Specialists

A Highly Skilled, Collaborative & Patient-Focused Team

The Precision Brain, Spine and Pain Centre team comprises a world class group of super-specialists who are renowned for their clinical expertise and compassionate patient care. The team is made up of leading neurosurgeons and neurologists, as well as pain specialists, psychologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists and physical therapists. Each member of our team has been carefully selected for both their specialist skills and interpersonal manner. All specialists are patient advocates and seek to empower their patients to make the best decisions around their care. Specialists consult widely, bringing to you a neurosurgery, spine, pain and neurology network of the highest standard.

Precision embraces the multicultural nature of Australian society and warmly welcomes people from all cultural & religious backgrounds. This is illustrated by the range of languages spoken by many of our specialists. These languages include:

Cantonese · Mandarin · Arabic · Greek · Farsi · Persian · Dari · Hindi · Urdu · Indonesian

Professor Richard G. Bittar
MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACS
Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon
dr renee bittar
Dr Renée Bittar
BAppSc (Psych) (Honours), Dpsych (Clinical)
Managing Director
Professor Peter Teddy
FRACS, FFPMANZCA, DPhil
Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Dr Mohammed Awad
MBCHB, BSC, MPhil, FRCS, FRACS
Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon
Hazem-Akil
Dr Hazem Akil
MD, FRACS
Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Dr Neil Cochrane
MBChB, FRACS
Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Dr Ananthababu (Babu) Sadasivan
MBBS MCH FFPM ANZCA FRACS
Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Dr Philip Sheard
MBBS BSc MRCS FRCS FRACS CIME
Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon
Greg-Etherington
Mr Greg Etherington
MBBS, MBiomedE, FRACS
Spine and Scoliosis Surgeon
Dr Richard Sullivan
MBChB, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA
Pain Specialist and Anaesthetist
Dr Symon McCallum
MBChB, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA
Pain Specialist and Anaesthetist
Dr Meena Mittal
MBBS (Hons), FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, GAICD
Pain Specialist and Anaesthetist
Dr Gavin Weekes
FCARCSI, FFPMCAI, FIPP, FFPMANZCA, MSc
Pain Specialist & Anaesthetist
Dr Shankar Ramaswamy
MBBS MD FFPMANZCA FRCA FFPMRCA EDRA Cer Cli Res
Pain Specialist and Anaesthetist
Dr Robert Gassin
Musculoskeletal and Interventional Pain Management
MBBS, BSc(Med)SC, FAFMM, GDMM, GDPM
Dr Priya Arvind
MBBS, DA, DNB, FFPMANZCA
Pain Specialist and Anaesthetist
Dr Andrew Jarzebowski
MBBS, BMedSci, Dip Med (Periop), FANZCA
Pain Specialist & Anaesthetist
Dr Chris Tomsett
MBBS FRACGP BSc
Pain Fellow & FRACGP
Dr Mina Ghaly
FRACP
Neurologist
Dr Felix Ng
MBBS, BMedSc, DCH, MPH, FRACP
Neurologist and Neurophysiologist
Dr Aaron de Souza
MBBS, DM Neurology, FRACP
Neurologist and Neurophysiologist
Dr Michael Zhong
MBBS BMedSci FRACP
Neurologist and Neuroimmunologist
Assoc. Professor Dr Ramesh Sahathevan
MD M.MED Ph.D FRCPI FRACP
Neurologist
Dr Ali Kian Mehr
MD, FAFRM(RACP)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist
Dr Jeena Kim
MD, PhD, FAFRM(RACP)
Specialist Rehabilitation Physician
Rachel-Teo
Dr Rachel Teo
MBBS, FAFRM
Rehabilitation Specialist
Dr Shahram Sadeghi
MD, FAFRM(RACP)
Specialist Rehabilitation Physician
Dr Kilner Brasier
MBBS, AAFOEM (RACP), PostGradDip OHS, MRMIA
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist
Dr Eman Awad
MBBS BSc HAVS MFOM Adv. Dip. Occ Med
Occupational Health Specialist
Linda-Byrne
Assoc. Professor Linda Byrne MAPS (FCCN)
BSc(Hons), MPsych(ClinNeur), PhD(Psych)
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Dr Annabel Pollard
BA, GradDipAppPsych, MPsych(Clinical), MAPS
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Christina Furtado
BBNSci, PostGradDipPsych, DipPsych(Clin Neuro), PsyBA, MAPS (CCN)
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Dr Jane Mulcahy
BA, Dip.Ed. (Psych), Grad. Cert. Ter. Educ., MAPS, PhD
Health Psychologist
Emel Ahmet
BSc (Melb), GradDipPsych (C.Sturt), GradCertHealthPsych (C.Sturt), PostgradDipPsych (Monash), MPsych (Health) (Monash), MAPS, FAPSCHP
Health Psychologist
Nicole Varigos
BHSc (Nat), Grad Dip (Psych), Post Grad Dip (Psych), MA Prof Psych
Psychologist
Justin-Moar
Justin Moar
Bphty
Physiotherapist
Martina Egan
Martina Egan
MSc, ManipTher, DipPhty.
Pain Physiotherapist
Tumelo Dube
BPhysio, MPainMgt
Physiotherapist
Dr Drew Thompson
BSc (Med) B.AppSc (Chiro)
Intake Physician