Referral and appointments
About
Nicholas Maartens is an experienced Melbourne based neurosurgeon with a dual private / public commitment at the Alfred Hospital and a senior lecturer at Monash University. He undertook his neurosurgical training at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford where he was one of the last registrars personally trained by Christopher Adams. He then did fellowship training in the USA under Ed Laws specialising in pituitary surgery. He has performed over 12,000 neurosurgical procedures and has published more than 60 academic papers including 12 book chapters.
He is both a general neurosurgeon specialising in complex spine surgery and cranial microsurgery and a specialist endoscopic skull base pituitary surgeon. He is affiliated to the William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre at the Alfred Hospital where he is part of the brain and spinal neuro-oncology team and where he leads the Melbourne Pituitary Neuroendocrine Service.
Qualifications
- MB ChB
- FRCS, 1996
- FRCS (surgical neurology)
- FRACS
Professional Associations
- AMA
- SSA
- Pituitary Society
- NSA
- AO Foundation
Special interests
- General neurosurgery
- Pituitary surgery
- Complex spine surgery
- Endoscopic skull base and ventriculoscopic surgery
Education and training
- Honorary senior lecturer, Monash University
- Honorary lecturer, University of Melbourne
Research
Epworth hospital locations
Consulting locations
Consulting Location
The Brain and Spine Surgery Centre
Osler House
159 Wattletree Rd
Malvern
VIC
3144
