Dr Rodney Allan
BSc(Med) MB BS (Hons), FRACS, CCINR
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Dr Rodney Allan
BSc(Med) MB BS (Hons), FRACS, CCINR
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Background
Dr Rodney Allan is an Australian born and educated neurosurgeon with additional advanced fellowship training in endovascular and cerebrovascular surgery.
He is Head of Department of Neurosurgery at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Past President of the Neurosurgery Society of Australasia. Dr Allan has hospital appointments at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, North Shore Private Hospital and Northern Beaches Hospital.
Representations
Dr Allan served as President of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (NSA) – the peak body for training and representation for neurosurgeons in Australia and New Zealand – from 2020 to 2022, having previously served as Vice President from 2018. He continues to serve on the NSA’s Board of Management, a role he has held since 2010.
From 2018 to 2021 he was Chairman of the Conjoint Committee for Interventional Neuroradiology (CCINR). This is the peak tripartite body that certifies practitioners as qualified to perform advanced treatments though the arteries for blood vessel abnormalities of the brain and neck.
Education
He grew up in Sydney Australia, and completed his secondary education at James Ruse Agricultural High School.
His undergraduate education was at the University of New South Wales, with electives in Neurosurgery at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and Trauma Surgery at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Dr Allan obtained his medical degree in 1994 and then completed his basic surgical training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, with exposure to a broad range of medical and surgical specialties.
Neurosurgical training followed, with time spent in Auckland, Sydney and Newcastle. Two of these years were spent at the prestigious Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, where he has now returned as a consultant Neurosurgeon.
In 2004, Dr Allan was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Neurosurgery.
Charles Drake Fellowship
Dr Allan then spent two years living in London, Ontario, Canada to complete the Charles Drake Clinical Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy.
Background
Dr Rodney Allan is an Australian born and educated neurosurgeon with additional advanced fellowship training in endovascular and cerebrovascular surgery.
He is a consultant neurosurgeon at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Dr Allan has hospital appointments at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and North Shore Private.
He grew up in Sydney Australia, and completed his secondary education at James Ruse Agricultural High School.
His undergraduate education was at the University of New South Wales, with electives in Neurosurgery at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and Trauma Surgery at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Dr Allan obtained his medical degree in 1994 and then completed his basic surgical training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, with exposure to a broad range of medical and surgical specialties.
Neurosurgical training followed, with time spent in Auckland, Sydney and Newcastle. Two of these years were spent at the prestigious Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, where he has now returned as a consultant Neurosurgeon.
In 2004, Dr Allan was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Neurosurgery.
Charles Drake Fellowship
Dr Allan then spent two years living in London, Ontario, Canada to complete the Charles Drake Clinical Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy.
