Wirginia is a paediatric neurosurgeon who obtained her fellowship in 1996. She  undertook  fellowships in epilepsy surgery at the University Hospital in London, Ontario and paediatric neurosurgery in Necker Enfants Malades, Paris. She was head of department at the Royal Childrens Hospital until 2020. Wirginia has an active interest in neurosurgical education having established and directed the Asian Australasian educational course from 2004. She was the chairman of the educational committee of the Asian Australasian Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery until 2023 when she became its President. Wirginia has a particular interest in epilepsy surgery having performed over 700 resective surgeries in children. The Children’s Epilepsy surgery program is a strong image based service which specialises in advanced imaging techniques to aid surgery.