Research Interests
Neurology & NeurosurgeryDr Nicholas Candy
School of Medicine
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Neurosurgical trainee based in South Australia with a keen interest in open and endoscopic skull base surgery. Completed a PhD in endoscopic pituitary surgery with Professor Alkis Psatlis, Professor Peter-John Wormald and Associate Professor Alistair Jukes investigating different ways to improve post operative endocrine outcome. Currently involved in translational and clinical research into skull base surgery.
Improving endocrine outcomes following endoscopic pituitary surgery
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Senior Clinical Lecturer | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences |
| 2023 - 2025 | Clinical Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - ongoing | Neurosurgical trainee | SA Health |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2025 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 2017 - 2018 | University of Sydney | Australia | Master of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
| 2011 - 2016 | James Cook University | Australia | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Ovenden, C., Tan, V., Torpy, D. J., Chapman, I., Saran, F., Jukes, A., . . . De Sousa, S. M. C. (2026). Surgical Outcomes in Knosp grade 3 or 4 macroprolactinomas: What role does debulking surgery play?. World neurosurgery, 124826. |
| 2025 | Candy, N. G., Zhang, A. S., Jukes, A. K., & Wormald, P. -J. (2025). Sphenoid sinusitis with extradural empyema in a paediatric patient.. J Clin Neurosci, 133, 111017. |
| 2025 | Candy, N. G., Mignone, E., Quick, E., Koszyca, B., Brown, A., Chapman, I. M., . . . De Sousa, S. M. C. (2025). The role of BRAF testing of Rathke's cleft cysts to identify missed papillary craniopharyngioma.. Pituitary, 28(1), 30. Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Zhang, S., Richter, J., Veale, J., Hieu Phan, V. M., Candy, N., Poonnoose, S., . . . To, M. S. (2025). Development of Hybrid radiomic Machine learning models for preoperative prediction of meningioma grade on multiparametric MRI. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 135, 7 pages. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2025 | Tong, J. Y., Candy, N. G., Sung, J., Jukes, A. K., & Selva, D. (2025). Transorbital Approach to the Cavernous Sinus after an Exenteration. Operative Neurosurgery, 29(4), 563-568. WoS2 |
| 2025 | Tong, J. Y., Candy, N. G., Sung, J., Jukes, A. K., & Selva, D. (2025). In Reply: Transorbital Approach to the Cavernous Sinus after an Exenteration. Operative Neurosurgery, 29(4), 610-611. Scopus2 |
| 2025 | Ovenden, C. D., Candy, N., McNeil, J., Dolovac, R. B., Castle-Kirszbaum, M., Helal, A., . . . Psaltis, A. (2025). Systematic review of fluorescence-guided surgery in pituitary neuroendocrine tumours. Endocrine Oncology, 5(1), e250037. |
| 2025 | Ovenden, C., Mignone, E., Chapman, I., Torpy, D. J., Rankin, W., Jukes, A., . . . De Sousa, S. M. C. (2025). Early postoperative decline in insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) predicts surgical remission of acromegaly.. World neurosurgery, 205, 124611. |
| 2025 | Candy, N. G., Barry, E. F., Tomatis, V. M., Patel, S., Miller, J., Ovenden, C., . . . Wormald, P. J. (2025). Phase I trial to evaluate safety of Deferiprone-Chitogel to prevent epidural fibrosis in lumbar spine surgery. European Spine Journal, 10 pages. |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Van Der Veken, J., & Van Velthoven, V. (2024). 'What's in a name', a systematic review of the pterional craniotomy for aneurysm surgery and its many modifications with a proposal for simplified nomenclature.. Acta neurochirurgica, 166(1), 11-1-11-26. Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Mansour, L. T., Candy, N., Nowicki, J., Jukes, A., Chryssidis, S., & Harding, M. (2024). An infratentorial dural arteriovenous fistula mimicking cervical myelopathy: A case report. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 237, 4 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Wu, K. C., Finger, G., Vankoevering, K., & Prevedello, D. M. (2024). Management of frontoethmoidal osteoma causing pneumocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid leakage with minimally invasive techniques: illustrative cases. Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons, 7(6), 5 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2024 | De Sousa, S. M. C., Jukes, A. K., Candy, N. G., Chapman, I. M., Torpy, D. J., Shivalingam, B., . . . Santoreneos, S. (2024). Tumour fibrosis in dopamine agonist-exposed prolactinomas is a diminishing concern.. Nat Rev Endocrinol, 20(5), 314. Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC5 |
| 2024 | Mathew, A., Gorayski, P., Candy, N., Saran, F., & Le, H. (2024). Proton beam therapy for clival chordoma: optimising rare cancer treatments in Australia. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 71(S2), 47-58. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Jukes, A. K., Patel, S., King, T., Bouras, G., Vrodos, N., . . . Psaltis, A. J. (2024). Neuronavigation in endoscopic skull base surgery and the accuracy of different MRI sequences. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 123, 203-208. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Jukes, A. K., Ooi, E. H., Valentine, R., Vrodos, N., Santoreneos, S., . . . Psaltis, A. J. (2024). The Evolution of Pituitary Surgery in an Australian Health Care Framework. Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base, 86(2), 8 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Zhang, A. S., Bouras, G., Jukes, A. K., Santoreneos, S., Vrodos, N., . . . Psaltis, A. J. (2024). Pilot Validation of a 3-Dimensional Printed Pituitary Adenoma, Vascular Injury, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Surgical Simulator.. