Concord Early-onset Familial Dementia Clinic

In 2012, Professor James Burrell established a young-onset dementia clinic at Concord Hospital. This clinic receives referrals from local general practitioners, as well as other neurologists and psychiatrists from throughout New South Wales. This clinic was designed as a clinical service, but patients are invited to participate in research activities, both at Concord Hospital and the Brain and Mind Centre ForeFront clinical laboratories if they meet the criteria necessary to be part of the research program.

Brain and Mind Centre Lewy Body Dementia Clinic

Lewy body dementias are difficult to diagnose and manage. They often have additional clinical difficulties like sleep disorders and psychiatric symptoms, and are usually sensitive to certain drug treatments used in psychiatry. Patients with Lewy body dementias can start with a movement disorder progressing to dementia, or can start with memory difficulties progressing to dementia often with additional troublesome clinical features. Patients wishing to participate in research or simply seeking a clinical opinion are assessed at the Brain and Mind Centre following a referral to Professor Simon Lewis.

Brain and Mind Centre Memory Clinic

If you have concerns about changes in your memory or thinking, the Memory Clinic at the Brain and Mind Centre in Camperdown can provide you with a comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management plan. Dr Ireland can either see you privately or through our Healthy Brain Ageing Clinic. Over a 3 hour session our research clinic includes a specialist medical appointment, neuropsychology testing and review of sleep and mood with referral on for blood tests, MRI brain and sleep study at the Woolcock Institute for Medical Research as appropriate. This clinic also offers the opportunity to be involved in our research trials.

Brain and Mind Centre Motor Neuron Disease Clinic

The Brain and Mind Centre ForeFront Neurology Clinic strives to provide the best possible care to people with motor neuron disease, and their family and friends. Our team of experts create an individualised care plan for each patient based on the results of a range of assessments carried out at the clinic. We send this care plan and a clinic summary to the patient’s general practitioner and any health providers involved in their care. Each patient is reviewed every four to six months depending on their needs. We do not perform home visits, however our team are happy to refer you to local allied health providers if needed. We also provide the opportunity to participant and contribute to important research.

Services include: Diagnostic assessment, nerve conduction studies, electromyography, nerve excitability, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), muscle strength assessment, spirometry and respiratory review, clinical nurse consultant review, cognitive assessment, and orthotic assessment.

The Westmead Motor Neuron Disease & neuromuscular clinic

The Westmead Motor Neuron Disease & neuromuscular service strives to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care as well as access to latest research for patients living with MND and related neuromuscular diseases, as well as their carers, in Western Sydney. Our team of experts create a personalized management care plan based on comprehensive multidisciplinary team assessments carried out at our clinic. The care plan is communicate to the general practitioner and other relevant community carers, with which our clinic engages with. All patients are reviewed every four to six months depending on clinical requirements. We do not perform home visits, however our team are happy to refer you to local allied health providers if needed.

Our services include: Diagnostic assessment, nerve conduction studies, electromyography, axonal excitability, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), respiratory review, clinical nurse consultant review, cognitive assessment, orthotic assessment, opportunity to participate and contribute to important research.

MQ Health Neurology

MQ Health Neurology is the home of the motor neuron disease service at Macquarie University (MNDS@MU). This service manages the integrated care of approximately 10% of the patients with motor neuron disease in Australia, and provides expert diagnosis and management of all stages of motor neuron disease. Inpatient care for MQ Health Neurology is provided in Macquarie University Hospital, Australia’s first university hospital.

Brain and Mind Centre Parkinson’s Disease Clinic

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second most common degenerative condition of the brain, affecting an increasing number of people worldwide. Patients with PD wishing to participate in research or simply seeking a clinical opinion are assessed through our NeuroSleep Clinic at the Brain and Mind Centre following a referral to Professor Simon Lewis. This clinic offers appointments across a range of specialists including Neurology, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation and Sleep Medicine.

Brain and Mind Centre Parkinson’s Plus Syndrome Clinic

Parkinson Plus or Atypical Parkinson’s refers to a group of diseases including Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Syndromes, which are often difficult to diagnose and manage. Patients with any of these conditions wishing to participate in research or simply seeking a clinical opinion are assessed through our NeuroSleep Clinic at the Brain and Mind Centre. This clinic offers appointments across a range of specialists including Neurology, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation and Sleep Medicine.

MQ Health Neurology

MQ Health Neurology manages the care of more than 400 patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders such as multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration. Inpatient care for MQ Health Neurology is provided in Macquarie University Hospital, Australia’s first university hospital. MQ Health Neurology is the recipient of funding from the Michael J Fox Foundation to assess the progression of Parkinson’s disease.

Professor Dominic Rowe is a clinical neurologist and researcher with a longstanding interest in neurodegeneration. His areas of expertise include motor neuron disease and Parkinson’s disease, among other forms of neurodegenerative diseases. He has published on clinical, genetic and biological aspects of Parkinson’s disease and motor neuron disease as well as other fields of adult neurology. He is involved in the clinical assessment and management of many patients with Parkinson’s disease, motor neuron disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. As the inaugural Professor of Neurology at Macquarie University, he is involved in research into the cause and therapies of these diseases.

Brain and Mind Centre NeuroSleep Disorders Clinic

Idiopathic Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder (iRBD) is a condition where with no other explanation, otherwise healthy people start acting out their dreams. Research has demonstrated that many people with iRBD will go on to develop Parkinson’s Disease, Lewy Body Dementia or Multiple System Atrophy making it the best target group of patients for future treatments designed at slowing disease progression. Patients with iRBD wishing to participate in research or simply seeking a clinical opinion are assessed through our NeuroSleep Clinic at the Brain and Mind Centre. This clinic offers appointments across a range of specialists including Neurology, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation and Sleep Medicine.

Woolcock Sleep Disorders Clinic

The Woolcock Clinics specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep and breathing disorders. The clinics offer the very latest approaches in care and are recognised as the top ranked specialist sleep and respiratory health research centre in the world by the influential data firm Times Higher Education. Patients with sleep disorders wishing to participate in research or simply seeking a clinical opinion are assessed at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research following a referral to Professor Ron Grunstein.