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Success Stories In an Australian first a team of Brisbane surgeons in collaboration with a visiting team from Vanderbilt University Hospital in the United States, successfully performed in-utero spinal surgery on a fetus. This ‘Australian first’ was performed in 2016 at the Mater hospital on a 24 week-old in-utero baby who had been diagnosed with

With over 3700 minimally invasive spinal procedures having been completed by the surgeons at Mater and BCNC, you’re in good hands. Minimally invasive placement of pedicle screws Inaugural fellow Dr Bart De Boer undertaking his 500th case at Mater Surgeons at the Brisbane Clinical Neuroscience Centre (BCNC) and Mater Neurosciences Centre Brisbane are at the

Streamlining patient’s treatment at BCNC with our multidisciplinary team of surgeons Modern surgical management of complex problems relies ever-increasingly on a team-based approach, with surgeons from different specialties bringing their skills and experience together to optimise outcomes. We at BCNC adhere strongly to the concept of the multidisciplinary surgical team, and believe that when it

Recently we received a batch of letters from our local school themed ‘thank you to our superheroes.’ This letter was from a little girl Sophia, and we’d like her to know that her letter made our day! The letter reads: Dear Doctors and Nurses, Thank you for looking after us during this time. When we

Every day people ask me what it is like running a large neurosurgery practice and my answer is always the same. It is a privilege. I work alongside talented specialists as they strive to better the lives of their patients.  Is my day like herding cats? Yes.  Like most practice managers, we are experts at juggling,

The day of a BCNC practice nurse starts at 7 am, accompanying our doctors on their morning ward rounds. Our nurses are an integral member of the multidisciplinary team providing care for patients during their stay. The team includes ward nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and pharmacists. During a patient’s hospital admission, the