Dr Michael Redmond AM RFD

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S. (Neurosurgery).

Dr Michael Redmond has extensive experience in neurosurgery, having practiced as a neurosurgeon for more than forty years. His training included secondments in the USA and Canada. Dr Redmond has achieved national recognition for “significant contribution to medicine, to neurosurgery, and to medical organisations” in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Dr Redmond has been involved in civilian outreach work, including visiting the Philippines for a craniofacial mission with Operation Smile, and travelling to Port Moresby in the Pacific Islands as part of a Neurosurgical outreach programme with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Dr Redmond spent time as a Wing Commander in the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve. He supported Australian Defence Force personnel in international peacekeeping operations and on active service as a surgeon.

Areas of Expertise

Tumours – of the brain, of the spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves
Congenital Malformations
Traumatic Brain Injury – brain haemorrhage and skull fractures
Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Spinal Injuries – ruptured discs, sciatica, stenosis, trauma, low back pain, scoliosis
Cerebral Aneurysms and Haemorrhagic Stroke

Current & Former Positions

Associate Professor, School of Clinical Medicine, Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit, University of Queensland
Director of Neurosurgery at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital; Head of Neurosurgery at the Royal Darwin Hospital
Program Leader of Cranial Bio-Fabrication Research, Herston Biofabrication Institute (HBI)
Director of Neurosurgery at the Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service and Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane
Visiting Neurosurgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Mater Children’s Private Brisbane, and Mater Hospital Brisbane
Supervisor of Surgical Training (Neurosurgery), Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital
Foundation Skills in Surgical Education Facilitator, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Clinical Fellow and Chief Resident, Mayo Clinic, USA
Clinical Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Clinical Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Consulting Locations

Brisbane

Qualifications

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Neurosurgery
Member of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Member of the Neurosurgery Society of Queensland

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