Dr Laura Perju-Dumbrava
Laura is a neurologist with an interest in movement disorders. She graduated in 2009 from the Medical University in Vienna and she obtained her PhD from the university of her home city of Cluj in Romania. Coming to Australia in 2011, she subsequently completed two movement disorders fellowships at Monash Health. Her clinical expertise is in tremor, dystonia, Parkinson’s disease and neurodegenerative disorders. She is actively involved in clinical trial research, and has published a number of well received articles. Her interest in human movement extends to physical exercise, both at scientific and participatory levels.
Read More . . .Dr Ofer Gonen
Dr Gonen graduated from Tel-Aviv University, Israel and completed his specialty training in neurology in one of its affiliated hospitals (Shamir Medical Centre, Israel). He then underwent subspecialty training in epilepsy at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Alfred Hospital combined with a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Melbourne. Dr Gonen is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and continues to actively participate in epilepsy related research.
Read More . . .Dr Lin Zhang
Dr Zhang is a neurologist with subspecialty interest and training in Headache Medicine and Movement disorders.
Dr Zhang is able to manage complex headache and migraine conditions. She believes in improving service delivery and advocacy for headache patients. She is actively involved in the Australia New Zealand Headache Society. She is also a visiting neurologist at Alfred Health. Her current research is in specialised inpatient management of headache.
Read More . . .A/Prof Peter Hand
Peter has been a consultant neurologist for almost 20 years. He graduated with first class honours in medicine from Monash University in 1991 and did his specialist training in neurology at The Alfred Hospital and The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford UK. He received fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 1999. He undertook research into acute stroke at The University of Edinburgh and was awarded a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2002.
Read More . . .Dr Michael Eller
Dr Michael Eller is a highly qualified neurologist with subspecialty training in headache neurology and movement disorders. He also maintains an interest in indigenous health and tropical medicine. He has previously worked as a visiting specialist at Monash Medical Centre and Royal Darwin Hospital. He currently consults at Monash Neurology.
In 2003 he completed a degree in medicine from the University of Sydney. Prior to this he completed a Bachelor of Science as well as much of a Bachelor of Arts with interests in archaeology and neuroscience. Postgraduate training was conducted at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Darwin Hospital and The Alfred Hospital. Subsequent neurology training was undertaken at Monash Medical Centre and the Alfred Hospital after which he was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Australian College of Physicians.
Read More . . .Dr Luke Chen
Dr Luke Chen is a highly qualified neurologist with subspecialty expertise in hearing and balance disorders, neuro-otology, neuro-opthalmology, eye movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, and has an interest in atypical parkinsonism.
His undergraduate training in medicine was at the University of Melbourne and obtained his MBBS in 2003, followed by completion of basic physician training at the Austin Hospital in 2007. After completing core years of advanced training in neurology at the Alfred and Austin Hospital in Melbourne (2008-2009), he undertook a Fellowship in neuro-otology from 2010 to 2013 with Professor Michael Halmagyi and his group at the Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. This group, led by Professor Halmagyi, is internationally renowned for leading the field in clinical and academic neuro-otology. He was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2011.
Read More . . .Dr Will Lee
Dr Will Lee is a specialist neurologist with interests in movement and neurodegenerative disorders as well as stroke and general neurology. He is a visiting neurologist at the Alfred Hospital and has been awarded the prestigious Movement Disorder Society of Australia Research Fellowship for 2012.
In 2003, Dr Lee completed his undergraduate medical training at The University of Melbourne. His post-graduate training in internal medicine and subsequent specialisation in neurology were undertaken at the Austin and Alfred hospitals. In 2011, he completed the Movement Disorder Fellowship at the Alfred Hospital and was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Dr Lee specialises in the management of movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, dystonia and other neurodegenerative disorders.
Read More . . .Dr Marco Fedi
Dr Fedi is a specialist neurologist with an interest in epilepsy, stroke and general neurology. He trained in Neurology at The Alfred Hospital and The Austin Hospital in Melbourne, after having received accreditation as a specialist Neurologist in Italy. Dr Fedi also works in the Intensive Care Team at The Alfred Hospital.
Dr Fedi speaks English and Italian, and is happy to consult entirely in either language at your request.
Read More . . .Dr Saman Punchihewa
Dr Saman Punchihewa is a highly qualified Consultant Neurologist with interests in neurophysiology, epilepsy and general neurology. Dr Punchihewa holds public appointments at Monash Medical Centre and Frankston Hospitals with a significant role in the Neurophysiology department at Monash Neurology.
He was awarded an Australian Government Scholarship (John Crawford Scholarship) to study Medicine & Surgery in Australia and also received Dean’s Honors in two consecutive years at medical school. His undergraduate medical training was undertaken at Melbourne University and clinical training was at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. After completion of medical training, he went to New Zealand where he did his Basic physician training at Christchurch and Dunedin Hospitals.
Read More . . .Dr Kelly Bertram
Doctor Kelly Bertram is a highly qualified Australian neurologist with international training in clinical neurology and a special interest in dystonia and other movement disorders as well as general neurology.
Her undergraduate medical training was undertaken at Melbourne University, where she obtained her medical degree in 2002. She was awarded the Peter G Jones essay prize in 2002.
Her post-graduate training was undertaken at The Austin Hospital. She specialised in Neurology, training at Geelong Hospital and The Alfred Hospital. Dr Bertram completed her neurology training as Movement Disorders Fellow at The Alfred Hospital after which she was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Read More . . .A/Prof David Williams
Associate Professor David Williams is a highly qualified Australian neurologist with an international reputation for his clinical and research work in Movement Disorders, Headache, Muscle and Nerve disorders.
He is Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurosciences in the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University Melbourne, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies at University College London. He is visiting Neurologist The Alfred Hospital and Monash Medical Centre as well as numerous other private hospitals.His undergraduate medical training was undertaken at Monash University, where he obtained his medical degree in 1995. He was awarded the Harriet Power Scholarship for Medicine at The Alfred Hospital in the same year.His post-graduate training was undertaken in Melbourne and several hospitals in United Kingdom.
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