervical Arthroplasty. Metal on Poly: Current Status” at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 7th- 10th, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona.

31.  March 2007: “Motion Preservation Symposium (moderator)” at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 7th- 10th, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona.

32.  March 2007: Furlan J, Fehlings MG, Aarabi B, Massicotte EM, Vaccaro AR, Anderson G, Bono C, France J, Madrazo IN, Villanueva C, Sekhon LHS, Grauer J, Arnold PM, Gahr R-H, Mikulis DJ: “Quantitative Assessment of Spinal Canal Compromise and Spinal Cord Compression after Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using Digital Imaging: Results of the Spine Trauma Study Group Reliability Study” at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 7th- 10th, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona.

 

 

Invited Presentations

1.     

1.      July, 1997: “The effects of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion associated with arteriovenous malformations” (prize-winning paper), ” at the XIth International Congress of Neurological Surgery, 6th-11th July, 1997: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2.      August, 1998: “Management of poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: an evidence-based study” at the Mayo Clinic Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds,  8th August, 1998, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

3.      November, 1998: “Delayed neurological deterioration following resection of arteriovenous malformations of the brain” at the Mayo Clinic Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, 7th November, 1998, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

4.      February, 1999: “Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion. Part 1: electrophysiology” at the Mayo Clinic Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, 13th February, 1999, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

5.      February, 1999: “Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion. Part 2: histopathology and behavior” at the Mayo Clinic Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, 20th February, 1999, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

6.      September 1999: “Transcranial doppler: use, misuse and rationale” at the Mayo Clinic Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, September 4, 1999, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

7.      December 1999: “Cervical radiculopathy: surgical considerations” at the Toronto Western Hospital Medical Grand Rounds, December 8, 1999, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

8.      February, 2000: “Rheumatoid arthritis: neurosurgical aspects” at The 2000 William S. Keith Professorship in Neurosurgery, 15th February, 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

9.      October, 2000: Kuring-Gai District Medical Association RACGP Continuing Education: “Untangling the mysteries of back problems”, October 19, 2000, Sydney, NSW, Australia

10.  March, 2001: Manly District Medical Association RACGP Continuing Education: “Untangling the mysteries of back problems”, March 15, 2001, Sydney, NSW, Australia

11.  April 2001: “ Methylprednisolone in acute spinal cord injury: arguments for its use”, at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Spine Society of Australia, April 27th, 2001, Perth, Western Australia.

12.  May 2001: Department of General Practice, Dalcross Private Hospital: “Untangling the mysteries of back problems”, May 16, 2001, Sydney, NSW, Australia

13.  June 2001: Medtronic Sofamor Danek Nurses Spinal Symposium & Workshop: “Management of spinal trauma and tumours”, June 23rd, 2001, Sydney, NSW, Australia

14.  June 2001: Medtronic Sofamor Danek Nurses Spinal Symposium & Workshop: “New technologies and advances in spinal surgery”, June 23rd, 2001, Sydney, NSW, Australia

15.  July 2001: Pittwater Radiology Clinical Meeting: “New technologies in spinal surgery”, July 23rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia

16.  August 2001: “The Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injury” at the Spine Injury Conference, 31st August, 2001, Rex Hotel, Sydney, Australia

17.  September 2001: “Spinal metastatic disease: posterior vertebrectomy for high thoracic and cervicothoracic metastatic vertebral tumours” at the Breakfast Session on Spinal Metastatic Disease, at the 12th World Congress of Neurological Surgery, September 16th -20th, 2001, Sydney, Australia

18.  October 2001: The Northern Sydney Division of General Practice Seminar on Current Trends in Back Surgery, North Shore Private Hospital: “Mysteries of lower back problems and their surgical management”, May 16th, 2001, Sydney, NSW, Australia

19.  February 2002: The Northern Sydney Area Health RNSH ½ Day Trauma Seminar, Royal North Shore Hospital, “Spinal cord injury assessment and management”, February 16th, 2002

20.  April 2002: Medtronic Sofamor Danek Nurses Spinal Symposium & Workshop: “New technologies and advances in spinal surgery”, April 20th, 2002, Sydney, NSW, Australia

21.  August, 2002:  “Surgical management of spinal injury” at ICRAN 2002: International Conference on Recent Advances on Neurotraumatology, August 1-4, 2002, Bali, Indonesia

22.  October 2002: Kuring-Gai District Medical Association 26th Annual Congress: “Revisiting cervical myelopathy in the new millenium”, October 1, 2002, Yeppoon, Qld, Australia

