Dr Damian Amato

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 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.

• Mater Private Hospital Brisbane