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Dr. John Choi

Spine Surgeon

MBChB, FRACS, FAorthA

Dr. Choi is an internationally reputed spine surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive spine surgeries. He has been extensively educated and trained in New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Japan and the USA. He has held many leadership positions in international and regional academic institutions. He is the current Director at Large for SMISS (Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery), Fellowship Director for AO Spine, Reviewer of international spine journals (Neurospine & Asian Spine Journal). He is also the supervisor for AIMS (Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences) Spine Fellowship programme.

He also holds several intellectual patents on spine instrumentation and implants with successful commercial launches with several international device enterprises.

He is committed to the pursuit of best care and most advanced treatments to better the experience for his patients.

Core Areas of Expertise

Robotic Spinal Surgery

Dr. Choi is the first surgeon in the Southern Hemisphere to utilise the Globus Excelsius Robot for spine surgery in 2019. It is considered to be the most complete spine robot available. He leads the field in robotics and artificial intelligence in spinal surgery, and applies these advances to make surgeries more precise, consistent and predictable. He is frequently speaking around the globe on this topic and is actively involved in the development in this space.

Artificial Disk Replacement

Motion preservation is the holy grail of spine reconstruction surgery. We aim to preserve the function of native discs with advances in technology to replace with mechanical discs. Dr. Choi offers both cervical and lumbar disc replacement options to appropriate patients and have over eight years of clinical experience.

Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Our philosophy of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) is at our core, and Dr. Choi generally recommend nonoperative treatments before considering any surgical options. If surgery is warranted, Dr. Choi will offer the most advanced MIS technique, which is Biportal Spine Endoscopy for decompression of spine elements. This technique is currently only available in Australia with Dr. Choi and has been an early adopter of the technique. This is a great leap over the conventional microscope or tubular based surgeries.