23.  December, 2002: Innovations in Image Guided Surgery. Stealth User Group Meeting: “Fluoroscopic Navigation in Spinal Surgery”, December 8, 2002, Sydney, NSW, Australia

24.  February, 2003: Tiny Tots Trauma Day: “Paediatric Head and Spinal Injuries”, February 15, 2003, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

25.   May, 2003: Sydney NeuroSpine Clinic GP Seminar: “Unravelling Neck Problems: Pain, discs, myelopathy”, May 5, 2003, Chatswood, NSW, Australia

26.  May 2003: Seminar on the Management of Major Trauma, Royal North Shore Hospital, “Spinal cord injury assessment and management”, May 17th, 2003

27.  August 2003: Minimal Access Spinal Surgery: “MAST Applications to Trauma”, August 31st, 2003, Brisbane, Qld., Australia

28.  September 2003:  Cervical Spine Symposium: Innovative Technologies- Artificial Cervical Discs: “Indications for Multilevel Cervical Arthroplasty”, September 18th-21st, 2003, Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.

29.  October 2003:  Arthroplasty Seminar, 20th October, 2003, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

30.  November 2003: “Lytic Spondylolisthesis- Who Needs Surgery? Who Doesn’t? at Elevating Best Practice in Spine- Challenges in Adult Deformity, November 7th, 2003, Sydney, Australia

31.  November 2003: “Cervical Arthroplasty” at Innovations & Excellence in Spinal Surgery”, November 22nd, 2003, Sydney, Australia

32.  November 2003: “MAST Fusion” at Innovations & Excellence in Spinal Surgery”, November 22nd, 2003, Sydney, Australia

33.  November 2003: “Image-Guided Spine Surgery” at Innovations & Excellence in Spinal Surgery”, November 22nd, 2003, Sydney, Australia

34.  November, 2003: “Arthroplasty for Cervical Spine Disorders” at the 33rd ASM of the Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, November 29th, 2003, Sydney, Australia

35.  November, 2003: Tiny Tots Trauma Day: “Paediatric Head and Spinal Injuries”, November 29th, 2003, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

36.  January 2004: The 9th Advanced Techniques in Cervical Spine Decompression and Stabilisation Course: “The Future: Artificial Disc Replacement”, January 9th-11th, 2004, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

37.  October 2004: Congress of Neurological Surgery 2 54th Annual Meeting:  “Present Day Technology of Spinal Arthroplasty: What’s Available Now and in the Near Future”, October 16th- 21st , 2004, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

38.  May 2005: “Cervical arthroplasty after previous surgery. Report of 15 cases. ” at the International Bryan Cervical Disc User Group Meeting.  May 4, 2005, New York, NY, U.S.A.

39.  May 2005: “Post-operative kyphosis and segmental imbalance with the Bryan cervical disc – a study of the incidence and causative factors in 66 patients” at the International Bryan Cervical Disc User Group Meeting.  May 4, 2005, New York, NY, U.S.A.

40.  June 2005: “Early fixation of spinal fracture: when to cut” at Neurointensive Care: The Road Ahead. Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine in Association with ANZICS 1st ASM, June 10th- 12th, 2005, Sydney, Australia

41.  September 2005: “Cervical arthroplasty after previous surgery. Report of 15 cases. ” at the North American Spine Society 20th Annual Meeting, September 27th – October 1st , 2005, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

42.  June 2006: “Posterior cervical fixation in spinal trauma” at Advanced Cervical Spine Reconstruction Course, June 8, 2006, Las Vegas, U.S.A.

43.  June, 2006: “”Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment for Back Pain Management”” at the Washoe Medical Center  Grand Rounds,  June 13th, 2006, Reno, Nevada

44.  July 2006: “Cervical Disc Arthroplasty” at the AO ASIF Degenerative Spine Symposium. Principles and Emerging Technology. July 22nd –July 23rd, 2006, Montreal, Canada

45.  July 2006: “Is there a role for dynamic stabilization?” at the AO ASIF Degenerative Spine Symposium. Principles and Emerging Technology. July 22nd –July 23rd, 2006, Montreal, Canada

46.  July 2006: “Arthroplasty Complications” at the AO ASIF Degenerative Spine Symposium. Principles and Emerging Technology. July 22nd –July 23rd, 2006, Montreal, Canada

47.  August 2006: ”Lateral Mass Fixation: Technique” at Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine Course,  August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia

48.  August 2006: ”Pearls, Tips and Tricks of C1/2 fixation”  at the Surgical Management of the Cervical Spine Course,  August 25th, 2006, Sydney, Australia

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