Associate Professor Hal Rice

Associate Professor Hal Rice

• hal.rice@health.qld.gov.au

Dr Hal Rice is Director of Interventional Neuroradiology at Gold Coast University Hospital in Queensland Australia. He studied Medicine at the University of Queensland and Specialist training in Radiology at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital before fellowship training in Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Returning to the Gold Coast in 2002 he founded the Interventional Neuroradiology service at Gold Coast Hospital and subsequently founded Qscan Radiology Clinics which as the Qscan Group has grown to become one of Australia’s largest Radiology group practices with over 85 practices and 1200 staff members. He along with his colleague Dr Laetitia de Villiers hosted the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology 13th Congress in November 2015. He is dedicated to accelerating innovation in the endovascular treatment of brain vascular abnormalities, aneurysms and acute ischaemic stroke. The service at Gold Coast University Hospital treats patients locally and from throughout Australia with acute stroke patients airlifted up to 2000km from remote locations. The service has been instrumental in developing innovative treatment techniques with flow diversion therapy, Corindus robotic neurovascular procedures and first in human device clinical trials. He is co-founder of NeuTex Image Guided Therapy Surgical and Robotics Training center at the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct. A facility dedicated to education, training and innovation that utilises state of the art medical imaging equipment and 3D printed anatomic models to precisely replicate surgical treatments for medical specialist training and biomedical innovation. The NeuTex centre regularly hosts visiting specialists from across Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific region for hands on workshops fostering international collaboration and introducing new technology that benefits patients with complex neurovascular disorders. He is a frequently invited keynote speaker at local and international conferences, a published author in major international journals and founding chair of the national neurovascular NeuroExchange annual conference since 2009. He has extensive board experience previously as the national Treasurer of RANZCR and executive board member of Qscan Group. Currently holding board positions with the Gold Coast Titans NRL team and Griffith University Council.