EXPERT PROFILE
Dr Paul Steven D’Urso
Neurosurgeon
F.R.A.C.S. (Neurosurgery) Ph.D. (Surgery), MB., BS. (Hons)
PAUL D’URSO AREA OF EXPERTISE
- Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery & Spinal Surgery;
- Artificial Disc Replacement;
- Brain & Pituitary Tumours;
- Cerebral Aneurysms;
- Neuroendoscopy;
- Hydrocephalus;
- Trigeminal Neuralgia;
- Arterio-Venous Malformations;
- Cranial Reconstruction;
- Chiari Malformation;
- Medico-legal Opinion;
- Medical Device Technology and Additive Manufacturing
PAUL D’URSO REGISTRATIONS
- 1988- Australian Medical Association
- 2001- Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria
- 1998- Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- 2000- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 2000 Asian Surgical Association
- 1999-2002 Medical Council of New Zealand
- 2002- Australasian Spine Society
- 2001- Victorian Neuroscience Centre at Epworth
- 2002 – 2006 Monash Institute for Neurological Diseases
- 1988 – 2001 Queensland Medical Board
- 2000 – 2001 General Medical Council of the United Kingdom
PAUL D’URSO AWARDS
- 1985 Mitsui educational foundation award (Selected as one of six students from
- Australian Universities for sponsored educational-cultural tour of Japan).
- 1988 John Rendle-Short Medal for child health.
- 1991 PAH research & development foundation registrar research grant.
- 1992 PAH research & development foundation registrar research grant. Baillieu post graduate scholarship. PAH private practice foundation grant. Court and Lilley surgical scholarship. PAH research and development foundation general project grant.
- 1993 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons general project grant. Baillieu post graduate scholarship. Sylvia and Charles Viertel charitable foundation research grant.
- 1994 G.F. Finch bequest. Brain research fund grant. Friends of the Mater Children’s Hospital craniofacial clinic charity research grant.
- 1995 Cum Laude Citation for scientific excellence. 3rd Asian Oceanic International Congress on Skull Base Surgery.
- 1996 PAH research & development foundation registrar research grant.
- 1997 PAH research & development foundation registrar research grant. PAH general project grant.
- 1998 RACR Siemens medical engineering prize.
- 1999 Commonwealth Government START research & development grant. John Wong Young Investigator Prize, Asian Surgical Association 12th Bienial Congress.
- 2001 Young inventors award. 4th Congress of the International Society for Neurosurgical Technology and Instrument Invention. Cairns, Australia. September 12-15, 2001
- 2005 Innovation Grant. Australian Centre for Health Care Innovation.
- 2006 Industry Grants for Epworth Disc Replacement Group.
- 2007 Industry Grants for Dynamic Stabilisation Research.
- 2008 Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Stryker Research Prize. “Minimally Invasive Fusion”.
- 2009 Industry Grant for Minimally Invasive Fusion Research.
- 2010 Industry Grant for Minimally Invasive Fusion Research.
- 2011 Epworth Research Institute Grant.
- 2011 Industry Grant for Minimally Invasive Fusion Research.
- 2013 Industry Grant for Minimally Invasive Fusion Research.
- 2014 Industry Grant for Epworth Spine Registry
- 2015 Industry Grant for Epworth Neuromodulation Registry
- 2018 BioMedical Horizons Grant for Additive Manufacturing
- 2020 Industry Grant for Epworth Neuromodulation Registry
Independent Medical Examination (IME) Expertise:
Dr Paul D’Urso is available to conduct comprehensive and impartial Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), providing detailed reports that support legal, insurance, and compensation assessments.
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