The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW

MBBS(Hons) FAOrthA FRACS(Orth)

Dr Cree specialises in spine surgery, paediatric spine and orthopaedic surgery. He is Director of Spine Surgery Fellowship programmes at the Children’s Hospital Westmead and Royal North Shore Hospital.

He trained through The University of Sydney and the Australian Orthopaedic Association Training Programme from 1995 to 1998. Dr Cree was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1998. He undertook a subspecialist Fellowship training in spinal surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital in 1998.

Dr Cree completed further training in adult and paediatric spinal reconstructive surgery at The University of Miami and Miami Children’s Hospital in 1999 and a Faculty appointment in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, University of Washington from 1999 and 2000. This latter experience allowed further comprehensive training in all disorders of the spine in children and adults. Comprehensive training in cervical spine, keyhole surgery and image guided techniques was obtained along with further experience in the management of trauma and spinal deformity.

He is the Director of the Children’s Spine and Scoliosis Service at the Children’s Hospital Westmead and is an active member of the Spine Society of Australia and the Scoliosis Research Society. Dr Cree currently practices in the North Shore and Westmead areas. He holds VMO appointments at the Children’s Hospital Westmead and Royal North Shore Hospital. He provides clinical services at the Mater, North Shore Private and Westmead Private Hospitals.