Dr Parkinson is a leading Sydney neurosurgeon who has treated several high-profile sportspeople including NRL players,[1] and champion horserider Darren Beadman.
[2] Dr Parkinson has led an Australia study into concussions in the NRL and has completed a two-year research paper finding an increasing trend of concussion in the NRL.
[3][4] Dr Parkinson is the Supervisor for Advanced Training for Neurosurgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2005–2010 at St Vincent's.
[6] Dr Parkinson has many peer-reviewed research papers, and he is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney.
[7] ACGME Accredited Fellowships (United States) in Minimally Invasive Spinal and Spinal Deformity Surgery, and Neurointervention (Image Guided Neurosurgery) http://ispine.com.au