Location information
Hospital address
Royal Melbourne Hospital Grattan Street Parkville Victoria 3050 Australia
Hospital type
Public
Hospital description
National Specialist Hospital
This is a teaching hospital
Description
I graduated MBBS from the University of Sydney in 1988 and trained in Neurosurgery (FRACS) in Sydney and Melbourne. I undertook both clinical and research fellowships in Neuro-oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard University in Boston. I was awarded an MD from the University of Melbourne in 2008. I am the Chair of Neurosurgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Head of Central Nervous System Tumours for the VCCC Parkville Precinct. In 2019 I was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to medicine, particularly in the field of neuro-oncology and community health.
I am Chair of the Pangea Global Health Education, a not-for-profit non-government organisation. We are a team of volunteer health care, adult education and program management professionals who are dedicated to improving health outcomes on a global scale. We have been delivering health education in partnership with local communities on the African continent for over 10 years. Our vision is "to deliver the most effective health education in the world" and we continue to look for further opportunities and partnerships in health education.
Member information
Name
Kate Drummond
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
Neurosurgeon
Subspecialties
- Adult neurosurgeon
Languages spoken
- English
Professional affiliations / memberships
- AASNS
- AANS
- CNS
- WFNS
Social profiles
Current and past partnerships
Has current partners or past partnership experience in these countries
- Malawi
- Rwanda
- Zimbabwe
Leads regular trips to at least one hospital/country
Offers mentorship as part of regular trips to these countries
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
Yearly Multidisciplinary Surgical and Critical Care Education programs with a NFP NGO "Pangea Global Health Education" (formerly "Specialists Without Borders").
Conditions treated
- Hydrocephalus
- Trauma
- Spine
- Tumor
- Skull Base
Equipment used
- Drill
- Microinstruments
- Microscope
- Frameless navigation
- MRI
- CT