Mr Yi Yang (Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon)
- Name
- Mr Yi Yang
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery Monash University 2006
- FRACS 2016
- Occupation
- Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Spine Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Spine Surgery
Mr Yi Yang is a Melbourne spine surgeon specialising in the care of the spine in both children and adults. His focus is uniquely on the spine, starting from paediatric conditions such as deformity and scoliosis, to traumatic and degenerative conditions later on in life. Mr Yang obtained his medical degree from Monash University, and his fellowship from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons through the Victorian program. Mr Yang has gone on to complete prestigious fellowships in San Diego, California, USA and Toronto, Ontario, Canada where he undertook research and training in complex spine surgery in paediatric and adult spine surgery. Whilst on fellowship overseas, Mr Yang gained extensive exposure to the latest emerging techniques in spine surgery, including computer Navigation for spine surgery, minimally invasive surgery of the spine, tethering for scoliosis and the latest techniques in deformity correction for both children and adults. Currently, Mr Yang has public appointments at the Royal Children’s and Royal Melbourne Hospital where he only looks after spinal disorders including scoliosis, degenerative spine conditions, spine trauma and deformities of the spine. Mr Yang has recently published and presented at national and international meetings and journals on spine conditions. These include how tethering for scoliosis changes the vertebral body shape of the patients, biomechanical studies of pedicle screw insertion and the management of spinal cord injuries.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Royal Children's Hospital - Parkville
- Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville
- Medical Conditions
- Scoliosis
- Populations Treated
- Children
- Adult
- Topics
- Spinal Deformity Correction
- Degenerative conditions of the spine
- Complex spine surgery
- Computer navigation and minimally invasive spine surgery
Practice Locations
VIC
- Address
- 501 Waverley Road
Mount Waverley VIC 3149
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9887 9386
