Professor Richard Bittar is an experienced Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon who specialises in the treatment of spinal conditions, movement disorders and other intracranial conditions.

LOCATIONS
VICTORIA
Cranbourne, Dandenong, Doncaster East, Essendon, Kew, Knox, Vermont
TASMANIA
Devonport, Hobart, Launceston
NEW SOUTH WALES
Albury

Professor Bittar was the first spinal surgeon in Victoria to carry out robotic spinal surgery, deep brain stimulation for Tourette’s, MR-guided focussed ultrasound for tremor, and stereotactic radiosurgery for brain tumours. He is the only neurosurgeon in Australia who performs MR-guided focussed ultrasound for pain.

Professor Bittar obtained a PhD in Functional Brain Mapping, and undertook post-fellowship training in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in Oxford. He has established and run several Deep Brain Stimulation and Psychosurgery services in Australia, has published dozens of scientific articles, and has presented his work at numerous national and international meetings. He employs a variety of minimally invasive, robotic and navigated surgical techniques to offer spinal and brain surgery as safely as possible.

Professor Bittar is a Clinical Professor at Deakin University, a highly regarded medico legal examiner, with a wealth of experience in assessing workers compensation, transport accident, public liability and medical negligence claims. He remains very active clinically, surgically and medicolegally.

He was the first surgeon in Victoria to perform:

Robotic spinal surgery
Deep Brain stimulation for Tourette’s, chronic pain, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder
Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain tumours
Clinical Interest Include:

Robotic spinal surgery
Disc prolapse and spinal stenosis
Deep brain stimulation
Brain tumours
Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Cervical and lumbar spine surgery
Keyhole and complex spinal surgery
Spinal cord and occipital nerve stimulation
Carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve surgery
Deep Brain Stimulation

Parkinson’s disease
Essential Tremor
Tourette’s syndrome
Brain and Spinal Tumours

Gliomas, Metastases, Meningiomas
Approach to Patient Care

Compassionate care
Quality clinical opinions
Education and Training

MBBS (Hons) and PhD, The University of Sydney
FRACS Neurosurgery
Fellowship in Functional Neurosurgery, Oxford
Special Services

Semi-urgent appointments
Workcover and Motor Accident patients
GP telephone advice
Learn more about Professor Bittar’s recent patient with Parkinson’s and his remarkable brain surgery journey >