Melbourne Deep Brain Stimulation

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an exciting medical development which has helped thousands of people worldwide. It uses leading edge technology and advanced surgical techniques to change the way electrical signals flow through the brain. In doing so, it offers an opportunity to reduce the effects of debilitating conditions such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, Tourette's syndrome, and more recently even depression and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

Melbourne DBS at Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre is a group of specialist health providers, including neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists and other who work together to provide care of an extremely high standard. Professor Richard Bittar, who trained in deep brain stimulation in Oxford and has performed hundreds of DBS procedures, has a strong focus on surgery for movement disorders. Similarly, our neurologists individually and collectively possess a wealth of experience and skill in