Darweesh D Al Khawaja Sydney Spinal Symposium 2022

Darweesh D Al Khawaja

Dr Al-Khawaja is a consultant neurosurgeon based in Sydney. He also operates at Nepean Private Hospital , Norwest Private Hospital and Westmead Private Hospital. He conducted his neurosurgical training both in Australia and abroad. This included training at St Vincents’ Hospital, Nepean Public Hospital, and Wollongong hospital. He completed his fellowship exam in Australia in 2007. Since then he has performed multiple subspeciality courses to further his neurosurgical training. He completed multiple spinal surgical courses across Europe, and subspecialised skull-base training both in the United States and St Vincents’ Hospital, Sydney. He is a member of the Royal Australian College Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgery and a member of the Neurosurgical society of Australia. Furthermore he completed a fellowship with the Royal Australiasian College of Medical Administrators. During his practice as a consultant neurosurgeon, Dr Al-khawaja has performed both cranial and spinal neurosurgery. Whilst his practice encompasses general neurosurgical procedures he also performs subspecialised neurosurgical operations including skull-base surgery, cerebello-pontine angle tumours, and endoscopic surgery.