Medical career
Consultant neurosurgeon Perth 2001 - present
2001 - present
- member of Medical Advisory Committee
2008 - present
2006
2001 - 2008
Consultant neurosurgeon Melbourne 1993 - 2000
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Director of Neurovascular Surgery
- Melbourne Private Hospital - Medical Advisory Committee 1998-2000
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
- Epworth Hospital
- Royal Children's Hospital - locum attending neurosurgeon
1994 - 2000
2000
1996
1995
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1993
Clinical Neuroscience Centre, Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital - research fellow and neurosurgeon Mary Kelly Prize for research, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - $15,000
1992
Senior Neurosurgical Resident - The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A. (Dr Thor Sundt, Jr - Director early 1992, Dr David Piepgras - Director late 1992, Dr Patrick Kelly, Dr Fredric Meyer, Dr Burton Onofrio, Dr Richard Marsh, Dr Dudley Davis, Dr Michael Ebersold)
1991
1986 - 1991
- Austin Hospital, Melbourne (Mr Gavin Fabinyi)
- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne (Mr Geoffrey Klug)
- Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne (Mr Kevin Siu)
- Sir Charles Gairdner and Royal Perth Hospitals, Perth (1998) (Prof B.A.R. Stokes)
- St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (Mr J. Keith Henderson)
1985
- General surgery, Geelong Hospital (Mr Robert Waterhouse)
- Vascular surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (Mr John Connell)
1984
- Registrar - General Surgery (Mr Tom Antonie), Emergency Department (Mr Peter Burke)
- Senior Resident Medical Officer - Cardiothoracics (Mr John Claringbold), Neurosurgery (Mr J. Keith Henderson)
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1983
- Inhouse Tutor - Anatomy, Histology, Neuroscience and Physiology
1981-1983
1982
Junior Resident Medical Officer - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne - Intensive Care (Dr Bernard Clarke), Medical Oncology (Dr Ivon Burns), Orthopaedics (Mr Brendan Dooley), Urology (Mr James Mortensen)
1981
Intern - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne - - Medicine (Prof David Penington), Surgery (Mr Peter Ryan), Emergency (Mr Peter Burke) Intern - Gippsland Base Hospital, Sale - Medicine (Dr Robert Ziffer), Anaesthetics, Emergency
Undergraduate years : University of Melbourne 1975-1980
1978 - 1980
Clinical years - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne Margaret Ryan prize in Clinical Medicine (SVH 1980) H.F. Summons prize in Otolaryngology 1980 Honours
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1975-1977
1969-1974
Mitcham High School, Melbourne Oxford Academic Achievement Award 1974 Commonwealth Scholarship 1972 Dux - 1971 and 1972
1968
1962-1967
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Professional memberships
1981 - Australian Medical Association
1981 - Melbourne University Medical Alumni
1981 - Medical Defence Association of Victoria
1991 - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
1991 - Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
1993 - Mayo Clinic Alumni
2000 - Australian Association of Surgeons
2009 - Medical Defence Association National
Medical articles
1) Popovic EA, Siu KH.
Ruptured intracranial aneurysms - a 12 month prospective study.
Med J Aust 150:492-496;1989
2) Popovic EA, Vattuone JR, Siu KH, Busmanis I, Pullar MJ, Dowling J.
Malignant prolactinomas.
Neurosurg 29:127-130;1991
3) Popovic EA, Fabinyi GCA, Brazenor GA, Daniels F, Clarke CP.
Craniotomy and thoracotomy for non-small cell carcinoma of the lung.
ANZ J Surg 63:341-345;1992
4) Popovic EA, Danks RA, Laidlaw J, Siu KH.
Experience with nimodipine in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Med J Aust 158:91-94;1993
5) Popovic EA, Kelly PJ.
Stereotaxis for pineal region lesions.
Mayo Clin Proc 68:965-970;1993
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6) Duan W, Popovic EA, Vasilopoulos K, Kaye AH.
Abnormal patterns of DNA methylation in human brain tumours: potential consequences for oncogenesis and tumour progression (abstract).
