Dr David Darby (Neurologist)
- Name
- Dr David Gordon Darby
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne Australia 1981
- FRACP Australia 1991
- Occupation
- Neurologist
- Gender
- Male
- Links
- http://ecdc.org.au
Prof Darby graduated from Medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1981, completing a PhD in neurology and neuropsychology in 1990, and his neurology training in 1991. He served as an instructor in Behavioral Neurology at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School from 1992 to 1995. He was Chairman of the Memory Disorders Service at the Repatriation Campus of the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre from 1997 to 2000, and consultant to the Eastern Cognitive Disorders Clinic, and regional Victoria. Prof Darby has published over 95 research papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and has co-authored a neuropsychological textbook with Prof Kevin Walsh. He is a consultant for CogState Ltd , which he helped found in 1999, to develop computerized cognitive testing instruments for early detection of dementia in the earliest stages, and is also Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Awarded Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine 2011 for this work. He is a clinical investigator for the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study. His current research interests are focused on wide-scale community screening for prodromal dementia, both Alzheimer’s disease and fronto-temporal dementia, cognitive evaulation of concussion in sport and multiple sclerosis, and is Principal Investigator for the “TREAD Study” in Melbourne (http://tread.florey.edu.au).
- Affiliated Clinics
- The Eastern Cognitive Disorders Clinic
- Point Lonsdale Medical Group
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- The Eastern Cognitive Disorders Clinic
- Address
- Level 2
5 Arnold Street
Box Hill VIC 3128
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9895 4639
- Fax
- 03 9895 4610
Surf Coast
- Point Lonsdale Medical Group
- Address
- Bellarine Community Health
4 Nelson Road
Point Lonsdale VIC 3225
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5258 0888
- Fax
- 03 5258 2900
