Dr Paul Taylor (Orthopaedic Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Paul Richard Philip Taylor
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Sheffield United Kingdom 1992
- FRACS Australia 2009
- Occupation
- Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
Dr Paul Taylor CSC, MBChB, LLM, FRCSEd, FACLM, FRACS, FAOA, DMCC is an experienced spinal surgeon. His extensive training in both orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine surgery was gained in Australia and internationally. He has particular expertise in minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS), adult deformity surgery and anterior spine surgery.
Paul was educated in England and studied medicine at Sheffield University winning the Riker Prize. After moving to Australia, Paul trained in orthopaedic surgery and gained Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2009 undergoing advanced level training in well known centres for spine surgery in Europe. In Bristol he trained with orthopaedic and neurosurgical departments before moving to Europe’s largest spine deformity surgery centre at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London later working in the leading neurosurgical training hospital The Walton Centre in Liverpool, working exclusively in complex spine surgery, finally working in one of India’s most prestigious centres for spine surgery. Paul then commenced his private practice at The Mount Hospital in 2011.
Paul’s practice focuses on the management of complex adult cervical and lumbar spine degenerative conditions including the surgical management of adult and paediatric deformity (scoliosis and kyphosis), microsurgical decompressive and fusion techniques (MISS), vertebral cement augmentation techniques (vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty), total disc replacement devices, and the management of primary and metastatic disease (cancer) in the spine.
Paul trains and mentors other surgeons in minimally invasive access techniques and was the sole orthopaedic surgeon asked to join the MISS Education Task Force for the leading global spine surgery education body, AOSpine. He hosts and conducts live surgical demonstrations for surgeon education, and travels nationally and internationally to teach, mentor and support surgeons adopting these techniques into their practices. Paul was the first surgeon in the Southern Hemisphere to use the Airo Intraoperative CT scanner for navigation assisted spine surgery. He has taught in Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Africa and Australia. He is a frequent guest speaker at various medical and surgical meetings and conferences. He has teaching, consulting and implant and instrument design agreements with a number of international spine companies. He is the current chairman of The Mount Hospital Medical Advisory Committee and the Credentialing Committee.
Paul joined the British Army as Paratrooper and was deployed during the Rwandan massacre in 1994 before the Australian Army then recruited him to command the Parachute Surgical Team. He served in operational command in Bougainville and commanded the medical relief operation to the Papua New Guinea tsunami disaster in 1998 winning the Conspicuous Service Cross for this work.
Paul holds the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Master of Laws, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Australian College of Legal Medicine, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophe. He has full medical registration as a Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon in Australia.
- Hospital Affiliations
- South Perth Hospital
- Mount Hospital
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital
- St John of God Murdoch Hospital
- South Perth Hospital
- Hollywood Private Hospital
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- NeuroSpine Institute - Murdoch
- NeuroSpine Institute - Perth
- NeuroSpine Institute - Wembley
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Medical Council (AMC)
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
Social Media
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Practice Locations
Perth
- NeuroSpine Institute - Murdoch
- Address
- Wexford Medical Centre
Suite 77 Level 4
3 Barry Marshall Parade
Murdoch WA 6150
Australia
- Phone
- 1800 NEUROSPINE
- Fax
- 08 6147 8200
- NeuroSpine Institute - Perth
- Address
- Suite 7 Level 4
140 Mounts Bay Road
Perth WA 6000
Australia
- Phone
- 1800 NEUROSPINE
- Fax
- (08) 6147 8200
- NeuroSpine Institute - Wembley
- Address
- Suite 10 First Floor
178 Cambridge Street
Wembley WA 6014
Australia
- Phone
- 1800 NEUROSPINE
- Fax
- (08) 6147 8200
