David R Williams

Biography

He is Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurosciences in the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University Melbourne, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies at University College London. He is visiting Neurologist The Alfred Hospital and Monash Medical Centre as well as numerous other private hospitals.His undergraduate medical training was undertaken at Monash University, where he obtained his medical degree in 1995. He was awarded the Harriet Power Scholarship for Medicine at The Alfred Hospital in the same year.His post-graduate training was undertaken in Melbourne and several hospitals in United Kingdom. He specialised in Neurology, training at The Alfred Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. He went on to finish his training at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London after which he was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.In London Associate Professor Williams joined the research team at The Reta Lila Weston Institute, and went on to complete a PhD in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders at The University of London. He worked with Professor Andrew Lees (movement disorders, botulinum toxin treatment), Prof Patricia Limousin (deep brain stimulation surgery), Dr Carla Cordivari (tremor analysis), Prof Peter Brown (basal ganglia neurophysiology) and Prof Tamas Revesz (neuropathology). He developed his interest in scientific research and teaching amongst the students at Queen Square, and coordinated the Neurology Teaching Program and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

Research Interest

Movement Disorders, Headache, Muscle and Nerve disorders.