Dr William Sears FRACS
Dr Sears is a Spinal Surgeon and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He is in private surgical practice, consulting at the Wentworth Spine Clinic in Roseville, Sydney and operating at the Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga.
He studied medicine at the University of Sydney and Sydney Hospital Clinical School. Following internship at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, he underwent basic general surgical training at Guy's Hospital, London. He then trained in Neurosurgery at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, prior to completing a 12-month neurotrauma fellowship in Toronto, Canada. He gained his fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1987. He was appointed staff specialist Neurosurgeon at the Royal North Shore Hospital in 1988 and was made a Visiting Medical Officer in 1991. Since 1997, Dr Sears has sub-specialised solely in the field of spinal disorders. He was neurosurgeon to the Hospital’s Spinal Cord Injuries Unit for 18 years: from 1988-2000 and 2006-2014.
Dr Sears maintains an active interest in clinical spinal biomechanics research. He conducts observational, clinical research into a number of degenerative spinal disorders. In 1993, he began a prospective surgical outcomes database, which now includes self-reported clinical outcome data on over five thousand patients. He is a co-author of 32 peer-reviewed publications, has presented over 150 invited and peer-reviewed lectures at national and international scientific meetings and received national and international awards for his presentations. He has been a co-designer of spinal surgical implants and is a named inventor on 14 U.S. patents.
Dr Sears is a past President of the Spine Society of Australia, the Asia-Pacific Cervical Spine Society and of the NSW Neurosurgical Association.
In addition to his spinal surgical practice, Dr Sears is the Chair of Wyvern Health Pty Ltd (ABN 48 610 129 667).
He studied medicine at the University of Sydney and Sydney Hospital Clinical School. Following internship at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, he underwent basic general surgical training at Guy's Hospital, London. He then trained in Neurosurgery at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, prior to completing a 12-month neurotrauma fellowship in Toronto, Canada. He gained his fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1987. He was appointed staff specialist Neurosurgeon at the Royal North Shore Hospital in 1988 and was made a Visiting Medical Officer in 1991. Since 1997, Dr Sears has sub-specialised solely in the field of spinal disorders. He was neurosurgeon to the Hospital’s Spinal Cord Injuries Unit for 18 years: from 1988-2000 and 2006-2014.
Dr Sears maintains an active interest in clinical spinal biomechanics research. He conducts observational, clinical research into a number of degenerative spinal disorders. In 1993, he began a prospective surgical outcomes database, which now includes self-reported clinical outcome data on over five thousand patients. He is a co-author of 32 peer-reviewed publications, has presented over 150 invited and peer-reviewed lectures at national and international scientific meetings and received national and international awards for his presentations. He has been a co-designer of spinal surgical implants and is a named inventor on 14 U.S. patents.
Dr Sears is a past President of the Spine Society of Australia, the Asia-Pacific Cervical Spine Society and of the NSW Neurosurgical Association.
In addition to his spinal surgical practice, Dr Sears is the Chair of Wyvern Health Pty Ltd (ABN 48 610 129 667).