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Davor Saravanja

Orthopaedic and Spine surgeon

Mr Davor Saravanja

Dr Davor Saravanja is an orthopaedic and spine surgeon specialising in spinal problems, including complex deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis), tumours, degenerative and paediatric spinal conditions.

He is currently appointed at Sydney Adventist Hospital and East Sydney Private Hospital and consults from rooms in Wahroonga.

After completing an orthopaedic fellowship in Australia in 2007, Dr Saravanja travelled to Vancouver, Canada to complete a Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery at Vancouver General Hospital. He worked for over a year with world-renowned Spine Surgeons, Dr Marcel Dvorak, Dr Charles Fisher, Dr Michael Boyd, Dr Brian Kwon, Dr Scott Pacquette and Dr John Street. Dr Saravanja also spent six months working with Dr Chris Reilly and Dr Firoz Miyanji at British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, specialising in Paediatric Spinal Surgery. Dr Saravanja is the current secretary of the Spine Society of Australia and has served on the Board of the Australian Orthopaedic Association previously.

Dr Saravanja is involved in numerous research projects and has completed research in the field of primary bone tumours affecting the spine. He has also published numerous articles on spine surgery, and contributed chapters to Spinal Surgery textbooks.

Areas of Interest (including, but not limited to):

Complex Deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis)

Tumours

Degenerative Spinal Conditions

Disc Injuries

Paediatric Spinal Deformities

 

Doctor Saravania is a passionate teacher giving numerous fellows from overseas an education in spine surgery. He has also trained NSW orthopaedic trainees and presented many lectures to junior doctors, colleagues and nurses. Dr Saravanja has been an invited Chairperson of The International Spine Research conferences and has presented his research at many international meetings. Dr Saravanja’s ethos in practice is to provide the highest degree of care, compassion and time to his patients’, their family and their treating team.

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