Publications & research
Invited lectures, conference presentations and courses convened.
Invited lectures
Awake craniotomy in the paediatric population
Clinical Neurophysiology Society of South Africa, Annual Meeting, Johannesburg, 2025
Intraoperative communication and human factors
Clinical Neurophysiology Society of South Africa, Annual Meeting, Johannesburg, 2025
ETV and choroid plexus coagulation
Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy Workshop, University of Pretoria, 2025
The role of surgical management of brain tumours in children
Pre-Congress Workshop: Paediatric Neuro-oncology, Société Internationale d'Oncologie Pédiatrique (SIOP), Johannesburg, 2024
VP shunt for hydrocephalus: where are we?
Hydrocephalus Workshop, Crossroads Institute, Johannesburg, 2024
VPS in hydrocephalus: quo vadis?
Hydrocephalus: Basic Principles, Research Advances and Relevant Management, Crossroads Education Institute, 2023
Intraventricular neuroendoscopy
Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy Workshop (UP Safe Neurosurgery Initiative), University of Pretoria, 2023
Choroid plexus coagulation
Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy Workshop (UP Safe Neurosurgery Initiative), University of Pretoria, 2023
Application of intraoperative neuromonitoring in vagus nerve stimulator implantation
Diploma in Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Dallas, Texas, USA (virtual), 2022 and 2023
Neurophysiology of intraoperative neuromonitoring
Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa, Grand Rounds (virtual), 2021
Conference presentations
Peer-reviewed presentations, presented with colleagues and trainees.
A convergent analysis of rising paediatric central nervous system tumour volume and shifting anatomical distribution: a single-centre experience
Understanding Pediatric CNS Tumors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA, 2026
Changes in ventricular volume following successful endoscopic third ventriculostomy in a South African paediatric cohort
19th World Congress, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Dubai, 2025; 30th Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Congress, Durban, 2025
The spectrum of posterior cranial fossa cysts requiring endoscopic treatment for hydrocephalus: an epidemiological analysis from a tertiary neurosurgical centre in sub-Saharan Africa
19th World Congress, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Dubai, 2025; 30th Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Congress, Durban, 2025
Outcomes of vagal nerve stimulation in South African children with drug-refractory epilepsy: a retrospective cohort study
19th World Congress, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Dubai, 2025; 30th Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Congress, Durban, 2025
Overview of primary encephaloceles in a paediatric tertiary hospital in Johannesburg: clinical profiles and surgical outcomes
30th Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Congress, Durban, 2025
Sub-Saharan African experience of neurosurgical oncology care: challenges and barriers encountered at seven cancer treatment centres
7th Annual Congress of the Society for Neuro-Oncology Sub-Saharan Africa (SNOSSA), Harare, Zimbabwe, 2024
Right-sided VNS in epilepsy: an international multicentre review of 27 cases with special focus on safety and efficacy
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2023
Epstein-Barr virus associated smooth muscle tumour of the spine in an HIV-infected paediatric patient
18th World Congress of Neurosurgery, Cape Town, 2023
Long-term anthropometric and cosmetic outcomes following flexible endoscope-assisted suture release for isolated sagittal synostosis
18th World Congress of Neurosurgery, Cape Town, 2023
Long-term outcomes of flexible endoscope-assisted suture release for the correction of sagittal synostosis
University of the Witwatersrand, School of Clinical Medicine Biennial Research Day, Johannesburg, 2023
A novel technique for the correction of sagittal synostosis: FEASR and barrel stave osteotomy
University of the Witwatersrand, School of Clinical Medicine Biennial Research Day, Johannesburg, 2023
Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis: a report of two cases
49th International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Congress, Chile, 2023; Congress of the Neurological Association of South Africa, Cape Town, 2023
Acalvaria: a report of two cases
49th International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Congress, Chile, 2023
Neuro-oncology practice patterns and management paradigms
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), San Francisco, USA, 2022
Low-cost production of a cranial moulding helmet in a low- and middle-income country setting
International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), Singapore, 2022
Flexible endoscope-assisted suture release (FEASR) and barrel stave osteotomy for the correction of sagittal synostosis
48th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), Singapore, 2022
5-aminolaevulinic acid-guided surgery for recurrent supratentorial paediatric CNS neoplasms
International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery 2021 Virtual Meeting
Voice changes following vagus nerve stimulator implantation in the paediatric population
World Congress of Neurology (virtual), 2021
A single-centre study comparing the effectiveness of the AspireSR VNS model with older models in drug-resistant paediatric epilepsy
27th Congress of the European Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery, Athens, Greece, 2021; Congress of the Neurological Association of South Africa, Cape Town, 2020
The use of 5-aminolaevulinic acid to assist gross total resection of paediatric posterior fossa tumours
27th Congress of the European Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery, Athens, Greece, 2021
Vagus nerve stimulation: technique and safety of lead revision surgery
28th Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Congress, Cape Town, 2019
A prospective study of automated vagus nerve stimulation in a paediatric population
World Congress on Epilepsy and Brain Disorders, Cape Town, 2018
Management of delayed-presentation scaphocephaly: multidirectional cranial distraction osteogenesis
27th Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Congress, Pretoria, 2018
Intraspinal melanotic schwannoma not associated with Carney syndrome
27th Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Congress, Pretoria, 2018
Courses and workshops convened
Advanced Neuroendoscopy Workshop (University of Pretoria / SNSA)
Co-course director, 2025
Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy Workshop (University of Pretoria / SNSA)
Co-course director, 2023 and 2024
Hydrocephalus: Basic Principles, Research Advances and Relevant Management (Crossroads Education Institute)
Co-course director and faculty, 2023
Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) Masterclass, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Course director of the first two South African masterclasses, held at Wits, 2023; faculty member and tutor
NOTSS Masterclass and Faculty Development Day, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Course director, 2023
Flexible Neuroendoscopy, CURE–NMCH ETV-CPC Live Surgery and Workshop
Course director, 2020
NMCH Endoscopy Course for Neurosurgeons
Course director, 2019
SHAPE VNS Training with LivaNova
Co-course director, 2019