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Neurology
Speakers
Dr. Serge Gauthier
Dr. Serge Gauthier, a Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at McGill University. He is also the Academic Co-Lead for the McGill University Dementia Education Program. Previously he was Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit at the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, Director of the McGill Centre for Studies in Ageing and holder of a Research Chair at the Canadian Institute for Health Research, Clinical Investigator and Staff Neurologist at the Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute.
His research interests include etiology and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other related diagnoses, development of consensus guidelines on approval and use of antidementia drugs, and on the rights of persons with dementia to participate in research.
Recent publications include the 2022 World Alzheimer Report. He was a recipient of the Prix Galien Award in 1997 and has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
His research interests include etiology and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other related diagnoses, development of consensus guidelines on approval and use of antidementia drugs, and on the rights of persons with dementia to participate in research.
Recent publications include the 2022 World Alzheimer Report. He was a recipient of the Prix Galien Award in 1997 and has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Ronald Siu
Dr Ronald Siu is a neurologist and a general physician. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medical Science.
He worked at the Neuropsychiatry Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for his research project related to cognitive function. Dr Siu completed his early medical training in Brisbane, before relocating to Sydney for both general medicine and neurology advanced training.
Dr Siu enjoys teaching and research. He completed two master degrees, a Master of Public Health and Master of Philosophy, with a thesis on a familial form of spinocerebellar ataxia.
Dr Siu spent some time at the National Institute of Health (Bethesda, USA) as part of his research. Dr Siu provides outpatient consultation services in his suite at Toowoomba Neurology and for inpatients of St Andrew's Hospital. He also provides public services as a staff specialist neurologist at the Toowoomba Base Hospital.
He worked at the Neuropsychiatry Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for his research project related to cognitive function. Dr Siu completed his early medical training in Brisbane, before relocating to Sydney for both general medicine and neurology advanced training.
Dr Siu enjoys teaching and research. He completed two master degrees, a Master of Public Health and Master of Philosophy, with a thesis on a familial form of spinocerebellar ataxia.
Dr Siu spent some time at the National Institute of Health (Bethesda, USA) as part of his research. Dr Siu provides outpatient consultation services in his suite at Toowoomba Neurology and for inpatients of St Andrew's Hospital. He also provides public services as a staff specialist neurologist at the Toowoomba Base Hospital.
Dr. Peter Silburn
Professor Peter Silburn is a neurologist and professor of clinical neuroscience at the Queensland Brain Institute in Brisbane and a world expert in the treatment and research of Parkinson’s disease. He was honoured for his ‘significant service to medicine as a neurologist, particularly in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases’ with appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2013 Australia Day Honours.
He is a founding member and lead clinician for the Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation, a joint initiative between The University of Queensland and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.
He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1988. He commenced training in Neurology at Princess Alexandra Hospital, and completed training in Oxford at the Radcliffe Infirmary in 1995. He was subsequently the Clinical Lecturer in Neurology at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
From Oxford, Professor Silburn went to the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm as a Research Fellow in the Department of Molecular Medicine. He became a full Professor in Neurobiology at The University of Queensland in 2006.
He is a founding member and lead clinician for the Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation, a joint initiative between The University of Queensland and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.
He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1988. He commenced training in Neurology at Princess Alexandra Hospital, and completed training in Oxford at the Radcliffe Infirmary in 1995. He was subsequently the Clinical Lecturer in Neurology at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
From Oxford, Professor Silburn went to the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm as a Research Fellow in the Department of Molecular Medicine. He became a full Professor in Neurobiology at The University of Queensland in 2006.
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