Dr Symon McCallum (Anaesthetist)
- Name
- Dr Symon Ross McCallum
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery United Kingdom 2001
- AMC Australia 2009
- FANZCA Australia 2011
- Occupation
- Anaesthetist
- Pain Medicine Specialist
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Pain Medicine
- Anaesthesia
- Links
- http://www.precisionneurosurgery.com.au/
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
Dr McCallum studied medicine at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Dr McCallum completed his anaesthetic training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Following this he completed a Fellowship from the Faculty of Pain Medicine at The Professor Tess Cramond Multidisciplinary Pain Centre where he gained more experience in interventional chronic pain procedures.
Since then, Dr McCallum has worked in the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Palliative Care Department and the Princess Alexandra Hospital’s Department of Persistent Pain. He has travelled extensively nationally and internationally to learn new interventional pain relieving techniques.
Dr McCallum has a keen interest in teaching medical students and junior doctors a safe and effective approach to acute and chronic pain management.
Dr McCallum’s main areas of expertise are helping patients with chronic pain optimise the benefit from their medications. He thoroughly assesses the patients to give a tailored effective plan to help the patient increase their level of function and be less disabled. He strongly believes in working closely with the patients and their General Practitioners to ensure the needs of people with complex pain problems are met.
Dr McCallum is actively involved with spinal cord stimulator research so he can provide the most up to date care for his patients.
Dr McCallum’s interests are: - Interventional Techniques for Spinal Pain and headaches - Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain - Multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation programme management - Safe and effective analgesic prescribing, especially of opioids - Taking his daughters to and from ballet lessons.
Dr McCallum consults widely across Victoria, including at: Kew, Box Hill, Mulgrave, Werribee, Sunshine and Caroline Springs.
- Hospital Affiliations
- The Valley Private Hospital
- St John of God Bendigo Hospital
- Box Hill Hospital
- Peninsula Private Hospital Victoria
- Affiliated Clinics
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - St Albans
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Bendigo
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Box Hill
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Bundoora
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Essendon
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Launceston
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Sunbury
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Sunshine
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Werribee
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Caroline Springs
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Mulgrave
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Vermont
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Kew
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Medical Council (AMC)
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre
- Address
- 115 Cotham Rd
Kew VIC 3101
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - St Albans
- Address
- Level 2
147-149 Furlong Road
St Albans VIC 3021
Australia
- Phone
- 1300 773 247
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Box Hill
- Address
- Ekera Building
116-118 Thames Street
Box Hill VIC 3128
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- 1300 773 247
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Bundoora
- Address
- Bundoora Specialist Centre, Uni Hill Speciality Rooms
Suite 32 Level 4
240 Plenty Road
Bundoora VIC 3083
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Essendon
- Address
- SiaMed Specialist Centre
161 Keilor Road
Essendon North VIC 3041
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Sunbury
- Address
- Lake Imaging Sunbury
17-19 Horne Street
Sunbury VIC 3429
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Sunshine
- Address
- Sunshine Private Consulting Rooms
Level 2
147-149 Furlong Road
St Albans VIC 3021
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Werribee
- Address
- South Base Stone Consulting Rooms
299 Princes Hwy
Werribee VIC 3030
Australia
- Phone
- 1300 773 247
- 03 8862 0000
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
Bendigo
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Bendigo
- Address
- Consulting suites
Suite 3 Level 1
1 Chum Street
Bendigo VIC 3550
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
Launceston
- Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre - Launceston
- Address
- The Charles, Suite 111
287 Charles Street
Launceston TAS 7250
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8862 0000
- Fax
- 03 9816 8564
