
Professor Geoffrey Donnan AO
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Professor of Neurology @unimelb working to improve stroke care for all Australians with @AusStroke. Views are my own.
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I'm very excited to be the host of this new podcast program from The Florey with some amazing clinicians, researchers and most importantly, patients and carers. Looking forward to the first episode dropping this Sunday.


The clearing out of asylums was meant to provide hope. Instead it spawned an underclass theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/the-cโฆ via The Australian A National failure but one which could be reversed. The blueprints are well defined. Thereโs just little appetite to implement at this stage


The second Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) is on the road! ๐ It was officially launched this past weekend with Ambulance Victoria and The Royal Melbourne Hospital - a vital and groundbreaking resource that delivers immediate, on-site stroke care to patients. ๐


What are some ways we can improve our memory? ๐ก Prof Lucy Palmer's study suggests that using the brainโs ability to use multiple senses at once can help in memory retention. Read about it here: florey.edu.au/news/2024/12/iโฆ #TheFlorey #neuroscience #synapticbiology #memory








๐Ischemic Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation & a Recent Ischemic Stroke, TIA, or Intracranial Hemorrhage; a World Stroke Organisation (WSO) Scientific Statement Read here!๐ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11โฆ World Stroke Org


Is submaximal angioplasty an effective preventive treatment for severe ICAS? Please take a look at our critique on Stroke AHA/ASA Professor Geoffrey Donnan AO Andrew Demchuk ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STโฆ


#STROKE: Mobile stroke units provide greater access to reperfusion therapies leading to improved functional outcomes and fewer deaths. Professor Stephen Davis @skyecoote Henry Zhao Dominique Cadilhac Mulugeta Molla Professor Geoffrey Donnan AO The Florey Monash University School of Clinical Sciences @Joosydyr #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/4251aRa


#STROKE: MRI with DWI/ADC imaging is a useful tool in the management of acute ischemic stroke, but imaging protocol heterogeneity may impact ADC distribution and core location, size, and their interaction with measures of stroke severity. Alexander Salerno MD, PhD ahajrnls.org/42MQ1nl



Brilliant short film by Harry Bateman about his amazing Dad, highlighting one of the most effective treatments in modern medicine #thrombectomy #savingbrains Stroke Association StrokeAssociation NI 24/7 access to this treatment and then needs based rehabilitation is essential ๐