Sixth Lorne Cancer Conference Proceedings 34;1994
7) Popovic EA, Lyons MK, Scheithauer BW, Marsh WR.
Mast cell-rich meningioma presenting as chronic subdural hematoma - case report and review of the literature.
Surgical Neurology 42:8-13;1994
8) Popovic EA, Kaye AH, Hill JS.
Book Chapter. Current status of photodynamic therapy for cerebral tumors.
Current Techniques in Neurosurgery, volume 2, 1995, pp. 123-140.
Publishers: Current Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
9) Walker DG, Duan W, Popovic EA, Kaye AH, Tomlinson FH, Lavin M.
Homozygous deletions of the Multiple Tumor Suppressor Gene 1 in the progression of human astrocytomas.
Cancer Research 55:20-23; 1995.
10) Popovic EA, Fabinyi GCA, Brazenor GA, Berkovic SF, Bladin PF.
Complications of 200 consecutive temporal lobectomies performed for epilepsy.
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2:238-244; 1995.
11) Popovic EA, Kaye AH, Hill JS.
Book chapter. Photodynamic therapy for brain tumours.
Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 11 (5), 1995
12) Briggs RA, Popovic EA, Brackmann D.
Book chapter. Recent advances in the treatment of neurofibromatosis type II.
Advances in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, volume 9, 1995, pp. 227-246.
13) Kaye AH, Popovic EA, Hill JS.
Book chapter. Photodynamic therapy for brain tumours.
Accepted for publication in Cancer of the Nervous System, 1997
Publishers: Blackwell Scientific, Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA.
14) Kaye AH, Popovic EA, Hill JS.
Book chapter. Photodynamic therapy of cerebral gliomas.
The Gliomas, 1999, pp. 619-633
Editors: Berger & Wilson.
Publishers: W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15) Popovic EA, McLean C, King JO, Brownbill DS.
Intracranial dural granulomas secondary to operative use of oxidised cellulose.
Case report.
J. Clin. Neuroscience 3:1996;171-173.
16) Popovic EA.
Multimodal therapy of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Review article.
J. Clin. Neuroscience 3:1996;207-215.
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17) Hellard ME, Street AC, Johnson P, Brown GV, Popovic EA.
Neurocysticercosis: the unusual finding of a live worm-like larva in the brain.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 27:1998;391-393
18) Mitchell PJ, Funt SA, Gonzales MF, Popovic EA.
Primary pineal and meningeal malignant melanomatosis.
J. Clin. Neuroscience 5:1998;353-356
19) Mokri B, Parisi JE, Scheithauer BW, Piepgras DG, Miller GM
Meningeal biopsy in intracranial hypotension: meningeal enhancement on MRI.
Neurology 45:1995;1801-1807.
Popovic EA - wrote up the article, forgotten due to tyranny of distance
20) Popovic EA
Book Review: Microneurosurgery. Volume IVB - Microneurosurgery of CNS Tumors by M. Gazi Yasargil
J. Clin. Neuroscience 3:1996;284.
21) Popovic EA
Dr. Douglas Bills. Obituary.
J. Clin. Neuroscience 3:1996;285-286.
22) Popovic EA, Kaye AH, Hill JS.
Photodynamic therapy of brain tumors.
Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine & Surgery, Volume 14, Number 5,1996, pp. 251-261.
23) Popovic EA.
Decompressive thoracic laminectomy
Chapter 146
Operative Neurosurgery, 2000, volume 2, pp1817-1826
Editors: Kaye & Black
Publishers: Churchill Livingstone, London
24) Popovic EA
Decompressive lumbar laminectomy
Chapter 151
Operative Neurosurgery, 2000, volume 2, pp1869-1876
Editors: Kaye & Black
Publishers: Churchill Livingstone, London
25) Kaye AH, Popovic EA
Craniofacial resection for paranasal sinus tumours.
Neurosurgery Quarterly. 8(1):55-69;1998.
26) Popovic EA, Kaye AH
Craniofacial resection for paranasal sinus cancer.
