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| Raoul Pope CV – Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon, Sydney |
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| BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS |
| Name: |
Raoul Edward Pope |
| Address: (Work) |
Mater Hospital Specialist Suites (Main Rooms)
25 Rocklands Rd
North Sydney, NSW 2060
Australia”
Sydney Spine Institute
Suite 107, 3 Railway Parade
Burwood NSW 2134
Australia
Spectrum Medical,
Suite 1503, Level 15, Tower 1,
Westfield Shopping Centre,
520 Oxford St,
Bondi Junction, NSW 2022
Australia |
| Telephone: |
(02) 8320 7430
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| Email: |
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| Website: |
www.spinesurgeon.com.au |
| Facsimile: |
+61 2 9954 9307 |
| Date of Birth: |
Nov 1972 |
| Nationality: |
New Zealander
Australian citizen (Passport)
British Citizen (Passport) |
| UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING |
| Final School: |
Catholic Cathedral College
Christchurch, New Zealand
Awarded an “A” Bursary University Entrance |
| University: |
Otago University Medical School
Final result for Surgery: A
Awarded the Neil Columbus Prize in Cardiology 1994
Awarded the Merck, Sharp and Dohme Elective Prize 1996 |
| Degree: |
MBChB with First class Honours and Distinction, 1996 Otago University, New Zealand
Elective period 1996: General Surgical Rotation.
6 months in Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.
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| POSTGRADUATE TRAINING |
| FRACS Part 1: |
Passed July 1999, Sydney Australia |
| OSCE: |
Passed July 2000, Sydney Australia |
| Advanced Neurosurgical Training Programme: |
Obtained Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) Sept 2007
International Fellowship in Complex Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Combined Spine Surgery at the Foothills Hospital, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada- July 2008 to June 2009 |
| Present appointment: |
VMO Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon
Concord Hospital
Concord West NSW 2139
Australia
VMO Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon
Head of Department of Neurosurgery
The Mater Private Hospital
North Sydney NSW 2060
Australia |
| Previous appointments: |
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2007 |
Senior Neurosurgical Registrar
St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
2005/6 |
Neurosurgical Registrar
Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
2003/4 |
Neurosurgical Registrar
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
2002 |
Neurosurgical Registrar (Unaccredited)
St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
2000/1 |
Neurosurgical Registrar (Unaccredited)
Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
1999 |
Senior Resident Medical Officer, Lismore Base Hospital, Australia
Emergency RMO, Kempsey District Hospital, Australia
Emergency RMO, Dubbo Base Hospital, Australia
Surgical Relief RMO, Christchurch Public Hospital, New Zealand |
1998 |
General RMO, Emergency RMO, Orthopaedic RMO
Christchurch Public Hospital, New Zealand |
| Medical Registration: |
New Zealand Medical Board
Registration no. 22269
New South Wales Medical Registration
Registration no. MED0001603897
General Medical Council of the United Kingdom
Registration no. 4577562 |
| Medical Indemnity: |
Member of UMP 2000-2007
MDA National 2.1.08-Current |
| RESEARCH |
| Publications: |
Pope R, van Gelder J. Sensitivity and Specificity of CT-Angiography in the detection of Intracranial Aneurysms. Aust.NZ J Surg 2000; 71: (Suppl.) 68
Submitted to Stroke May 2001
Ahmadzada S, Pope R. Melanoma Spinal Metastases. Melanoma Institute of Australia e-handbook 1st ed, July 2013
Ahmadzada S, Pope R, Stalley P. Melanoma Skeletal Metastases. Melanoma Institute of Australia e-handbook 1st ed, July 2013
Tim Wang and Raoul Pope. Diagnostic utility of selective nerve root blocks. ANZ J Surgery 2014: 84 (Suppl. 1) |
| Presentations: |
Podium Presentation “Diagnostic utility of selective nerve root blocks” at the combined Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Conference, Singapore, May 2014
Podium presentation, Spine Society of Australia, Sydney 2011.
“Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompressive Surgery: An Australian Experience
Podium presentation for the World Congress of Neurosurgeons, Sydney 2001
“Probability of detecting De Novo Intracranial Aneurysms”
Podium Presentation “Sensitivity and Specificity of CT-Angiography in the detection of Intracranial Aneurysms” at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Conference, Canberra, May 2001 |
| SURGICAL INTERESTS |
| Spinal Trauma: |
Attended the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Definitive Surgical Trauma Course (DSTC), Liverpool, August 2000
Attended Trauma Ultrasound Workshop, RNSH, Dec 2000
Attended Advanced Ultrasound Workshop, RNSH, May 2001
Completed EMST Course, Dunedin, 1999
Attended and presented at all Accredited Neurosurgical Training Seminars Bi-annually from 2003-2007 |
| Evidence Based Surgery: |
Attended the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Critical Literature Evaluation and Research Course (CLEAR), Sydney, July 2000
Research into Critical Appraisal Guidelines in Neurosurgery |
| Diving Medicine: |
Attended the Basic and Advanced Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Courses, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Feb 2000
Member of the South Pacific Underwater Society (SPUMS)
Qualified Dive Doctor
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| SPINE SEMINARS AND COURSES |
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2011 Dec - Participant in Australasian Society of Lateral Access Surgery, Melbourne, Victoria
2011 Sep - Demonstrator at the Cervical Spine Cadaver Workshop for Operating Theatre Nurses (SHIVER) at Maquarie University Hospital Laboratories, Sydney, Australia
Nov 2010 - Participant in the Inaugural Australian Society of Lateral Access Surgery, Gold Coast, Queensland.
2010 4th Asia-Pacific Cervical Spine Society Conference, Sydney, Australia
2010 De Puy “Elevating Best Practice” Clinical Seminar. Thoraco-Lumbar Degenerative Disease, Sydney, Australia
2010 Nuvasive XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) Cadaver Workshop and Interactive Seminar, San Diego, California
2009 Stryker Mantis seminar and workshop, SAS Meeting, London, England
2009 Medtronic Minimal Access Spinal Technologies (MAST) cadaver course, St Louis, Missouri
2009 Synthes Prodisc-C and Prodisc-L accreditation cadaver course Denver, Colorado
2009 Stryker Less Invasive Tecnologies cadaver course Denver, Colorado
2008 Skullbase and Medtronic/Synthes Instrumented Spine cadaver workshop, University of Calgary, Canada
2008 Medtronic (Kyphon) Kyphoplasty Cadaver workshop Calgary, Canada
2005 Compumedics Transcranial Doppler (TCD) 2-day Workshop University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
2004 De-Puy Innovations in Spine Surgery Seminar, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulator Cadaver Course, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2000 Synthes Spine Seminar, Laguna Quays, Australia |
| PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS |
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Neurosurgical Society of Australasia since 2001
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) since 1999
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) since 2009
Spine Society of Australia since 2010
Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) since 2009
Australian Medical Association (AMA) since 2009
South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) since 1997
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) since 2008
First Line Assessor for the Collaborating Hospitals Audit of Surgical Mortality (CHASM) since 2008
Second line Assessor for the Collaborating Hospitals Audit of Surgical Mortality (CHASM) since 2011
Committee member for the Panel of Clinical Experts (PoCE) for the Prothesis and Devices Committee, Department of Health and Aging since 2008
Tutor for the Central Surgical Surgical Skills Network Concord Hospital – Facilitating the Surgical Skills Operative Technique Portfolio
Examiner for SET Trainees NSW for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
Australia and NZ Surgical Skills Education and Training Course (ASSET) Tutor NSW for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
Chairman of the Mater Hospital Grand Rounds Lectures and Continuing Education Committee (from 2011)
Committee Member Mater Sydney Medical Staff Council (from 2013)
Head of Department of Neurosurgery at the Mater Private Hospital since June 2013 |
| EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES |
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Wine Tasting
Urban walks
Photography |
Raoul Pope
FRACS 2016 |
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