About Us
The Australasian Stroke Academy is a not-for-profit organisation composed of a diverse group of physicians who practice stroke medicine with the focus on the development and delivery of education in stroke medicine to the expert group and wider community.
meet the executive team
- executive team
A/Professor Andrew Wong
President
A/Prof. Andrew Wong is a Neurologist and Stroke Physician working in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is the director of Neurology and Stroke at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. His clinical and research interests are focussed on stroke, which was the subject of his PhD. He is also actively involved in education; apart from presenting at local and national meetings, he organises various educational events for Queensland neurology registrars and consultants.
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A/Professor Ben Clissold
Vice-President
Dr Clissold is a stroke neurologist at Monash Health and Barwon Health in Victoria, Australia. He is a graduate of Monash University and has completed his doctoral research in relation to patterns of stroke admissions to Victorian Hospitals using data linkage methods. His current clinical roles include as the head of inpatient services for neurology at Barwon Health in Victoria, one of Australia’s largest regional health services. He works in both rural and metropolitan acute stroke services at both Monash Health and Barwon Health, and is involved in providing acute intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular clot retrieval. He is a member of the Victorian Stroke Clinical Network, and is actively involved in clinical trial work including the current EXTEND IV and TASTE thrombolysis trials. He also has ongoing research interests in data pattern recognition and cardiac risk factors for acute stroke and holds honorary fellow / lecturer positions at Monash and Deakin Universities. He recently joined the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine Service.
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A/Prof Candice Delcourt
Treasurer
Clinical A/Prof Candice is a neurologist whose speciality interests include stroke and neurophysiology. She is an A/Prof at Macquarie University. She is a committee member of the Australian Stroke Trials Network.
Dr Delcourt undertook her specialist neurology training in Belgium and France. She completed a PhD in the imaging of intracerebral haemorrhage at the University of Sydney in 2017. She is a senior research fellow, head of the neurology group at the George Institute for Global Health. She has published over 80 publications in the field of stroke and stroke imaging. She holds an Emerging Leader fellowship from the NHMRC. She practices neurology at Macquarie Health Neurology in Sydney, Bega and Coffs Harbour. She is a neurologist on the NSW Telestroke service.
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Dr Elizabeth Pepper
Honorary Secretary
Dr Elizabeth Pepper is a neurologist with clinical interest in the areas of stroke, movement disorders and general neurology, as well as having an interest in general medicine. She works in Newcastle NSW at John Hunter Hospital and the Calvary Mater Newcastle (CMN), a university teaching hospital with a focus on general medicine and cancer care. She is the director of the stroke unit at the CMN, where she is the local principal investigator for multicentre stroke secondary prevention trials, and is a member of the stroke society of Australasia and the Australasian Stroke Trialists Network. Her research experience also includes work as an associate investigator in several stroke imaging trials with Professor Mark Parsons.
- Our Vision
The Academy’s vision is to establish itself as a facilitator of quality stroke care through the promotion of stroke physician education which empowers and equip the physicians to serve the community better.
- Our Values
The Academy promotes collaboration, transparency and a collegial atmosphere among all stroke physicians.
Mission
Statement
- Changing Australian Lives Since 2015
The Academy’s aim is to provide continuing medical education via its annual scientific and education meeting, educational modules, collaboration with various stroke organisations both national and international and through the promotion of research.
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The Australasian Stroke Academy (ASA) is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the field of stroke care through education, research, and advocacy.
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