Dr Martin Krause (Neurologist)
- Name
- Dr Martin Krause
- Qualifications
- MD HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY 1995
- Occupation
- Neurologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- German
- Links
- http://www.northernsydneyneurology.com/
- Phone
- (02) 84253545
Dr Martin Krause received his medical degree from one of the most prestigious and oldest Medical Schools in the World the University of Heidelberg, which was founded in 1386.
He started his training in Neurology in 1995 at the Neurology Department of the University Hospitals Heidelberg, Germany under the mentorship of Prof Werner Hacke a world leader in stroke therapy.
He finalized his these and received the Dr. Med. with magna cum laude on the topic of diagnostic accuracy of telemedicine and picture archiving and communication systems in 1997.
Dr Krause’s main focus of research was initially movement disorders. He was so fortunate to work together with the neurosurgeon Prof V Tronnier a pioneer of functional neurosurgery and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Together they explored DBS for dystonia which proved to be the first effective therapy in generalized dystonia. Dr Krause was founding member of the German Parkinson Competence Network, which linked clinical research institutions in Europe together and enabled large-scale clinical trials. In this group the first randomized controlled trial of DBS proved the effectiveness of DBS for Parkinson’s disease and different types of dystonia.
He had extensive training in neurophysiology and Botox therapy under the mentorship of Prof HM Meinck a world authority in stiff-man disease. He received his neurophysiology certificate in 2001.
He further engaged in 2 years of neuro-critical care training in the largest neurological ICU. Very early on Dr Krause was involved in acute stroke treatment and participated in all three ECASS trials, which led to the first effective therapy for acute stroke. He completed his training with neurovascular ultrasound training in 2005.
Following the comprehensive German exit exam Dr Krause was registered as board certified Neurologists and Neurophysiologist in 2005.
He was elected as staff council representing over 1000 physicians and surgeons in Heidelberg. He was part of a small group negotiating new employment terms for doctors abandoning 36 hours shifts and standardizing training streams.
In 2007 Dr Krause accepted an offer as Associated Professor of Medicine by the university of Sydney as a full time medical academic. He was part of the Nepean clinical school and implemented a 24/7 acute stroke service in Nepean Hospital.
In 2011 Dr Krause was appointed as Stroke Unit Head in Royal North Shore Hospital and Neuroscience Director for the Northern Sydney Local Health District overlooking the Neurology and Neurosurgery in all public hospitals in Northern Sydney.
In 2015 he was appointed Head of Department of Neurology at Royal North Shore Hospital.
He has authored 45 peer-reviewed publications of which three were in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
He has received numerous prizes for his work both nationally and internationally. He is a frequent presenter at national and international conference and scientific meetings.
Dr Krause maintains an affiliation with the University of Sydney. He is very engaged in training students and young doctors. He has received several teaching awards.
Dr Krause is a member of the strategic working party of the Agency of Clinical Innovation and the Statewide Stroke Service. He is a member of the Stroke Society of Australasia and the Stroke Research Network.
He is a member of the American Heart Association, the German Society of Neurology as well as the Australian New-Zealand Association of Neurologists.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Northern Sydney Neurology
Practice Locations
NSW
- Northern Sydney Neurology
- Address
- North Shore Private Hospital
Suite 7 Floor 3
Westbourne St
St Leonards NSW 2065
Australia
- Phone
- (02) 84253546
- Fax
- (02) 84253560
