Dr Sean Suttor

Dr. Sean Suttor is a highly regarded Consultant Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon with extensive experience in the management of spinal disorders, trauma, deformity, and tumours. He is known for his expertise in both orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine surgery, offering advanced, evidence-based care to patients with complex spinal conditions.

Dr. Suttor graduated in medicine from the University of New South Wales in 2001, having also completed a Bachelor of Science in Medicine. He was awarded the prestigious Gordon Gordon-Taylor Medal for achieving the highest mark in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ surgical training examination in 2003.

He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Training through the Australian Orthopaedic Association in Sydney and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). He subsequently undertook advanced Spine Surgery Fellowships at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and a combined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Spine Fellowship in Canada, where he gained specialised training in minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal deformity correction, tumour resection, trauma reconstruction, and spinal arthroplasty.

Dr. Suttor currently holds consultant appointments at Royal North Shore Hospital and Westmead Hospital, where he is also actively involved in training and supervising orthopaedic registrars.

Clinical Interests

• Degenerative conditions: disc herniation, sciatica, spinal stenosis, myelopathy, degenerative deformity, spondylolisthesis
• Spinal deformity: scoliosis, kyphosis, complex spondylolisthesis
• Spinal trauma: fractures, dislocations, spinal cord injuries, spinopelvic dissociations
• Spinal tumours: benign and malignant bone tumours, metastatic spinal disease