Dr Ball has attended a symposium on Advanced Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery held by DePuy Spine International at their headquarters in Raynham, Massachusetts, USA (DePuy Spine is a manufacturer and distributor of spinal instrumentation based near Boston).
The symposium was held to allow 'key opinion leaders' from all over Europe to review and discuss the latest techniques in minimally invasive spine surgery Dr Ball was one of 3 Australian neurosurgeons who also attended, giving him the opportunity to share ideas, discuss advances and review new and emerging technologies in this area.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
ASSET Committee
Dr Ball has been nominated to be the Neurosurgical Representative on the Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training (ASSET) Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons which develops and provides the ASSET course.
The ASSET course provides an educational package of generic surgical skills required by surgical trainees in Australia and New Zealand. A modularised version will soon be delivered to final year university students.
Dr Ball's commitment to surgical education now spans the EMST and ASSET courses, as well as serving on the Education Committee of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia.
High Distinction Result
As part of his Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Dr Ball completed a subject 'Regulatory Requirements of Biomedical Technology' in Session 2, 2009. Dr Ball has been awarded a High Distinction result for this subject.
Rapidly emerging biomedical technologies pervade all of medicine and especially neurosurgery/spinal surgery. Dr Ball's studies help him better evaulate and implement the most appropriate solutions for individual patient's problems.
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