Dr Kulasekara Wijeratne (Neurologist)
- Name
- Dr Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Tissa Wijeratne
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka 1995
- FRACP Australia 2007
- Occupation
- Neurologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Sinhalese
- Links
- http://nwmms.com.au/
Professor Tissa Wijeratne (MBBS, FRACP,FAAN (USA),FRSM (UK), FAHA (USA), FRCP (Edin),FRCP (London) is a highly qualified Neurologist and the Director of the stroke Unit, Neuroscience Research Unit, Movement disorders program at Western Hospital, Melbourne. Tissa is a clinical Associate Professor in Medicine, Western Health Clinical School, University of Melbourne, Australia. He is visiting Professor of Neurology to two leading Universities in Sri Lanka since 2013.He leads a successful stroke care program at Western Health where the team manages a large volume of stroke and TIA patients in western metropolitan Melbourne. He has supervised advanced training of seven neurologists since 2007. This included supervision of training of three overseas neurologists at the premises of Western Health. In 2010, Tissa joined the Education Committee, World Federation of Neurology to continue his work in the field of neurology education with his international colleagues from the rest of the world. He sits in the national advocacy and policy committee, RACP, education and learning committee. He is also an examiner for the Physician’s exam, RACP. He was also invited sit in the public awareness and advocacy committee, world federation of Neurology earlier this year. He is a principal investigator for many international multi centre randomised clinical trials in Stroke and other neurological disorders at Western Health. Tissa was the membership officer, public officer (Director), Stroke society of Australasia from 2011-2013. His current research involved central post stroke pain, stroke epidemiology, models of stroke thrombolysis, models of TIA management, seizures in the elderly,neurocysticercosis, quality of life in multiple sclerosis, neurophysiology of central and peripheral pain and young stroke. Tissa was one of the four Australian neurologists selected for the Master of headache program, Asia Pacific Headache Master School,Tokyo, Japan 2013 which was organised by the International Headache Society
- Hospital Affiliations
- Western Hospital - Footscray
- Sunshine Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- North West Melbourne Medical Specialists
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Practice Locations
VIC
- North West Melbourne Medical Specialists
- Address
- 47 Milleara Road
Keilor East VIC 3033
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9331 7297
- Fax
- 03 9336 3420
