Biography

Dr Damian Amato trained in neurosurgery in Australia.  His training also included research into traumatic brain injury at the University of Adelaide for which he earned a Master of Surgery degree.  He then undertook further subspecialty training in the United Kingdom.  This consisted of fellowships in skull base neurosurgery and minimally invasive spine surgery at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.  He is a consultant neurosurgeon at Mater private hospitals and Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Dr Amato’s special interest areas in cranial neurosurgery including skull base surgery for tumours such as acoustic neuromas and meningiomas.  Pituitary surgery and other endoscopic anterior skull base surgery.  Other areas of interest include trigeminal neuralgia and minimally invasive spine surgery.

Dr Amato consults at Brisbane Clinical Neuroscience Centre.

Visiting locations:

Noosa Hospital, Specialist Consulting Suites, 111 Goodchap Street, Noosaville Qld 4566

Mater Health Hub, Springffield, 95 Southern Cross Circuit, Springfield Central, Qld 4300

Westside Specialist Suites, 32 Morrow Street, Taringa Qld 4038