Welcome

Mr Matthew McDonald provides a comprehensive Neurosurgical & Spinal service based at Wakefield Hospital, Adelaide, Australia. We have a dedicated Neurosurgical Ward and Theatre team. Our operating theatre has the latest technology and equipment , and is supported by a large Intensive Care Unit. The hospital has the only 24 hour private Emergency Department in Adelaide.

All patients have private rooms.

Mr McDonald is also a Visiting Medical Specialist in the Department of Neurosurgery at Flinders Medical Centre and attached to the Spinal Unit, at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mr McDonald does provide a regular county clinic at Naracoorte Hospital in the South East.

About Matthew McDonald

Matthew McDonald is a fully trained neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon. He undertook neurosurgical training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Royal Brisbane Hospital, completing his FRACS in 2000. He has completed further sub-specialist training in complex spine surgery at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, Florida, USA.

Matthew McDonald is a visiting neurosurgeon at Flinders Medical Centre and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is also appointed as a spinal surgeon to the Spinal Unit, RAH. His private practice is based at the Calvary Wakefield Hospital and Flinders Private Hospital.

What We Do

General Neurosurgery
Brain tumours and Neurooncology
Spinal surgery
Complex spinal surgery & spinal trauma
Disc replacement surgery
Minimally invasive spinal surgery
Spinal reconstruction for malignancy
Pituitary tumours

Referring Information

This referral facility is for referring Doctors only. To make a referral contact us for our Argus Enabled details so that you can send us confidential information safely.

manager@wakefieldneurosurgery.com.au

Telephone: +61 8 8223 3989

For public patient appointments please refer to Flinders Medical Centre Neurosurgical Outpatients Service. Work Cover and Third Party referrals may be considered on an individual basis.

Our Locations

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