Dr. Dinesh Palipana is a resident at the Gold Coast University Hospital. Dinesh has spinal cord injury at C6/7 from a motor vehicle accident. As a result, he has a longstanding passion and interest in spinal cord injury research. He earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), prior to completing his Doctor of Medicine (MD) at […]

Martin Codyre. BEng Hons, MSc Neuroscience, MIEI. Martin Codyre was rendered a C5 quadriplegic (paralysed from the shoulders down) in August 2008.  As soon as he had stabilised he started looking into the scientific and medical worlds for interventions that would recover his lost function. He has travelled almost 500,000km attending conferences and visiting scientific […]

Dr Ellison Stephenson graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1989. She completed a Fellowship in neurosurgery with appointments throughout Queensland and New Zealand. A two year post fellowship appointment was undertaken at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol UK from 2001 to 2003 with attention to all areas of neurosurgery including spine, base of […]

Chris is Professor of Public Health and an academic general practitioner in the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University. He obtained his medical degree at Cambridge University, migrating to Australia in 1997 where he has worked as general practitioner and university academic, obtaining his MD from the University of […]

Dr Wayne Ng is a neurosurgeon at Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast Private Hospital and the Spine Centre. He also holds an academic position with Griffith University. Brain and spine surgeries form a large part of his clinical practice. He originally obtained a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Queensland in 1999, […]

Linda’s first career was as a high school teacher specialising in Physical Education. She qualified with a Bachelor of Education Honours Degree from the University of Sheffield in the UK and later gained a Master of Education Degree at the University of Nottingham. After seven years of teaching, she sustained injuries in an MVA that […]