About
Dr Gert Tollesson
A Brisbane based, European and Australian trained neurosurgeon, with specialist qualifications from Sweden, Norway and Australia. This site covers the cervical spine side of his practice: assessment and surgery for the neck.
3 countries
Specialist neurosurgical registration
Chairman
Neurosurgical Society of Queensland
FRACS
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 2007
Adults & children
Brain and spinal surgery
The practice
Assessment and surgery for the neck
Nerve pain travelling into an arm, hands that have become clumsy, or a scan report that is hard to interpret alongside an operation already offered elsewhere. Those are the cervical spine problems this site covers.
Privately insured, uninsured, WorkCover, DVA, Defence, interstate and overseas patients are all welcome.
Telehealth consultations are available to patients residing in Medicare-approved regions.
Consulting rooms at Watkins Medical Centre, Level 10, 225 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, with regional consultations in Toowoomba and Townsville.
Referrals accepted from general practitioners and specialists. A GP referral is valid for twelve months.
Brain and spinal surgery for adults and children, with specialist qualifications from Sweden, Norway and Australia.
Brain and Spine Surgery Queensland
What to expect
Before, during and after your appointment
What the practice asks you to bring, and what happens if an operation is planned.
01
Getting a referral
An initial consultation requires a current referral. A referral from a general practitioner is valid for twelve months, and Medicare rebates are available with a valid Medicare card and a current referral.
02
What to bring
Your referral letter, any past or recent X-rays, scans and laboratory results, your Medicare card and private health fund card, and a list of your current medications.
03
If you live outside Brisbane
Dr Tollesson also consults at St Andrew's Toowoomba Hospital and at a monthly clinic in Townsville. Telehealth is available to patients residing in Medicare-approved regions.
04
If an operation is planned
You will usually be asked to complete blood tests, and an ECG may also be performed. A pre-admission appointment covers your health assessment and paperwork, and you will be told your fasting requirements, medication instructions and admission time.
Training and registration
Trained and registered in three countries
Specialist neurosurgical registration in Sweden and Norway, and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Australia.
2003
Sweden and Norway
Specialist neurosurgical registration granted in both countries.
SWEDEN
Swedish Navy
Trained as a diving medical officer, in diving medicine and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
2006
Australia
Moved to Australia as a consultant neurosurgeon.
2007
FRACS
Admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
2016-2019
RACS Queensland
Neurosurgical representative on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Queensland State Committee.
2017
Xi’an, China
Lectured in neurosurgery in Xi’an, China.
SINCE 2020
RAAF Reserve
Reserve officer in neurosurgery with the Royal Australian Air Force.
NOW
Queensland
Consulting in Spring Hill, Toowoomba and Townsville, and operating at Greenslopes Private and Queensland Children's hospitals.
Hospitals
Where Dr Tollesson operates
The Brisbane hospitals where Dr Tollesson operates. Consultations are held in Spring Hill, Toowoomba and Townsville.
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Newdegate Street, Greenslopes.
Queensland Children's Hospital
Stanley Street, South Brisbane. Paediatric neurosurgery.
The wider picture
Beyond the cervical spine
Brain surgery and the rest of the spine
Dr Tollesson is a fully qualified neurosurgeon, not a neck-only practitioner. His practice covers brain and spinal surgery for adults and children through Brain and Spine Surgery Queensland. This site covers the cervical spine side of it. He has also taught overseas, including lecturing in neurosurgery in Xi’an, China, in 2017.
Brain and Spine Surgery Queensland
Before medicine, the Royal Swedish Navy
Dr Tollesson served as an officer in the Royal Swedish Navy in his late teens and early twenties, completing peacekeeping missions, and competed in the Naval Pentathlon for Sweden, ranking third in the country. During university breaks he trained others in diving medicine and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Book an assessment
You will need a current referral from your GP or another specialist for a Medicare rebate. A referral from a general practitioner is valid for twelve months.