Gerald is the Head of Spinal Surgery and Spinal Biology Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne Department of Surgery

• www.austinsurgery.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/spinal/

Research & Publications

1. Cossigny D, Quan GM. In vivo animal models of spinal metastasis. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 2011; Epub Nov17
2. Quan GM, Vital JM, Aurouer N, Obeid I, Palussiere J, Diallo A, Pointillart V. Surgery improves pain, function and quality of life in patients with spinal metastases: a prospective study on 118 patients. European Spine Journal 2011; 20(11): 1970-1978.
3. Quan GM, Pointillart V, Palussière J, Bonichon F. Multidisciplinary treatment and survival of patients with vertebral metastases from thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid 2011 - In press.
4. Quan GM, Vital JM, Pointillart V. Outcomes of palliative surgery in metastatic disease to the cervical and cervicothoracic spine. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2011; 14(5): 612-618.
5. Quan GM, Vital JM, Hansen S, Pointillart V. Eight-year clinical and radiological follow-up of the Bryan cervical disc arthroplasty. Spine 2011; 36(8):639-646.
6. Pointillart V, Vital JM, Salmi R, Diallo A, Quan GM. Survival prognostic factors and clinical outcomes in patients with spinal metastases. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 2011; 137(5):849-856.
7. Quan GM, Gibson MJ. Correction of main thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using pedicle screw instrumentation: Does higher implant density improve correction? Spine 2010; 35(5): 562-567.
8. Quan GM, Choong PF. Anti-angiogenic therapy for osteosarcoma. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 2006; 25(4): 707-713.
9. Quan GM, Slavin JL, Schlicht SM, Smith PJ, Powell GJ, Choong PF. Osteosarcoma near joints; assessment and implications. Journal of Surgical Oncology 2005; 91(3): 159-166.
10. Quan GM, Carr D, Schlicht S, Powell GJ, Choong PF. Lessons learnt from the painful shoulder; a case series of malignant shoulder girdle tumours misdiagnosed as frozen shoulder. International Seminars in Surgical Oncology 2005; 2(1): 2.
11. Quan GM, Ojaimi J, Li Y, Kartsogiannis V, Zhou H, Choong PF. Localization of pigment epithelium-derived factor in growing mouse bone. Calcified Tissue International 2005; 76(2): 146-153.
12. Quan GM, Ojaimi J, Choong PF. Cartilage-derived anti-angiogenic therapy for osteosarcoma: a novel approach. International Journal of Cancer Prevention 2004; 1(6): 411-419.
13. Quan GM, Pitman A, Slavin J, Zalcberg J, Choong PF. Soft tissue metastasis of carcinoid tumour: a rare manifestation. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2004; 74(3):164-166.
14. Quan GM. Training Surgeon Scientists. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2004; 74(1-2): 79-80.
15. Quan GM, Ojaimi J, Nadesapillai AP, Zhou H, Choong PF. Resistance of epiphyseal cartilage to invasion by osteosarcoma is likely to be due to expression of antiangiogenic factors. Pathobiology 2002-2003; 70(6): 361-367

Book Chapters

1. Quan GM, Pointillart V. Artificial disc surgery of the cervical spine: Multilevel cervical disc replacement and arthroplasty adjacent to interbody fusion. Section X: New Technologies, Chapter 98. In press: The Cervical Spine, the 5th Edition, 2009. Ed: E.C. Benzel. Pub: Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
2. Quan GM, Choong PF. Cartilage-derived anti-angiogenic therapy for osteosarcoma. In: Cancer Prevention Research Compendium.Volume 1. 2009. Chapter 38, pp. 469-480. Ed: T.H. Conway. Pub: New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc.