Dr Shinuo Liu

Dr Shinuo Liu is a fellowship trained, Australian Neurosurgeon who proudly calls WA home. He graduated from UNSW Medicine with Honours and was trained at major Australasian Neurosurgical centres including Royal North Shore, Auckland City, St George and Macquarie University Hospitals. He was mentored in cerebrovascular surgery by some of Australia’s leading authorities. During training, he completed an award-winning PhD and Master of Surgery at Macquarie University.

His particular interests include aneurysms, AVMs, cerebral bypass, trigeminal neuralgia, disorders of CSF (syringomyelia, hydrocephalus, and CSF leaks), brain tumours and spinal conditions.  

Dr Liu was a consultant Neurosurgeon and part of the renowned Macquarie Neurosurgery group in Sydney. He was recruited by the WA Statewide Neurosurgery Service for his cerebrovascular expertise. He is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Macquarie University Faculty of Medicine, and has had academic appointments at UNSW, Western Sydney, Auckland, Bond and Griffiths Universities.

Dr Liu and his Neurosurgery WA partner, Dr Hari Ramakonar, offer a comprehensive adult and paediatric neurosurgery service. The practice spans the WA Statewide Neurosurgery Service at Sir Charles Gairdner and Perth Children’s hospitals and at Hollywood Private Hospital. They provide expertise in a wide range of brain and spinal problems including: 

• Complete spinal care 

• Degenerative (minimally invasive microdiscectomy, laminectomy and foraminotomy)

• Reconstructive complex spine (fusions and disc replacements)

• Spinal tumours

• Intradural spinal problems including spinal CSF leaks

• Neurovascular  

• Epilepsy and awake brain surgery

• Deep brain stimulation

• Brain tumours

• Chiari, hydrocephalus and syringomyelia

• Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese