Dr Gutman’s subspecialty training extends internationally. After completing the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons neurosurgery program, he undertook further fellowships in flexible endoscopy and hydrocephalus surgery, functional neurosurgery at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen’s Square) and Cambridge University Hospital, and advanced training in complex neurovascular and minimally invasive spine surgery. He has also been awarded the prestigious Dr Lena McEwan and Dame Joyce Daws Churchill Fellowship, enabling further specialist hands-on experience in neuro-modulation and lesioning techniques at leading centres in North America, and in 2024 he pioneered the first laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) program in Victoria for seizure and tumour treatment.
His clinical interests include brain mapping and resection for brain tumours and epilepsy, spinal disorders, neurovascular pathology, aneurysms and functional neurosurgery, with experience treating both adult and paediatric patients.
Beyond operative care, Dr Gutman is capable of delivering comprehensive, evidence-based Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) and detailed medicolegal reports for a range of legal and compensation settings. He is experienced in providing impartial assessments and written opinions that support claims, causation analysis, prognosis, impairment evaluation and treatment appropriateness—skills directly translatable to WorkCover, TAC and medico-legal requirements. Dr. Gutman is AMA 4 accredited for core and spinal assessments.
Dr Gutman’s combination of cutting-edge clinical neurosurgery, subspecialty expertise and formal training equips him to offer authoritative and reliable medicolegal reporting for complex neurological and spinal cases.
To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Dr Gutman, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.
To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Dr Olenski, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.
In terms of IME assessments, Dr Khoury can assess all body parts, except for some complex spine injuries
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r Damon Thomas completed his medical degree at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand and trained across Auckland and Christchurch. By 2005 Dr Thomas completed his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr Thomas completed subspeciality training at the Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery and on paediatric hand and microvascular surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
Dr Damon Thomas has a unique interest in managing paediatric hand and upper limb conditions including congenital anomalies, cerebral palsy, sarcomas and acquired conditions such as obstetric brachial plexus palsy.
Dr Damon Thomas is available for independent medical examinations and has AMA4 and AMA5 impairment accreditation. Dr Thomas can comment on workplace injuries, transport accidents, public liability matters, total permanent disability and medical negligence claims. Please contact our head office for any enquiries.
To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Dr Thomas, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.
Dr Ryan Hoy is a specialist respiratory and sleep disorders physician in Melbourne, working both the private and public sector with expertise in occupational lung diseases such as silicosis and work-related asthma.
Dr Hoy provides medicolegal assessments in person and by telehealth
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A/Prof Mack is a Principal Associate at Eye Surgery Associates, a multi-disciplinary ophthalmic practice in Melbourne, where she heads the visual electrophysiology laboratory and clinical trials units. She has provided leadership in over 30 clinical trials to date. She was a board member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists 2011-2020 and was President 2018-2020.
She has been co-Facilitator/Assessor for training in AMA 4th Edition, Impairment assessment of the Visual System in Victoria (6/2021-2/2023) and NSW (2023-present). Government appointments have included consultant to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency for ophthalmic practice performance assessment (2013); Member of Medical Panels Victoria 2016-present; consultant to Therapeutic Goods Administration on retinal effects of a new drug 2015; and member of the Victorian Surgical Consultative Council 2004-2011. She has conducted over 100 independent assessments for legal firms in Australia.
A/Prof Mack is currently based in Melbourne where she provides regular availability to conduct MedicoLegal assessments. To book an appointment, please call us on (02) 8090 7611, email at admin@medicolegalassessmentsgroup.com.au.
Dr Colman is the instructor for the Digestive module of the AMA accredited course for IME qualification. Dr Colman is currently based in Melbourne, where he is available to conduct MedicoLegal assessments. To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Dr Colman, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.
Dr Ross Snow has been a consultant urologist in Melbourne for more than 20 years. After qualifying, he spent two years in North America, pursuing interests in urologic oncology and reconstructive surgery.
To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Dr Snow, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.
He is Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Adjunct Clinical Professor at Monash University, member of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (NSA), an int. member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) USA, Int. Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), committee committee member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), researcher at the Murdoch Children’s Research Inst and former Chair of Medical Staff at Cabrini Hospital.
To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Prof Davis, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.
- By admin
- November 23, 2025
He performs all forms of liver, pancreatic and biliary surgery. He has a major interest in hernia surgery, particularly laparoscopic abdominal wall and laparoscopic groin hernia surgery. Dr Roger Berry has many years’ experience in medicolegal assessments and reporting.
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