
MB BS, MS, PhD, FRACS
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Parkville Neurosurgery
Melbourne Private Hospital
A/Prof Davidson
Publication list
Author ID: 16425243700
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
1. Morgan MK, Assaad NA, Davidson AS: How does the participation of a resident surgeon in procedures for small intracranial aneurysms impact patient outcome? J Neurosurg 106:961-964, 2007
2. Davidson AS, Morgan MK: How safe is arteriovenous malformation surgery? A prospective, observational study of surgery as first-line treatment for brain arteriovenous malformations. Neurosurgery 66:498-505, 2010
3. Morgan MK, Mahattanakul W, Davidson A, Reid J: Outcome for middle cerebral artery aneurysm surgery. Neurosurgery 67:755-761, 2010
4. Sia SF, Davidson AS, Soper JR, Gerachi P, Bonar SF: Protuberant fibro-osseous lesion of the temporal bone: “Bullough lesion”. Am J Surg Pathol 34(8):1217-23, 2010
5. Sundaram A, Bokor D, Davidson A: Rugby union on-field position and its relationship to shoulder injury leading to anterior reconstruction for instability. J Sci Med Sport 14:111-114, 2011
6. Sammons VJ, Davidson AS, Tu J, Stoodley MA: Endothelial cells in the context of brain arteriovenous malformations: a review. J Clin Neurosci 18(2):165-170, 2011
7. Davidson AS, Morgan MK: The embryologic basis for the anatomy of the cerebral vasculature related to arteriovenous malformations. J Clin Neurosci 18:464-469, 2011
8. Sia SF, Davidson AS, Assaad NN, Stoodley M, Morgan MK: Comparative patency between intracranial arterial pedicle and vein bypass surgery. Neurosurgery 69:308-314, 2011
9. Raley DA, Davidson AS, Morgan MK: Herniation of an enlarged middle cerebral artery through a temporal bone defect in association with an arteriovenous malformation. J Clin Neurosci 19(11):1591-3, 2012
10. Simons MR, Morgan MK, Davidson AS: Time to re-think the role of the library in educating doctors: driving information literacy in the clinical environment. J Med Libr Assoc, 100(4):29106, 2012
11. Morgan MK, Davidson AS, Koustais S, Simons M, Ritson EA. The failure of preoperative ethylene-vinyl copolymer embolization to improve outcomes in AVM management: Case series. J Neurosurg, 118:969-977, 2013
12. Simons M, Davidson A, Forrest K. New roles for librarians in clinical education. The Clinical Teacher, 12(6):423-425, 2015
13. Harvey RJ, Malek J, Winder M, Davidson A, Steel T, Mrad N, Barham H, Knisley A, Teo C. Sinonasal morbidity following tumour resection with and without nasoseptal flap reconstruction. Rhinology 53:122-128, 2015
14. Siu RC, Tan IL, Davidson AS, Robertson AS, Fraser CL. Clinical Reasoning: compressive optic neuropathy secondary to intracranial Rosai-Dorfman Disease. Neurology 85(12):e89-92, 2015
15. Harvey R, Winder M, Davidson A, Steel T, Nalavenkata S, Bokhari A, Barham H, Knisely A, Christensen J. The olfactory strip and its preservation in endoscopic pituitary surgery maintains smell and sinonasal function. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 76(6):464-70, 2015
16. Morgan MK, Davidson AS, Assaad NN, Stoodley MA. Critical review of brain AVM surgery, surgical results and natural history in 2017. Acta Neurochir 159(8):1457-78, 2017
17. Simons M, Busch K, Davidson A, Kiat H, Avolio A. Improving the quality of the evidence: the necessity to lead by example. J Clin Neurosci 46:165-6; 2017
18. Oakley G, Ebeneezer J, Hamizan A, Sacks P, Rom D, Sacks R, Winder M, Davidson A, Teo C, Solares CA, Harvey RJ. Finding the petrocavernous carotid artery: the Vidian-Eustachian junction as a reliable landmark. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 79(4):361-366, 2018
19. Oakley G, Christensen JM, Winder M, Jonker BP, Davidson AS, Steel T, Teo C, Harvey RJ. Collagen matrix as an inlay in endoscopic skull base reconstruction. J Laryngol Otol 132(3):214-223, 2018
20. Simons MR, Morgan MK, Davidson AS. Cohort studies, trials and tribulations: Systematic Review and an evidence-based approach to AVM treatment. J Neurosurg Sci 62(4):444-53, 2018
21. Davidoff C, Rogers J, Simons M, Davidson A. A systematic review and meta-analysis of wound drains in non-instrumented lumbar decompression surgery. J Clin Neurosci 53:55-61, 2018