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 27(5), 632-640. |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Ramezanpour, M., Bouras, G., Chegeni, N., Chataway, T., Ormsby, R. J., . . . Psaltis, A. J. (2024). Differential proteomic expression in non-functional pituitary neuroendocrine tumours and pituitary glands. Rhinology, 62(6), 750-758. Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Van Der Veken, J., Candy, N., & Van Velthoven, V. (2024). Surgical management of arterial compression of the anterior visual pathway – a systematic review. Neurosurgical Review, 47(1), 10 pages. Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2024 | Lee, K. S., Jankowitz, B. T., Hong, C., Candy, N. G., Poon, T. L., Cordeiro, J. G., . . . Prevedello, D. M. (2024). The delicate nature of a constructive peer review: pearls from the editorial board. Neurosurgical Review, 47(1), 5 pages. |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Parker, A., Wormald, P. -J., Robinson, S., Baguley, C., & Wickremesekera, A. (2024). Anterior skull base meningioma with vascular encasement.. J Clin Neurosci, 129, 110864. |
| 2024 | Candy, N. G., Santoreneos, S., & Wormald, P. J. (2024). Pseudocapsular dissection in a large plurihormonal Pit-1 positive PitNET. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 130, 1 page. |
| 2024 | Helal, A., Hammam, E., Ovenden, C. D., Candy, N. G., Chaurasia, B., Atallah, O., & Jukes, A. (2024). A systematic review of radiological prediction of ki 67 proliferation index of meningioma. Neurosurgical Review, 47(1), 21 pages. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2023 | Candy, N. G., Hinder, D., Jukes, A. K., Wormald, P. -J., & Psaltis, A. J. (2023). Olfaction preservation in olfactory groove meningiomas: a systematic review.. Neurosurgical review, 46(1), 1-8. Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC4 |
| 2023 | Candy, N. G., Ovenden, C., Jukes, A. K., Wormald, P. -J., & Psaltis, A. J. (2023). The learning curve for endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery: a systematic review.. Neurosurg Rev, 46(1), 1-13. Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC11 |
| 2023 | Candy, N. G., Jukes, A. K., Van Der Veken, J., Torpy, D. J., Vrodos, N., Santoreneos, S., . . . Psaltis, A. J. (2023). The Learning Curve for Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: Evaluating Endocrine Outcomes.. J Clin Neurosci, 120, 14-22. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2022 | Kolias, A. G., Adams, H., Timofeev, I. S., Corteen, E. A., Hossain, I., Czosnyka, M., . . . Hutchinson, P. J. (2022). Evaluation of Outcomes Among Patients With Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension Treated With Decompressive Craniectomy vs Standard Medical Care at 24 Months A Secondary Analysis of the RESCUEicp Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA NEUROLOGY, 79(7), 664-671. WoS64 Europe PMC64 |
| 2019 | Candy, N., Tsimiklis, C., Poonnoose, S., & Trivedi, R. (2019). The use of antiepileptic medication in early post traumatic seizure prophylaxis at a single institution. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 69, 198-205. Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC11 |
| 2017 | Clark, A. D., Guilfoyle, M. R., Candy, N. G., Budohoski, K. P., Hofmann, R., Barone, D. G., . . . Trivedi, R. A. (2017). Stereoscopic Three-Dimensional Neuroanatomy Lectures Enhance Neurosurgical Training: Prospective Comparison with Traditional Teaching. World Neurosurgery, 108, 917-923.e5. Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC12 |
| 2017 | Candy, N., Young, A., Devadass, A., Dean, A., McMillen, J., & Trivedi, R. (2017). Dual lumbar bronchogenic and arachnoid cyst presenting with sciatica and left foot drop. Acta Neurochirurgica, 159(10), 2029-2032. Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2017 | Candy, N., Young, A., Allinson, K., Carr, O., McMillen, J., & Trivedi, R. (2017). Metastatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Unknown Origin Arising in the Femoral Nerve Sheath. World Neurosurgery, 104, 1047-1047.e6. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2017 | Clark, A. D., Barone, D. G., Candy, N., Guilfoyle, M., Budohoski, K., Hofmann, R., . . . Trivedi, R. A. (2017). The Effect of 3-Dimensional Simulation on Neurosurgical Skill Acquisition and Surgical Performance: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Surgical Education, 74(5), 828-836. Scopus31 WoS28 Europe PMC16 |
| 2017 | Candy, N., Ng, E., & Velu, R. (2017). Paclitaxel-coated balloon reduces target lesion revascularization compared with standard balloon angioplasty. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 65(2), 558-570.e10. Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC10 |
| - | Candy, N. G., Ashokan, A., Lim, W. Y., Kidd, S. E., James, C., Abou-Hamden, A., & Psaltis, A. J. (2023). Non-surgical management of chronic granulomatous invasive fungal sinusitis with intracranial extension a case report and literature review. International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 9(9), 725-728. |
| - | Nicholas G, C. (2023). Giant Intracranial Epidermoid Tumour: Decision Making in a Complex Case. Neurosurgery - Cases and Reviews, 6(2). |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Improving safety and efficacy in endoscopic pituitary adenoma surgery | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Christopher Dillon Ovenden |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Improving safety and efficacy in endoscopic pituitary adenoma surgery | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Christopher Dillon Ovenden |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Associate Editor | Neurosurgical Review | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Australia |
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