Associate Professor Andrew Zacest

MBBS, MS, FRACS, FFPMANZCA.

Associate Professor Andrew Zacest graduated from the University of Adelaide and obtained dual neurosurgical (FRACS) and pain medicine fellowships (FFPMANZCA) in 2007. He was awarded a Masters of Surgery for his work examining neurogenic inflammation following traumatic brain injury. Post fellowship training was in the US specialising in Functional Neurosurgery including pain management, movement disorders, peripheral nerve disorders, epilepsy and brain tumours.

He has been recently appointed Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Associate Professor Zacest’s clinical and research interests include Deep Brain Stimulation, trigeminal neuralgia, neurosurgery for intractable pain and image guided neurosurgery.