About the SANAMI

The Sydney Acoustic Neuroma and Menigioma Institute was conceived to address the lack of a comprehensive centre to manage these complex tumours that occur in the brain. Acoustic neuroma, meningiomas and other tumours of the base of skull ( the bone on which the brain sits) are complex. As such no single clinician can deal with the wide variety and complex nature of these lesions. Modern day management of these lesions demands a team-based approach, with close collaboration between team members, to achieve the best possible outcomes.

The SANAMI only employs surgeons with the highest quality sub-specialist training, who are well respected and experienced clinicians in the management of these complex brain tumours.

What is the Sydney Skull Base Difference:

• A centre of excellence, managing patients from all around Australia, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
• Team Based Approach to complex problems of the skull base
• Collective expertise of over 100 years in skull base diagnosis and management.
• All Sub-specialist Skull Base surgeons have had well-recognised advanced training in their field.
• Senior skull base neurosurgeons founded, established and currently run the Sydney Neuro-oncology Group (SNOG) – one of Australia’s largest not for profit charitable foundations for the advancement of molecular research in the field of skull base tumours (at the Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Northern Clinical School Campus).
• All team members actively engaged in research for the advancement of skull base disease management
• On average 25 craniotomies performed a month
• Collectively over 720 intracranial procedures performed a year
• Over 50 pituatary tumour removals a year
• Over 80 skull base tumours removed a year
• The Sydney Skull Base surgeons operate and their patient’s are cared for, in one of Australia’s largest and most well respected private hospitals - North Shore Private Hospital.
• Our skull base patient’s post operative intensive care is undertaken in one of Australia’s largest and most well respected ICU Units – North Shore Private ICU.
• Access to some of Australia’s most well respected and experienced neuroradiologists and neurointerventionalists (skull base xray specialists at North Shore Radiology), to diagnose and help treat skull base lesions.