Dr Jonathon R. Ball

specialist spine surgeon & neurosurgeon






A neurosurgeon in the North Shore of Sydney
specialising in surgery of the spine.
Dr Jonathon Ball - Specialist Spine Surgeon and Neurosurgeon
Dr Ball is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a member of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, Australian Medical Association and AO Spine. He has completed studies at the University of Newcastle and the University of NSW, Australia. As well as training in neurosurgery, he has completed further specialised training in spine surgery with a surgical fellowship at the University of Calgary in Canada (more about Dr Ball).

Dr Ball works in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Royal North Shore Hospital. He is the Department Head of the Neurosurgery at the hospital. He is one of 2 neurosurgeons in the Spinal Injuries Unit (together with Dr Bill Sears), providing services to spinal injured patients from the northern half of NSW. He also cares for patients at the North Shore Private Hospital and Dalcross Adventist Hospital in Killara.
"I am committed to achieving the best outcomes possible. Only by listening to you, tailoring personal treatment and acting as your advocate will excellence in surgical treatment translate into clinical success.

While fully qualified in neurosurgery, I have chosen to focus my practice on spinal surgery, so as to provide expertise in this specialised area.

I hope the information in this site is useful, but remember, it is no substitute for personalised neurosurgical assessment and advice.

Feel free to contact my office by phone or e-mail to arrange a consultation."

Offering a full range of spinal surgeries ....

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

    Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
    Minimally invasive surgery allows surgery through smaller incisions with less tissue trauma.

    These images show minimally invasive access for a microdiscectomy surgery.
  • Spondylolisthesis

    Spondylolisthesis
    Spondylolisthesis is a slipping of one vertebra on the other.

    MRI before (left) showing slipping of L4 on L5 (spondylolisthesis). CT scan after surgery (right) showing restored alignment held with pedicle screws and interbody devices.



  • Spinal Deformity and Adult Scoliosis

    Scoliosis
    Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine.

    These images show Xrays before (right) and after (left) surgery for scoliosis.
  • Spinal Cord Surgery

    Spinal Cord Tumour
    The spinal cord can be affected by several different pathologies including tumours.

    These images show an MRI of a spinal tumour (left) and the tumour after removal (right).
  • Spinal Trauma and Fractures

    Spinal Fracture
    Spinal trauma is a large part of Dr Ball's work in the state's biggest spinal injury unit at Royal North Shore Hospital.

    These images show CT scans of the spine before (left) and after (right) reconstruction after a severe thoracolumbar fracture.
  • Cervical Spine Surgery

    Cervical Spine Trauma
    Dr Ball performs a full range of cervical spine surgery including degenerative, deformity, disc and trauma surgery from the skull base to the thoracic spine including anterior, posterior and combined approaches.

    These two images show occipito-cervical fusion for cancer (left) and cervical fixation for a complex fracture (right).
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