Dr Vanessa Giddins

Dr Vanessa Giddins is an orthopaedic spine surgeon specialising in the management of both adult and paediatric spinal conditions, with particular interests in scoliosis, spinal deformity, degenerative spinal conditions and spinal trauma.

Dr Giddins completed her medical degree at the University of Sydney before undertaking specialist orthopaedic surgical training through the Australian Orthopaedic Association. She was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2025.

Following completion of her orthopaedic training, Dr Giddins undertook specialist spine fellowship training at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Royal North Shore Hospital, gaining extensive experience in paediatric and adult spinal surgery. She subsequently completed a Combined Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, further developing her experience in the assessment and surgical management of complex adult spinal conditions.

During her fellowship in Toronto, Dr Giddins was involved in research examining complex spinal reconstruction and mechanical complications following spinal fusion. She presented this work at the Canadian Spine Society Annual Scientific Meeting and SpineFest in 2026.

Dr Giddins takes a considered and patient-centred approach to care, with an emphasis on clear communication and helping patients and their families understand both surgical and non-surgical treatment options.

Her clinical interests include paediatric and adolescent spinal conditions, scoliosis and spinal deformity, degenerative spinal conditions, spinal trauma and spinal tumours.

Qualifications

· Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport and Exercise Science) (University of Sydney)

· Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (University of Sydney)

· Master of Surgery (Surgical Sciences) (University of Sydney)

· Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)

· Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (FAOrthA)

· Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship – Royal North Shore Hospital

· Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship – The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

· Combined Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship – Toronto Western Hospital

Conditions treated

Degenerative

· Disc herniation

· Sciatica and nerve compression

· Spinal canal stenosis

· Degenerative spinal conditions

· Degenerative spinal deformity

· Spondylolisthesis

Spinal Deformity

· Scoliosis in children, adolescents and adults

· Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

· Kyphosis

· Other spinal deformities

Trauma

· Spinal fractures

· Spinal trauma

· Traumatic spinal instability