Richard Parkinson (neurosurgeon)


Richard Parkinson is an Australian neurosurgeon. Dr Parkinson is a leading Sydney neurosurgeon who has treated several high profile sportspeople including NRL players, and champion horserider Darren Beadman.
Dr Parkinson has led an Australia study into concussions in the NRL and has completed a two-year research paper finding an increasing trend of concussion in the NRL.

Special interest areas

Dr Parkinson is the Supervisor for Advanced Training for Neurosurgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2005-2010 at St Vincent’s. Dr Parkinson has many peer reviewed research papers and he is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney.

Notable patients

ACGME Accredited Fellowships in Minimally Invasive Spinal and Spinal Deformity Surgery, and Neurointervention
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