Chapter 111
Operative Neurosurgery, Volume 2, pp1353-1362
Editors: Kaye & Black
Publishers: Churchill Livingstone, London, 2000
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27) Popovic EA
Manubrial autograft for anterior cervical fusion: technical note
J Clin Neurosci 6;1999:510
28) Popovic EA, Kaye AH, Danks RA
Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses
Chapter 43
Brain Tumors, 2nd Edition
Editors: Kaye AH & Laws ER
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, London, 2000
29) Popovic EA, Kaye AH
Craniofacial surgery for tumors of the anterior cranial skull base
Book chapter
Textbook of Neurological Surgery
Editors: Batjer HH, Loftus C
Publisher: WB Saunders, 2001
30) Verlooy J, Piepgras DG, Popovic EA, Sundt TM, Jr.
Posterior cerebral artery aneurysms - Mayo Clinic series of 37 cases.
Written up, never published
31) ApSimon T, Reef W, Popovic EA
A population-based study of arteriovenous malformation. Long-term treatment outcomes.
Stroke 2002;33:2794-2800
32) Popovic EA
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
Medical Forum, Western Australia
September 2004
33) Popovic EA
Malignant Spinal Cord Compression
Medical Forum, Western Australia
February 2005
34) Popovic EA
Update: Intracranial Aneurysms
Medical Forum, Western Australia
October 2005
35) Popovic EA
Letter to the editor
Technical note: management of giant ruptured thoracic intervertebral discs
Journal of Neurosurgery
June 2006
36) Popovic EA
Update: Skull Fractures
Medical Forum, Western Australia
February 2006
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37) Popovic EA
Dealing with Brain Metastases
Medical Forum, Western Australia
May 2007
38) Popovic EA
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Decompression
Medical Forum, Western Australia
October 2007
39) Popovic EA
Spinal Surgery at the Wrong Level
Neurosurgery
Submitted for publication 19 December 2009
40) Popovic EA
Neurosurgery website
2007-present
www.popovic.com.au
Presentations
May 1981
Choledochal Cysts - surgical seminar, St. Vincent's Hospital
May 1984
Phrenic Palsy due to Cervical Spondylosis - case presentation, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital
April 1986
Carotid Ligation - Prince Henry's Hospital Neuroscience Seminar
July 1986
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials - Australasian Neurosurgery Registrars' Seminar, Canberra
June 1988
Optic Nerve Injury - Neurosurgery Presentation, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
July 1989
Anatomy of the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery - Australasian Neurosurgery Registrars' Seminar, Adelaide
October 1989
Malignant Prolactinoma - Association of Melbourne Neurosurgeons
July 1990
Spinal Cord Stimulation - Australasian Neurosurgery Registrars' Seminar, Canberra
October 1991
Optic Glioma - Australasian Neurosurgery Registrars' Seminar, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
October 1991
Complications of Temporal Lobectomy - 200 cases - Austin Hospital Neuroscience Seminar
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November 1991
Complications of Temporal Lobectomy - 200 cases - Neurosurgical Society of Australasia annual meeting in Hobart
May 1992
Stereotactic Management of Pineal Region Tumours - Mayo Clinic Neurosurgery Meeting
October 1992
Cerebrovascular Ischaemia and Protection - Review - Mayo Clinic Neurosurgery Meeting
March 1994
Multimodality Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations - Neuroscience Towards 2000 Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Conference (50th Anniversary of the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery)
October 1995
Organiser and Chair - Australasian Neurosurgery Registrars' Seminar at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, including lectures on:
- Genetics of Neurofibromatosis Types I & II
- Grading of Astrocytomas
- Glioblastoma - Biopsy or Resection?
