Rate My Professor Keith Gomes

Keith Gomes is an Adjunct Lecturer (Level B) in the Department of Surgery, School of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. As a neurosurgeon specializing in brain and spinal surgery, he graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Monash University in 1997 and holds a Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours from the same university. He earned a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) from the University of Adelaide in 2015 and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Neurosurgery. Gomes completed his internship and residency at The Alfred Hospital, serving also as an anatomy tutor and lecturer there, and at Stanford University. His advanced training encompassed neurosurgical specialization via the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, a subspecialty fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Calgary, Canada, with emphasis on deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders, and subspecialty training in Complex Spine Surgery in the United Kingdom in 2014.

Gomes currently supervises Neurosurgical Training at The Alfred Hospital, where he holds a public appointment alongside positions at Eastern Health and Austin Health. He is a lecturer at Monash University and practices at private hospitals including Epworth Richmond, Knox Private Hospital, and Holmesglen Private Hospital. His research involvement includes projects on neural prosthetics, traumatic brain injury, image guidance, and audit systems. He co-authored the 2014 publication 'Measurement of Serum Melatonin in Intensive Care Unit Patients' in Frontiers in Neurology, affiliated with the National Trauma Research Institute, The Alfred, and Monash University Department of Surgery. Clinical expertise spans complex spine surgery, neuro-oncology, functional neurosurgery, brain tumor management across all locations, trigeminal neuralgia treatments such as radiosurgery, percutaneous procedures, microvascular decompression, traumatic brain injury, peripheral nerve surgery, and pain management including spinal cord and occipital nerve stimulation.