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District Palliative Care Service, Nambour, 2009 (Guest Presenter)

Biggs, V. Primary Malignant Brain Tumours

Cancer Council Queensland - Brain Tumour Support Service, Brisbane 2009 (Guest Presenter)

Walker, D.G. Brain Tumours - Current developments, research and technology.

Holy Spirit Northside Hospital, Chermside 2009 (Guest Speaker)

Kahler, R. Lumbar discectomy and Lumbar artificial disc surgery

Spine 09, Lismore, 2009. (Guest Speaker) 

Coyne, T.J. Neurosurgical Advances to Back Disease and Back Pain 2009

UCHealth, 3rd Orthopaedic Course, Brisbane, 2008 (Guest Presenter)

Kahler, R.

Qld Cancer Council - Brain Tumour Support Group Seminar, Brisbane 2008 (Guest Speaker)

Biggs, V. The role of Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Brain Tumour Support - A year in review

Wesley Hospital, Nurses Neuroscience Workshop, Brisbane, 2008 (Guest Speaker)

Biggs, V. The Role of Clinical Nurse Coordinator in Brain Tumour Support

Sunshine Coast Oncology Nurses Group (Guest Speaker)

Biggs, V. An overvie of Adult Brain Tumours and treatments

Qld Cancer Council - Living with a Brain Tumour Seminar (Guest Speaker)

Biggs, V. An overiew of Brain Tumours

Health Professional Forum, Brisbane, 2007 (Guest Speaker)

Biggs, V. The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in Brain Tumour Management

International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, Brisbane, 2007 (Guest Speaker)

Biggs, V. An overview of Brain Tumours

Controversies in Neurosurgery, Melbourne, 2006. (Invited Speaker)
Walker, D.G. Immunotherapy in Australia.

Neurosurgical Society of Australasia ASM 2006, Cairns.
Walker, D.G. Phase I study of dendritic cell vaccination for malignant glioma – results and future directions. (BEST ABSTRACT PRIZE)

Clinical Oncological Society of Australasia, 2005. Brisbane (Invited Speaker)
Walker, D.G. Surgical Management of Malignant Glioma

Glioma 2005, Sydney, April 2005 (invited speaker)
Walker, D.G. Immune response to glioma
Walker, D.G. Glioma vaccines.

St Andrew’s Hospital Education Conference, Gold Coast, March, 2005
Walker, D.G. Minimally invasive neurosurgery.

Paediatric Neurosurgeons of Australasia, Melbourne, 2003
Walker, D.G. Surgical management of cortical dysplasia. (invited lecture)  

Queenstown, New Zealand, August, 2003. NSA Annual Scientific Congress

Walker, D. G.; Chuah, T.; Rist, M. J.; and Pender, M.P. T cell apoptosis in human glioblastoma multiforme : implications for immunotherapy

Walker, D. G. ; Chuah, T. ; Laherty, R.; Tomlinson, F.H.; Pender, M. P.; Wei, M. ; Schmidt, C.; Ellem, K.; O’Rourke, M.; Lavin, M.F. Dendritic-cell vaccine and/or lentiviral-based gene therapy : future treatments for gbm ?

Second World Conference of the International Study Group on Neuroendoscopy, Naples, Italy, September, 2003

Walker, D.G., Coyne, T.J., Kahler, R.J. and Tomlinson, F.H. (2003) Failure of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in myelomeningocele patients: preoperative clinical and radiological features.

Paediatric Neurosurgeons of Australasia, Melbourne, 2002

Bryant, M., Tuffley, J, McPhee, B, Walker, D., Tomlinson, F. Spinal cord detethering in patients with scoliosis.

Tomlinson, F., Walker, D., Kahler, R. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of hydrocephalus.

Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, Broome, WA, 2002

Bryant M, Tomlinson, F. and Walker D. Surgical management of symptomatic Chiari malformations in children

Findlay W, Tomlinson F, Walker D and Durso P. Endoscopic approach to the treatment of colloid cysts.

International Society of Pituitary Surgeons, September, 2001, Blue Mountains

Walker, D.G. and Black, P.McL. Intraoperative MRI for Trans-sphenoidal surgery

World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, September, 2001, Sydney           
Walker, D.G., Talos, F. and Black, P.McL. Intraoperative MRI for resection of Low Grade Gliomas

Walker, D.G., Kapur, T. and Black, P.McL. Automatic segmentation and its use with an electromagnetic neuronavigation system

Princess Alexandra Hospital Cancer Meeting, August, 2001 (invited speaker).

Walker, D.G. Image Guidance in Trans-sphenoidal Surgery.

Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ Annual Scientific Meeting 2001, San Antonio, Texas.(invited speaker)

Walker, D.G., Drummond, K., Malek, A. and Black, P.Mcl. Image-guided neurosurgery with the Instatrak IT3000. Advanced Image Guided Neurosurgery Course.

Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting. Darwin, 1997.

Walker, D.G. p16 immunohistochemistry and survival in patients with high grade astrocytomas. J. Clin. Neurosci.

Walker, D.G., Zhang, N., Scott, S., Khanna, K., Watters, D. and Lavin, M.F. Neurosurgical implications of Ataxia-telangiectasia. J. Clin. Neurosci.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Annual Scientific Congress. Brisbane, 1997.

Walker, D.G. and Lavin, M.F. (1997) The role of the p16 tumour suppressor gene in the development of astrocytomas. Aust. NZ J. Surg. 67 (Suppl. 1) : A55 (abstract)

Walker, D. G., Coyne, T. J. and Mitchell, K. (1997) Multimodal treatment of multiple intracranial aneurysms. Aust. NZ J. Surg. 67 (Suppl. 1) : A55 (abstract)

2nd Annual Workshop on Radiation of Brain Tumours, St George Hospital, Sydney, 1995.

Walker, D. and Lavin, M. (1995) The molecular genetics of astrocytomas. 

Australasian Winter Brain Conference, August, 1987

Walker,D. and Breipohl,W. (1987) Morphometric evaluation on the olfactory epithelium of mice.

Breipohl,W., Distel,H., Hudson,R. and Walker,D. (1987) Effects of sensory deprivation on the olfactory Saum in mammals.