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

SUMMARY

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.

CURRENT and 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

Qualifications