Rick Leventer

Biography

Associate Professor Richard Leventer is a consultant paediatric neurologist at the Royal Children's Hospital and a Group Leader of Neuroscience Research within the Clinical Sciences theme of the Murdoch Childrens. He is an Associate Professor in the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics. Associate Professor Leventer was awarded his PhD on the topic of cortical malformations in 2007 which included research commenced whilst doing a Fellowship in the Brain Malformation Program at the University of Chicago with Professor William Dobyns and Professor David Ledbetter. He was President of the Australia and New Zealand Child Neurology Society from 2002 - 2007. He has authored over 65 publications and six book chapters. Associate Professor Leventer is Director of the Brain Malformation Program and Clinic at the Royal Children's Hospital and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, which is a referral centre for children with brain malformations from Australia and New Zealand. He is responsible for a brain malformation database of over 1200 patients, which includes a repository of DNA and brain tissue samples stored with the Institute. He is a Chief Investigator on the Murdoch Childrens Accelerated Gene Identification Program within the Bruce Lefroy Centre. Associate Professor Leventer's opinion is widely sought for the review of clinical cases and the interpretation of brain MRI scans of children with brain malformations and other neurogenetic conditions. He is a valued collaborative researcher with colleagues throughout Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Europe. Associate Professor Leventer is the Australian representative on a new international consortium studying white matter disorders, known as the Global Leukodystrophy Initiative.

Research Interest

Clinicaol science and Neuroscience