Dr Brian Hsu

Dr Brian Hsu is an Adult and Paediatric Spine surgeon based in Sydney. Dr Hsu successfully completed his medical degree at the University of Sydney before obtaining his qualifications as an orthopaedic surgeon in New South Wales. Following his orthopaedic training, he spent 18 months in the USA completing further specialised training in all facets of Spine surgery. During his fellowship he worked and trained at two world-renowned institutions, UCSF, San Francisco, CA and Twin Cities Spine Center Minneapolis, MN.

Dr Hsu's interests lie in all aspects of spine surgery and spinal disorders, in particular, adult and paediatric spine deformity, complex cervical reconstructions, spinal osteotomies and degenerative cervical and lumbar conditions. His objective is to educate and inform you of your condition and to help you with making important decisions regarding treatment options.

Dr Hsu has immense interest in education and research and is an active participant in global spinal organisations, such as the Scoliosis Research Society in which he is a candidate member. He has given numerous presentations at both national and international meetings and is published in the journal Spine, An international journal for the study of the spine and has written several book chapters. Dr Hsu is fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese)

Current Appointments

Visiting Medical Officer - The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Visiting Medical Officer - Westmead Private Hospital, Westmead
Visiting Medical Officer - Norwest Private hospital, Norwest
Visiting Medical Officer - North Shore Private Hospital

Education And Qualifications

Dr Hsu has completed two comprehensive Spine Surgery fellowships in the United States.

Clinical Spine Fellowship, Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN

Clinical Spine Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Dr Hsu completed his medical degree at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1997

Book Chapters and Publications

• Management of Fixed Coronal Imbalance,
  Hsu B, Berven S
  In The Textbook of Operative Spine Surgery, 4th Edition, Keith H. Bridwell (ed.), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, (in press for 2009)
• Minimally Invasive Posterior Surgical Approaches to the Lumbar Spine Schwender JD, Hsu B
  In The Textbook of Operative Spine Surgery, 4th Edition, Keith H. Bridwell (ed.), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, (in press for 2009)
• Biomechanics of the Spine
  Narvani AA, Hsu B, Wilson L
  In Basic Orthopaedic Sciences: The Stanmore Guide, Manoj Ramachandran (ed.), Hodder Arnold, 2006

Publications

• Transcranial motor evoked potentials combined with response recording through CMAP as the sole modality of Spinal Cord Monitoring in Spinal Deformity Surgery (Spine 33(10);1100-6, 2008)
  Hsu B, Cree A, Lagopoulos J, Cummine JC
• Recurrent substernal nodular goiter - Incidence and Management (Surgery 1996; 120: 1072-5)
  Hsu B, Reeve TS, Guinea AI, Robinson B, Delbridge L
• Biomechanical evaluation of a new AxiaLIF technique for two-level lumbar fusion Eur Spine J. 2009 Jun;18(6):807-14
  Erkan S, Wu C, Mehobd AA, Hsu B, Pahl DW, Transfeldt EE L
• Alignment of pedicle screws with pilot holes: can tapping improve screw trajectory in thoracic spines? Eur Spine J. 2009 Jun 14
  Erkan S, Hsu B, Wu C, Mehbod AA, Perl J, Transfeldt EE

Papers presented at International meetings

• A Systematic Method to evaluate Thoracic Pedicle screw positioning
  Podium Presentation IMAST 2008
  
  
• Comparison of infection rates of Open vs. Minimally-invasive TLIFs
  Podium Presentation IMAST 2008
  
  
• A Systematic Method to evaluate Thoracic Pedicle screw positioning
  Podium Presentation IMAST2008
  
  
• Trancranial Motor Evoked Potentials in Neuromuscular Scoliosis
  Poster presentation IMAST 2007
  
  
• The use of Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials in Deformity Surgery: Efficacy and Results
  Poster Presentation IMAST 2006
  
  
• Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials As The Sole Modality Of Spinal Cord Monitoring In Spinal Deformity Surgery
  Podium Presentation 2006 Spine Society of Australia
  
  
• Complications of Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy versus Smith-Peterson Osteotomy in the treatment of Flat-back deformity
  Podium presentation SRS 2008, E-Poster IMAST 2008
  
  
• Radiographic Results of Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy versus Smith-Peterson Osteotomy in the treatment of Flat-back deformity
  Podium presentation SRS 2008, E-Poster IMAST 2008
  
  
• A Systematic Method to evaluate Thoracic Pedicle screw positioning Manuscript preparation in progress for publication.
  Podium presentation at IMAST 2008, E-Poster SRS 2008
  
  
• Pedicle screw trajectory is improved with tapping in thoracic spines Manuscript preparation in progress for publication.
  Presentation at IMAST 2008, E-Poster SRS 2008, Minneapolis Orthopaedic Society
  
  
• Biomechanical evaluation of a new AxiaLIF technique for two level lumbar fusion Manuscript preparation in progress for publication,
  E-Poster IMAST 2008
  
  
• Risks for Spinal Cord Injury From Electrocautery Coagulation Around Thoracic Nerve Roots in a porcine model
  Manuscript preparation in progress for publication
  Presented at American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring 2008
  
  
• Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials As The Sole Modality Of Spinal Cord Monitoring In Spinal Deformity Surgery
  Podium Presentation Spine Society of Australia 2006
  
  
• Transcranial motor-evoked potential monitoring in neuromuscular scoliosis: Are they reliable and reproducible? (E-Poster IMAST 2009)
  Hsu B, Cree A, Lagopoulos J, Cummine J
  
  
• Post-operative wound infections after spinal deformity surgery in neuromuscular and idiopathic patient populations: risk factors and outcomes. (E-Poster IMAST 2009)
  Hsu B, Cree A, Bridge C, Cummine J

Conference Participation

• International Meeting of Advanced Spinal Techniques 2007, 2008
• Scoliosis Research Society 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
• Spine Society of Australia 2005, 2006
• Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Association Annual Meeting 2002-04

Professional memberships

• Fellow of Australasian College of Surgeons
• Candidate member Scoliosis Research Society
• Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS)
• Member of the Australian Medical Association
• Fellow Australian Orthopaedic Association
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, International Affiliate Member

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