Dr Florence Chang (Neurologist)
- Name
- Dr Florence Chang
- Qualifications
- MBBS University of New South Wales 2002
- FRACP 2012
- PhD University of Sydney 2020
- Occupation
- Neurologist
- Gender
- Female
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Mandarin
- Medical Specialties
- Neurology
- Phone
- 02 9633 4999 or email westmead307@gmail.com for Specialist Neurology Services
- 02 8890 6793 for Westmead Public Hospital
- 02 8890 9960 for Huntington disease outreach services
- Fax
- 02 9893 7524 for Specialist Neurology Services 02 8890 6069 for Westmead Public Neurology Department and referral to Huntington Clinic
Dr Chang completed her medical degree at the University of New South Wales with Honors, in 2002. She completed basic physician training in St Vincent Hospital, Sydney, then completed advanced training in neurology at Royal North Shore Hospital and Movement disorder fellowship Westmead Hospital. She completed neurology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota in United States in 2012. She then spend a year as the Movement Disorder Fellow at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, New York, where she was awarded a clinical movement disorder fellowship by the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation. Currently she is working as a neurologist at Westmead Hospital and has more than 10 years of experience in Parkinson disease advanced therapies such as Duodopa intestinal gel, deep brain stimulation and apomorphine injection/infusion since 2010. She co-authored scientific papers in the natural history of dystonia, Huntington disease and the quality of life of Parkinson disease patients on Duodopa therapy and improvement in freezing of gait and dyskinesia of patients on 24-hour Duodopa therapy. She completed a postdoctorate research degree at University of Sydney on the pathophysiology of dystonia in 2020 and is a subinvestigator in international observational study in dystonia. She sees Huntington disease and Parkinson disease patients at Westmead Public Hospital and general neurology and movement disorder patients in private rooms at Westmead.
张医生于2002年以优异的成绩在新南威尔士大学获得医学学位。她在悉尼的St Vincent 医院完成了基础医师培训，然后在 Royal North Shore 医院和 Westmead 医院完成了脑神经学和运动障碍奖学研究医师训练。她于2012年在美国明尼苏达州 梅奥诊所完成了脑神经学训练。随后，她在美国纽约市 Mount Sinai 医学中心担任运动障碍研究医师一年，并获得了临床运动障碍肌张力医学研究金。自2015年以来，她目前在Westmead 医院担任脑神经科主治医生，和肌张力障碍，亨廷顿病自然史, Duodopa 治疗的帕金森病患者的生活质量以及24小时 Duodopa 治疗的患者步态冻结的科学论文的合著者。 她在帕金森病晚期疗法（如Duodopa 肠凝胶，深部脑刺激和阿扑吗啡注射/输注）方面经验丰富。她于2020年在悉尼大学完成了关于肌张力障碍的病理生理学的博士学位。她在Westmead公立医院照顾Huntington病和帕金森病患者，并在Westmead的私人诊所里照顾脑神经和运动障碍患者。
- Hospital Affiliations
- Westmead Hospital
- Westmead Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Specialist Neurology Services
- Westmead Hospital Huntington Disease Unit
- Affiliated Organisations
- Westmead Hospital
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Sydney
- Medical Conditions
- Movement Disorders
- Parkinson's disease
- Dystonia
- Tremor
- Huntington disease
- General neurology
- Medical Interventions
- Botulinum toxin treatment for migraine, dystonia, and other neurological conditions
- deep brain stimulator programming
- Populations Treated
- Adolescents and adults
- Postal Address
Practice Locations
NSW
- Specialist Neurology Services
- Address
- Suite 307, Level 3
151–155 Hawkesbury Road
Westmead NSW 2145
Australia
- Fax
- 02 9893 7524
- Huntington Disease Clinic Westmead Hospital
- Bulk Billing Accepted
- Address
- Clinic G Level 1
166 Hawkesbury Road
Westmead NSW 2145
Australia
- Phone
- 02 8890 9960
- Fax
- 02 8890 6069
