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Associate Professor Jin Tee is a complex spine surgeon and neurosurgeon. His clinical practice is in complex spine surgery and neurosurgery. In spine surgery, A/Prof Jin Tee provides minimally invasive (MIS) and open surgical solutions for all spinal pathologies- degenerative spinal disorders, spine tumours, spine trauma, spinal infections, cranio-cervical junction abnormalities and spinal deformity including kyphosis. In brain surgery, A/Prof Jin Tee provides treatment for brain cancer, hydrocephalus and neurotrauma.

A/Prof Jin Tee is heavily involved in clinical research. He concentrates on clinical outcomes  of spine surgery in the fields of spine trauma, spine oncology, spine infections and degenerative spine disorders. He is involved in international registry studies to improve the quality of spine care. He is Head of Spine and Neurotrauma Research at the National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI) and a committee member of the Alfred Trauma Registry and the Alfred Trauma Committee. On an international front, A/Prof Jin Tee is an associate member of the AOSpine International Trauma Knowledge Forum, an international forum consisting of individuals who innovate, create, and lead the formation of International Standards that guide the treatment of Spine Trauma globally. He is also a global partner of the AOSpine International RECODE-DCM (Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy) initiative. He is a member of the Medtronic Global Advisory Board and past member of the Stryker Global Advisory Board.

A/Prof Tee is an author or co-author of more than 90 peer-reviewed papers and multiple book chapters. He is the 2023 recipient of the AO spine 2023 Luiz Vialle award. This important award is named after the founder of the AO Spine Knowledge Forums, Luiz Vialle, and recognises practitioners for their contributions to the field of spine research and knowledge dissemination.

A/Prof Tee is a post graduate of Monash University and a graduate of the University of Melbourne. He was trained in neurosurgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Alfred Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital and the Royal Children's Hospital. He also completed the AO Spine North American Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship at the world-renowned Vancouver Spine Institute, Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia.

At the Alfred Hospital, the state-service Level 1 Trauma Centre, A/Prof Tee is a member of the neurosurgery department and the complex spine surgery service and he treats all spinal pathologies, in particular trauma and cancer. His public practice is at The Alfred. His private practice, where he provides treatment to patients with neurosurgery and spine surgery conditions, is based at Peninsula Private Hospital (Frankston), Mulgrave Private Hospital (Mulgrave) and Holmesglen Private Hospital (Moorabbin) and the Epworth Hospital (Richmond). He provides telehealth consultations to patients based in regional Victoria and New South Wales, including Mildura and Bendigo.