Dr Ales Aliashkevich is a highly skilled neurosurgeon, specialising in the surgical treatment of conditions involving brain, spine and peripheral nerves. His conservative philosophy aims to avoid surgery whenever possible by lifestyle modification and non-operative treatment in the first line. However, when all therapy options are exhausted, less aggressive ‘keyhole’-type interventions can provide a better solution than traditional surgery.

His experience in minimally invasive neurosurgery and more recent decade of developing image-guided and robotic strategies have proven the validity of this approach. Spinal fusions are increasingly replaced by motion-preserving interventions, which achieve faster return to normal activities and provide higher level of patient satisfaction in long term.

Education & Training

• Doctor of Medicine with a grade "magna cum laude" by the Rhine Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany, in 1997
• Neurosurgical specialist training in Bonn, Germany
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) by the Specialist Training Authority (STA) of Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom
• Cerebrovascular Fellowship in the Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Consultant Neurosurgeon in Wellington, New Zealand
• Senior Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago, Wellington