Dr Rondhir Jithoo (Neurosurgeon)
- Name
- Dr Rondhir Jithoo
- Qualifications
- MBChB 1992
- FRACS 2008
- Occupation
- Neurosurgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Neurosurgery
- Links
- http://www.nsvic.com.au/
- Phone
- 03 9867 1513
- Fax
- 03 9867 5417
Rondhir Jithoo obtained his medical degree from the Nelson Mandella School of Medicine at the University of Natal, in Durban, South Africa. He received the Degree with the team’s commendation.
He then undertook neurosurgical training in South Africa at Wentworth Hospital, and obtained the Fellowship of The College of Surgeons in Neurosurgery in 2001. During this time, he also received the Registrar Prize from the South African Society of Neurosurgeons in 2000.
He subsequently undertook further training in Australia, culminating in the award of The Australasian Fellowship in Neurosurgery by examination in 2004.
He has worked as a Visiting Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 2006-2010, and subsequently thereafter as Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Alfred Hospital to the present time.
He holds the position of Deputy Director of Neurosciences at The Epworth Hospital, and also practices at Knox Hospital.
Rondhir serves on the Victorian Regional Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) as an elected member.
He is also a member of the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality Committee (VASM), and the Epworth Clinical Audit Committee.
He is a member of the Medical Advisory Committee at Knox Hospital and a full member of the Neurosurgery Society of Australasia (NSA), and the Australian Medical Association (AMA).
He has also completed the AMA approved training as a Medical Legal Impairment Assessor.
Rondhir is a postgraduate examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Part One Examination.
He also teaches on the Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course that is run out of Epworth Hospital.
Rondhir has an extensive interest in cranial and Spinal trauma, and anterior spinal surgery, including surgery for degenerative conditions.
He also is interested in the application of spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain syndrome.
He is interested in problem-based medical education and its application to undergraduate medicine.
His hobbies include cycling and hiking with his family.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Mulgrave Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- NSV - Melbourne
- Melbourne Arthritis
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- Topics
- Cranial Surgery
- Spine Surgery
- Trauma
Practice Locations
VIC
- NSV - Melbourne
- Address
- Suite 9, Level 4
517 St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9867 1513
- Fax
- 03 9867 5417
- Melbourne Arthritis
- Address
- Ringwood Consulting Suite
108 Mt Dandenong Rd
Ringwood East VIC 3135
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9870 1400
- 03 9870 1555
- Fax
- 03 8640 0437
