A/Prof Yi Yang
Spinal surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Part of Epworth Neurosciences Clinical Institute, Musculoskeletal Clinical Institute
Additional Languages
Chinese, Mandarin
About
A/Prof Yang is a Melbourne trained spine surgeon specialising in the care of the spine in both children and adults.
His focus is purely on the spine, starting from paediatric conditions such as scoliosis, to traumatic and degenerative spinal conditions in adults.
A/Prof Yang has completed multiple prestigious overseas fellowships in California as well as Toronto, gaining extensive exposure to the latest techniques including computer navigation spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery and tethering for scoliosis.
Yi has recently published and presented at international meetings and journals on spinal conditions. Topics include scoliosis tethering, adult deformity and spinal cord injuries.
Epworth hospital locations
Consulting locations
Consulting Location
Spine Surgery Victoria
501 Waverley Rd
Mount Waverley
VIC
3149
Consulting Location
Spine Surgery Victoria
159 Lennox St
Richmond
VIC
3121
Special interests
- Complex Spinal Surgery
- Minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS)
- Deformity and scoliosis surgery
- Advanced imaging and guidance techniques for spinal surgery
- Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar and Pelvic spinal surgery
Research
- Deformity correction
- Tethering for scoliosis
- Use of guidance in spine surgery
Qualifications
- FaOrthA
- FRACS
- Dip. Anatomy
- MBBS (Hon)
Professional Associations
- North American Spine Society
- Asian Pacific Spine Society
- Canadian Spine Society
- Royal Australian College of Surgeons
