Dr Dandie completed his MBBS at the University of NSW between 1985-1989, and then undertook an internship and basic surgical training at St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, in 1990-1992. He then completed unaccredited Neurosurgical training at Royal Hobart Hospital and St Vincents between 1993 and 1995, and Advanced Surgical Training in Neurosurgery at St Vincents Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, and the Children's Hospital, Randwick from 1996-1999. He obtained his FRACS and a Neurovascular Fellowship at Royal North Shore Hospital in 2000, and completed a Complex Spinal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada in 2001.

From 2002-2021 Dr Dandie worked as a VMO at Westmead Hospital, Sydney. He is currently a VMO at Westmead Private Hospital and the Sydney Adventist Hospital in Sydney, Australia.

Dr Dandie has particular interest in minimally invasive and robotic spinal surgery.

Interests include:

• Complex spinal surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Robotic assisted surgery
• Neurovascular surgery