- Surgical Approaches to Pineal Region Tumours
October 1996
The Mayo Clinic - RMH Neuroscience Seminar
December 1996
Neurosurgical Complications of Chiropractic Treatment - Annual Meeting of Victorian Chiropractors
March 1997
Neurosurgery for Cancer Pain - Palliative Care Physicians' Lecture Program on Pain Management, Melbourne University
April 1997
Cerebellum - Australasian Neurosurgery Registrars' Anatomy Seminar at Melbourne University
August 1997
Medical Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure - Royal Melbourne Hospital Intensive Care Unit
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October 1997
Organiser and Chair - Australasian Neurosurgery Registrars' Seminar at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
1998-1999
Brain Tumours - nine talks to Country Regional Hospitals and General Practitioners - Albury, Hamilton, Portland, Margaret Street Clinic (Melbourne), Sale, Swan Hill, Vaucluse Hospital, Warrigal, Warrnambool
March 1998
Surgery for Cerebral Haemorrhage - Neurosciences: The Challenges, Royal Melbourne Hospital Symposium
March 1998
Cavernous Sinus Access - Royal Melbourne Hospital International Symposium on Craniofacial Surgery
April 1998
Neurosurgery for Cancer Pain - Palliative Care Physicians' Lecture Program on Pain Management, Melbourne University
August 1998
Cervical Spine - lecture to Melbourne Orthopaedic Registrars
September 1998
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - Personal Surgical Series - Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Seminar
October 1998
Stereotactic Management of Pineal Region Tumours - Neurosurgical Society of Australasia annual meeting in Cairns
February 1999
Update on Vasospasm - Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Seminar
July 1999
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage - General Practitioners' Seminar at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
August 1999
Surgery for Cervical Disc Disease - lecture to Melbourne Orthopaedic Registrars
September 1999
Endovascular Coiling of Aneurysms
October 1999
Hydrocephalus and 3rd Ventriculostomy - member of three person Royal Melbourne Hospital delegation to Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
November 1999
The Role of the Neurosurgeon in Stroke:
1. Acute Surgical Treatment of Stroke
2. Carotid Endarterectomy
Stroke Symposium at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
1993-2000
Head Injury - annual lecture to Melbourne University Dentistry students
1997-2000
Cross-Sectional Anatomy of the Brain - annual lecture to Royal Melbourne Hospital Radiology Registrars
April 2001
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Department of Neurosurgery Seminar, Royal Perth Hospital
June 2003
Hydrocephalus - lecture to Neuroscience nurses, St John of God Hospital, Murdoch, Perth
August 2003
Sudden Severe Headache - Mount Hospital Lecture Series to General Practitioners, Perth
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June 2004
Brain Tumours - lecture to Neuroscience nurses, St John of God Hospital, Murdoch, Perth
February 2005
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Neurosurgery - Neurosurgery seminar, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
July 2005
Lumbar Disc Case Presentation - Stryker Spinal Surgery Seminar, Ayer's Rock
September 2005
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery - Neurosurgery Seminar, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
2001-present
Brain Tumours - annual lecture to Royal Perth Hospital Neuroscience Nurses Course
December 2005
The Role of Brain Morphogenetic Protein in Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion - Stryker lecture to spinal surgeons, Perth
May 2006
Supraorbital Craniotomy - Neurosurgery Seminar, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
May 2006
The Role of Brain Morphogenetic Protein in Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion - Update - Stryker lecture to spinal surgeons, Byron Bay, NSW
May 2006
Trigeminal Neuralgia - Trigeminal Neuralgia Association of Western Australia
February 2007
Update on Brain Metastases - Neurosurgery Seminar, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
June 2007
Trigeminal Neuralgia - Trigeminal Neuralgia Association of Western Australia
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Other interests
Christianity - non-denominational
- Mitcham Baptist, Mitcham Uniting, St Hilary's Anglican Kew, St Jude's Anglican Carlton, St Philip's Anglican Cottesloe
Tennis - member of Dalkeith Tennis Club
- past clubs: Mitcham Uniting, Hawthorn, Rochester Minnesota USA, Peppermint Grove and University of WA
Australian Rules Football - Essendon Football Club
- training list 1974-1977
- senior players' list 1978 - Mitcham Football Club 1973-1983 and current member
- member of 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980 (injured) and 1981 Premiership teams
- member of runner-up grand final teams 1978 and 1982 - Melbourne University Blacks 1984-1989 (my last game was the week before my wedding!)
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