22. Patel NJ, Bervini D, Eftekhar B, Davidson AS, Walsh D, Assaad NN, Morgan MK. Results of surgery for low-grade brain arteriovenous malformation resection by early career neurosurgeons. An observational study. Neurosurgery 84:655-661, 2019
23. Simons MR, Zurynski Y, Cullis J, Morgan MK, Davidson AS. Does evidence-based medicine training improve doctors’ knowledge, practice and patient outcomes? A systematic review of the evidence. Medical Teacher 41(5): 532-538, 2019
24. Ng HY, Namboodiri D, Learoyd D, Davidson A, Champion B, Preda V. Clinical Challenges of a co-secreting TSH/GH pituitary adenoma. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism – Case Reports ID:19-0068; September 2019
25. Busch K J, Kiat H, Avolio A, Butlin M, Davidson A. Obstructive Hydrocephalus Due to Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformation: Demonstrating Transcranial Color Duplex Confirmation of Cerebral Venous Hemodynamic Alterations and Color Duplex Ultrasound Confirmation of Shunt Patency. Cureus 11(11):e6181, 2019
26. Namboodiri D, Ng H, Zala A, Magnussen J, Davidson A, Champion B, Preda V. Macrogonadotropinoma, a venous thromboembolic event and asymptomatic extensive periventricular white matter changes in a patient with Klinefelter Syndrome. Clinical Case Reports 8:675-679, 2020
27. Simons M, Rapport F, Zurynski Y, Cullis J, Davidson A. What are the links between evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making in training programs for junior doctors? A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 10(5):e037225, 2020
28. Policarpov D, Campbell D, McRobb L, Wu A, Lund M, Lu Y, Deyev S, Davidson A, Walsh B, Zvyagin A, Gillatt, D. Near-infrared molecular imaging of glioblastoma by Miltuximab ® IRDye800CW as a potential tool for fluorescence-guided surgery. Cancers 12(4):984, 2020
29. Prabhu S, Mukhopadhyay S, Gooneratne C, Davidson A, Liu G. Molecularly imprinted polymer-based detection of creatinine towards smart sensing. Medical Devices & Sensors 3(6):e10133, 2020
30. Johnston BJ, O’Donnell JM, Manuguerra M, Davidson AS. Test-retest reliability of touchscreen DriveSafe DriveAware. Aust Occup Ther J 68(2):106-114, 2021
31. Simons M, Rapport F, Zurynski Y, Stoodley M, Cullis J, Davidson A. The links between evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making in courses for doctors in training. A scoping review. BMJ Open 2022;12:e057335. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-057335
32. Busch K, Davidson A, Di Ieva A, Assaad N, Butlin M, Avolio A, Kiat H. Significant venous flow alterations following brain arteriovenous malformation surgery: Assessment by transcranial colour duplex. J Clin Neurosci 99:268-274, 2022
33. Wu YF, Ng HY, Namboodiri D, Lewis D, Davidson A, Champion B, Preda V. Thyrotropinoma with silent somatotroph and lactotroph adenoma during pregnancy. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2022:21-0194, 2022
34. Evans LR, Khanijou V, Gauden AJ, Kavar B, Davidson AS, Yan B, Bush S, Dowling R, Laidlaw JD, Mitchell PJ, Adamides AA. The significance of venous outflow obstruction in dural arteriovenous fistulae. Neurosurg Pract 2023;4(4):00057
35. Joseph M, Alvarado R, Jonker BP, Winder MJ, Earls P, Campbell R, Kalish LH, Sacks R, Davidson AS, McCormack A, Harvey R. Headache in patients with sellar disease: Clinicomorphological predictors of headache and the outcome of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 85(3):247-254, 2024
36. O’Donohoe TJ, Ovenden C, Bouras G, Chidambaram S, Plummer S, Davidson AS, Kleinig T, Abou-Hamden A. The role of decompressive craniectomy following microsurgical repair of a ruptured aneurysm: Analysis of a South Australian cerebrovascular registry. J Clin Neurosci 121:67-74, 2024
37. Simons M, Fisher G, Spanos S, Zurynski Y, Davidson A, Stoodley M, Rapport F, Ellis LA. Integrating training in evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making: A qualitative study of junior doctors and consultants. BMC Med Ed 2024:24(1), 418
38. Schroeder C, Haghighi N, Phillips C, Udovicich C, Li M, Drummond K, Dimou J, Davidson A, Sia J. A feasibility trial of delayed resection for brain metastasis following pre-operative stereotactic radiosurgery. J Neurooncol 2025 Sep:174(3):599-607
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Total citations 759
H-index 16
Co-authors107
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