Dr Pope has surrounded himself with highly skilled Anaesthetists to service the technically demanding Specialty of Neurosurgery. At the Mater Private Hospital, he has two main Neuro-Anaesthetists that look after his patients throughout the whole operative experience. From the initial consultation right through to the post-operative management, these professionals will make sure you are well cared for during your hospital stay.

Meet the team:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (Medicine), Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery -- University of NSW
  2001
• FANZCA (Fellow of Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists -- Awarded January 2010)
• PG Cert Clinical Ultrasound --University of Melbourne 2010
  

Education and training:

• Barker College High School 1995
• University of NSW 1996-2001
• Accredited Anaesthesia specialist training program -- St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney 2005-2008
  (completed Fellowship exams May 2008)
• Provisional Fellowship --Liverpool Hospital 2009 with clinical focus on ultrasound applications in
  anaesthesia
  

Current appointments:

• VMO Liverpool Hospital
• VMO The Mater Hospital, North Sydney
• VMO Liverpool Day Surgery
  

Clinical interests:

• Neuroanaesthesia with specific interest in trauma
• neuroanaesthesia. Regional ultrasound
• applications in anaesthesia with primary focus for use in
• orthopaedics and high risk obstetrics.

Dr Poon is a practising neuroanaesthetist with an avid interest in perioperative analgesia. In particular, the role of non narcotic analgesia use in the field of neurosurgery. He also has an interest in perioperative clinical safety for day surgery anaesthesia.

His background in anaesthesia training comes from a variety of multitrauma, tertiary referral hospitals including St. George Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital and Liverpool Hospital.

He is currently appointed as a Visiting Medical Officer at Liverpool hospital, the leading major trauma hospital in the Sydney Southwest area, where he continues to develop and hone his interest in trauma neuroanaesthesia.

His other interests include the further development of ultrasonography use in clinical anaesthesia. His clinical practice currently encompasses Neurosurgery, head and neck surgery, high risk obstetrics and orthopaedic trauma surgery.

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Dr Paloma Van Zyl is a specialist anaesthetist with a strong focus on improving patient outcomes.

Paloma graduated from the University of Newcastle. She trained at a number of leading institutions including Royal North Shore and St. Vincent's Hospitals in Sydney, Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, and helicopter retrieval medicine with Careflight. Her key interest areas include anaesthesia for spinal/neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, pain management, and trainee mentorship. Paloma focuses the management of her patients in a holistic manner and believes strongly in the benefits of a team approach to the management of patients and their conditions.

Qualifications

• BMED (Hons.) Newcastle, 2001
• FANZCA (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists) 2009
  
  

Training Appointments

• Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
• St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
• The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
• Careflight/NSW Ambulance Helicopter Medical Retrieval Service
• Royal Reserve Australian Army, Field Medic, Medical Corps. 1994-1996
  

Current Appointments

• VMO: The Mater Hospital, Crows Nest, Sydney
• VMO: The Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, Sydney
  

Clinical Interests

• Anaesthesia for Spinal and Neurosurgery
• Intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring
• Post-operative pain management, acute and chronic
• Anaesthesia for weight loss surgery
• Obstetric anaesthesia
• Ultrasonic guided regional anaesthesia
• Trainee mentorship
  

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FANZCA, MBBS, MPH, BSc(med)(Hons 1), BSc

Professional Address: Department of Anaesthetics, RPA Hospital Camperdown NSW 2050.

Professional Fellowship: FANZCA (Fellow Australian New Zealand College Anaesthetists)

Staff Specialist Anaesthetist, RPA Hospital Sydney. VMO Anaesthetist at Mater Private Hospital, Dalcross Private Hospital Special Interests: Neuro-anaesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Neurophysiology assessment during Spine and cranial surgery.

EDUCATION

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS

• Fellowship awarded 2007

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

• Master of Public Health (MPH), 2001
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 1996
• B.Sc.(Med)(Hons 1), 1995
• Bachelor of Science, 1990

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

• Postgraduate Diploma in Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography 2006

Dr Hayman helped set up the exacting standards required to run a top class service. He is particularly interested in monitoring nerves during spine procedures utilizing techniques that either stimulates the nerves to make sure they are working well, or monitoring their responses if touched or encroached on by the surgical techniques. This equates to added safety for preservation of nerve function and a safer outcome for the patients as well as optimizing surgical techniques and positioning of instrumentation.

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Dr Paleologos is one of the founding members of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Mater Private Hospital. He has a particular interest in Cranial Neurosurgery and also Neuro-physiology monitoring of nerves during Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Cranial Surgery.

Qualifications:

• BSc (Med)(Hons I), University of Sydney
• MB,BS (Hons I), University of Sydney
• FANZCA

Current Appointments:

• Staff Specialist Anaesthetist Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
• VMO Anaesthetist Mater Hospital
• VMO Anaesthetist Strathfield Private Hospital
• VMO Anaesthetist St George Private Hospital
• Clinical Lecturer University of Sydney
• Lecturer for First and Second Part courses of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Previous Appointments:

• Consultant at University Hospital Birmingham U.K
• Anaesthesia Trainee at Royal North Shore Hospital
• Anaesthesia Trainee at the Royal Infirmary Hospital Edinburgh, U.K.

Interests:

• Anaesthesia for Liver and Renal Transplant, and Neuroanaesthesia
• Anaesthesia for Hepato-biliary Surgery
• Anaesthesia for Major Urology
• Medical Student, Anaesthesia Trainee, and Allied Health Professional Teaching