Calvary Health Care

The Connery Ward is one of South Australia’s largest providers of neurosurgery and spinal surgery specialising in all aspects of general neurosurgery.

Our dedicated surgeons, specialised nursing staff and expert allied health team are here to support all aspects of your clinical care.

To access these services, you must be referred by GP, another hospital, specialist or healthcare provider.

Areas of expertise include but are not limited to:

• Surgical and non-surgical management of spinal degeneration, tumours and deformities

• Complex spinal surgery and spinal trauma

• Minimally invasive spinal surgery

• Vascular neurosurgery

• Spinal cord stimulators for treatment of chronic pain

• Trigeminal neuralgia

• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Endoscopic neurosurgery

• Brain tumours

• Deep brain stimulation

• Stroke services

This is the first private comprehensive clinic in Adelaide to manage concussion injuries from sporting injury. The serious short and long term consequences of concussion, a type of head injury, are increasingly being recognised.

The clinic focuses on providing initial assessment and management of concussion and also the longer-term problems that may occur. Appropriate advice about returning to work, school and back to sporting activities is given.

The clinic is a collaborative effort between Wakefield Sports + Exercise Medicine Clinic and Adelaide NeuroSpine and Brain. The Wakefield Sports + Exercise Medicine Clinic doctors are already very experienced in dealing with concussion following sporting injury, but now in collaboration with neurosurgeon Dr Matthew McDonald, a comprehensive service is available to give you peace of mind.

Patient’s will also have early access to MRI if necessary, as well as neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation. Within the next 12 months we also plan to add functional MRI assessments. This will better detect cognitive deficits and help tailor rehabilitation.