The Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroimmunology Centre launch
The Royal Melbourne Hospital has recently opened its new Neuroimmunology Centre, led by Professor Tomas Kalincik from the Department of Medicine.
(left to right): Mark Marriott (neurologist), Harsh Oza (CAR-T/MS fellow), Jersey Higgins (administrative support), Hasini Fernando (nurse), Fionna Dela Cruz (Neuroimmunology/MS fellow), Prashanth Ramachandran (neurologist), Katherine Fazzolari (nurse), Tomas Kalincik (director), Litza Kiropoulos (psychologist), Katherine Buzzard (neurologist), Izanne Roos (deputy director), Steve Simpson-Yap (epidemiologist), Margaret Bolger (administrative support), Chris Dwyer (neurologist), Ai-Lan Nguyen (neurologist), Sifat Sharmin (statistician), Jannis Muller (neurology fellow).
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is home to Victoria's largest multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuroimmunology service, providing care for more than 1300 patients.
The new Centre is inspired by large MS centres in Europe, Canada and the US by dedicating 350m2 to this specialist centre on its new premises in Elizabeth Street.
The Centre is home to many Department of Medicine researchers including the CORe Unit, and acts as a node for partners internally and externally including MS Australia, MS Plus, government funding bodies, philanthropy, industry, academic collaborators, donors and sponsors of research.