Synapse UniMelb: Recent Episodes
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Connecting students and professionals in the fields of neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. On the Synapse Podcast we explore the realities and practicalities of a medical career in neuroscience.
Join hosts of the 'You're Kidding, Right?' podcast Dr Freya Bleathman & Dr Anne Atkins as they discuss Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH). Press play to explore the signs and symptoms, diagnosis, management, and complications of this fascinating new disorder classification.
Prof. Andrew Kornberg is a paediatric neurologist with general neurology and neuromuscular experience. He currently holds an appointment as Senior Neurologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital. On this episode hear Sherri Xu in discussion with Prof. Kornberge about his interests in immune-mediated neurologic syndromes, including Guillain-Barré syndrome, and childhood multiple sclerosis.
In part 2 of this interview hear about medication overuse headaches, and how you can learn more and become involved in migraine advocacy as a medical student!
Professor Tissa Wijeratne leads a successful stroke care program at Western Health where the team manages a large volume of stroke and TIA patients in western metropolitan Melbourne, and is the chair of World Brain Day for World Federation of Neurology. In this episode hear about headache medicine and migraines, disorders that affect over 3 billion people globally.