Associate Professor Tillman Boesel
Clinical Associate Professor Tillman Boesel has worked with Macquarie Neurosurgery since 2014. He trained as a Specialist Anaesthetist at RPA in Sydney before completing his Pain Medicine Fellowship at the Nepean Hospital. He founded and consults at the Western Sydney Pain Centre and Inner West Pain Centre, and also supports Orthopaedics ACT and the Macquarie Complex Limb Reconstruction Service. His special interests are interventional pain therapies and neuromodulation.
Associate Professor Candice Delcourt
Associate Professor Candice Delcourt has been a neurologist at MQ Health Neurology since 2017. She has trained and worked in Belgium, France, and Australia, bringing extensive international experience to her care. Her main areas of expertise are stroke and neurophysiology, but she also treats other neurological conditions such as headaches, dementia, and epilepsy. Patients value her compassionate approach, and commitment to working closely with GPs and other specialists to achieve the best possible outcomes. Alongside her clinical work, A/Prof Delcourt teaches at Macquarie University and is actively involved in research, with more than 100 publications in leading medical journals.
In Coffs Harbour, Associate Professor Candice Delcourt does neurology consultations and Nerve Conduction Studies/Electromyography from the Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine Clinic.
Dr Geoffrey Parker
Dr Geoffrey Parker is a graduate of Flinders University School of Medicine and completed Radiology training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was employed as a Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney in 1988 and undertook a Neuroradiology Fellowship at the University of Utah School of Medicine from 1989-1990. He worked in private practice with Drs Perrett, Harrison and Partners in 1991 and has been at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney since 1992.
He has worked in Interventional Neuroradiology since 1992 with Drs John Hallinan and Verity Grinnell, and has been Area Director of Neurointervention since 2018.
His interests in Radiology include Interventional Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Radiology.
Dr Shay Menham
MD, FRACS
Dr Shay Menham is an internationally trained Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon with advanced fellowship training in Australia.
Dr Menham has a dedicated practice in adult spine surgery, with a focus on degenerative spinal conditions, spinal deformity, and minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques.
Dr Menham completed his medical degree at the University of Bologna, Italy, graduating with honours. He then undertook specialist training in Orthopaedic Surgery at The Sheba Medical Center, Tel – Hashomer, followed by advanced fellowship training in Complex spinal surgery at Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney, Australia and Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
After completing advanced spine fellowship training in Australia, Dr Menham was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He has particular expertise in complex degenerative spinal disorders, degenerative deformity, oblique and lateral access surgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Dr Menham has a strong interest in clinical research, surgical innovation and education. His research has focused on lumbar lordosis restoration, oblique access surgery, minimally invasive navigation and spinal deformity. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented internationally, including at Eurospine, Global Spine Congress, SMISS, Spine Week, the North American Spine Society and the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia.
He is an active member of national and international professional organisations including the Spine Society of Australia and AO spine. Dr Menham’s clinical practice includes the management of Complex degenerative spinal disorders, Degenerative spinal deformity, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MIS) and anterior, oblique and Lateral access surgery as well as Spinal trauma.
Current Appointments
- Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine
Consultation Locations
- Macquarie University
Clinical Expertise
- Adult Spine Surgery
- Correction of Deformity
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Fusion and Non Fusion Techniques
Languages
- English
- Italian
- Hebrew
Dr Anmar Al-Witri
Neurosurgeon, FRACS
Dr Anmar Al-Witri is a specialist neurosurgeon consulting at Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine, with rooms at the Nepean Private Specialist Centre in Kingswood.
He completed his neurosurgical training across a number of major Australian centres, including Westmead Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, John Hunter Hospital, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Princess Alexandra Hospital and Nepean Hospital, and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Neurosurgery.
Dr Al-Witri provides assessment and surgical management of a broad range of brain and spinal conditions, with particular clinical interests in:
- Degenerative cervical and lumbar spinal conditions
- Spinal surgery, including instrumented spinal surgery
- Brain tumours
- Hydrocephalus
He is committed to providing considered, evidence-based and individualised care, with an emphasis on clear communication with patients, their families and referring practitioners. Where appropriate, non-operative management is considered alongside surgical treatment options.
Dr Al-Witri is also actively involved in teaching and supervision of neurosurgical trainees, junior doctors and medical students, and has published and presented research in neurosurgery.