Professor Marcus Stoodley is an Australian and internationally trained Neurosurgeon with expertise in neurovascular surgery, including management of aneurysms and vascular malformations. He is an Australian leader in cerebral bypass surgery, especially in the treatment of moyamoya disease and other occlusive disorders.
Prof Stoodley graduated with honours from the University of Queensland Medical School. After completing his neurosurgery training in Australia, he continued with further subspecialty training in vascular neurosurgery at Stanford University and the University of Chicago in the United States.
Prof Stoodley joined Macquarie University and Macquarie Neurosurgery in 2008. Prior to this he worked at the Prince of Wales Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital. In addition to his clinical interests, Professor Stoodley heads a research team at Macquarie University. This is one of the largest neurosurgery research groups in Australasia, with world-leading research efforts in syringomyelia and CSF physiology, and in the development of new treatments for brain AVMs.
This work has attracted over $5 million in research funding, including support from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and The Column of Hope; a US-based organisation dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of syringomyelia.