Our Specialists

Biography

Known as the ‘Godfather’ of spinal surgery in Australia, Dr Geoff Askin joined Briz Brain & Spine in February 2014 and has been a practicing Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon since 1989. He brings to the group extensive knowledge in the area of paediatric and adult spinal surgery.

He completed his Fellowship in Nottingham as well as in Switzerland and Germany. He served as the Director of Orthopaedics at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in the early 1990’s as well as a locum position as Director of the Spinal Injuries unit.

Currently he is a Senior Spine Surgeon at Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane as well as in private practice at the Mater Private.

With a keen interest in minimally invasive surgical techniques for scoliosis, he has pioneered thorascopic correction of idiopathic thoracic scoliosis. 

He is also interested in the surgical management of early onset scoliosis particularly with growth friendly surgical techniques.

Dr Askin founded the Paediatric Spine Research Group in 2002 in conjunction with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at QUT. Now named the Biomechanics and Spine Research Group, this group has been active over the years in the area of both basic and clinical research related to the spine with 101 (internationally peer reviewed) medical journal papers and 10 book chapters having been published.

Dr Askin has been supervising a Spine Fellowship since 1994 and to date has assisted in the training of some 36 spine surgeons.

He holds an Adjunct Professorship from the School of Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty at QUT and an Associate Professorship from the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine at the University of Queensland.