Dr Leigh Atkinson AO

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. (Edin), F.F.P.M. (A.N.Z.C.A.), F.A.F.R.M. (R.A.C.P.), C.I.M.E., G.E.P.I.

Areas of Expertise

Brain Tumours
Cerebral Aneurysms and Haemorrhagic Stroke
Brachial Plexus Avulsion Pain
Cancer Pain
Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Head Trauma – brain haemorrhage and skull fractures
Musculoligamentous Spine Injuries
Neck Injuries – whiplash and other injuries
Neuralgia
Pain after Brain Injury
Peripheral neuropathies – Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Ulnar Neuropathy
Peripheral Nervous System Pain
Post Thoracotomy and Post Mastectomy pain
Post Traumatic Neuropathic Pain
Spinal Injuries – ruptured discs, sciatica, stenosis, trauma, low back pain and scoliosis.
Traumatic Injuries of Peripheral Nerves
Tumours – tumours of the spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
Malformations of the Nervous System

Director of Multidisciplinary Pain Management Programme, The Wesley Hospital, Auchenflower
Past President, Medicolegal Section, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 2010 – present
Chairman, Pain Section, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 2001 – present
Member, Neurology and Neurosurgical Assessment Tribunal, Q-COMP, 2001 – present
Member, Court of Honour, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1999 – present
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba
Visiting Neurosurgeon
- Mater Children’s, Adult and Private Hospitals, South Brisbane
- Greenslopes Private Hospital, Greenslopes
- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba
President, Australian Pain Society
President, Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Vice President, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Dean, Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Treasurer, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
Senior visiting Pain Specialist, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Queensland

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Neurosurgery
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
Fellow of Faculty of Pain Management, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Fellow of the Australian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (A.B.I.M.E.), AMA5, June 2014
Queensland Worker’s Compensation Scheme Guidelines for Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (GEPI) training, Core, Spine and Nervous System, 2014
Comcare: Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment, Second Edition, 2006
Australian Centenary Medal, 2003
Officer of the Order of Australia, 2004

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