SA Statewide Neurosurgery Meetings 2025

The SA Statewide Neurosurgery Meetings 2025 brought together clinicians, researchers and health professionals from across South Australia and beyond for a year of shared learning, collaboration and innovation. Delivered across multiple sites, the statewide program provided a vital forum to exchange knowledge, showcase emerging research and strengthen connections across the neuro community.

None of these meetings would be possible without the generous support of our sponsors and the time, expertise and commitment of our speakers. We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to making the 2025 series such a success.

We also acknowledge Jones Radiology for their support as a sponsor across the full 2025 meeting series.

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Women’s and Children’s Hospital Meeting – 25 March

Sponsor: B. Braun

Our March meeting at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital featured a strong program focused on paediatric and endovascular neurosurgery and rehabilitation. We thank the following speakers for sharing their expertise and insights:

• Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale

• Dr Elie Hammam, SET Neurosurgery Trainee, SA

• A/Prof. Ray Russo, Head of Paediatric Rehabilitation, Women’s and Children’s Hospital

• A/Prof. Alistair Jukes, Consultant Endovascular Neurosurgeon

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Royal Adelaide Hospital Meeting – 29 July

Sponsors: Additive Surgical and Evolution Surgical

The July meeting at the Royal Adelaide Hospital highlighted advances in intensive care, interventional neuroradiology and neurosurgical research. We thank our speakers:

• Prof. Andrew Udy, Professor and Deputy Director, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University

• A/Prof. Mark Plummer, Head of Research and Innovation, ICU, Royal Adelaide Hospital

• Dr Rudy Goh, Interventional Neuroradiology Fellow, Royal Adelaide Hospital

• Dr Christopher Ovenden, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide

• Dr Adam Wells, Clinical Academic Consultant Neurosurgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital

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BTRSA Meeting – 3 August

Sponsors: ICON, Radiology SA and Servier

The BTRSA meeting showcased the depth of brain tumour research underway across South Australia and interstate. We sincerely thank all presenters for their contributions:

• Eng Siew Koh, Liverpool Hospital / UNSW

• Michael Brown, Centre for Cancer Biology / RAH

• Chloe Shard, Centre for Cancer Biology

• Rebecca Ormsby, Flinders University / SANTB

• Melinda Tea, Centre for Cancer Biology

• Pascal Duijf, Centre for Cancer Biology

• Resty Nabeeta, Centre for Cancer Biology

• Hui Gan, Austin Health / ONJCRI

• Ganessan Kichenadasse, Flinders Medical Centre

• Angela Walls, Jones Radiology / SAHMRI

• Christopher Ovenden, University of Adelaide

• Amanda Luck, SAHMRI

• Cedric Bardy, Flinders University / SAHMRI

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Flinders Medical Centre Meeting – 2 December

Sponsors: Baxter, LifeHealthcare, Radiology SA and Zeiss

The final meeting of the year at Flinders Medical Centre closed the 2025 series with a diverse program spanning neurosurgery, oncology and supportive care. We thank the following speakers:

• Professor Johnny Duerinck, Neurosurgeon, UZ Brussel

• Dr Neal Kerr, SET 3 Neurosurgery Registrar, Flinders Medical Centre

• Molly Martyr, Medical Science Liaison, Oncology

• Samantha Kourakis, McGrath Cancer Care Nurse, Brain and Hepatobiliary

• Dr Jorn Van Der Veken, Neurosurgeon, Flinders Medical Centre

• Dr Elie Hammam, SET 2 Neurosurgery Registrar, Flinders Medical Centre / Women’s and Children’s Hospital

• Dr Chris Tsimiklis, Neurosurgeon, Flinders Medical Centre

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We extend our heartfelt thanks to all speakers who generously shared their time and expertise, and to our sponsors whose continued support enables these statewide meetings to thrive.

The SA Statewide Neurosurgery Meetings remain a cornerstone of professional collaboration and education, and we look forward to building on this momentum in 2026.

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Thank you to the 2025 Sponsors: