RMTV Training Session/Epworth Rehabilitation Inservice – Wednesday 3rd June, 3-4.30pm: Demystifying FND: From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation with Dr Janethri Seneviratne Epa, Sara Issak & Dr Chiranth Bhagavan via Teams
RMTV Training Session/Epworth Rehabilitation Inservice - Wednesday 3rd June, 3.00-4.30pm: Demystifying FND: From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation with Dr Janethri Seneviratne Epa, Sara Issak & Dr Chiranth Bhagavan
Dear All,Please join us for an Epworth Rehab Inservice/RMTV Training Session on FND, titled: Demystifying FND: From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation with Dr Janethri Seneviratne Epa, Sara Issak & Dr Chiranth Bhagavan on Wednesday 3rd June.More about our esteemed presenters:
Dr Janethri Seneviratne Epa is a rehabilitation physician working in neurological rehabilitation with a special interest in rehabilitation of patients with Functional Neurological Disorders. She has been the rehabilitation physician attached to the Epworth Functional Neurological Disorders Outpatient Rehabilitation Program since its commencement three years ago.
Sara Issak [B Physio (Hons), GradCert(Clinical Neuro Rehab), PhD Candidate UoM] is a Senior Clinician Physiotherapist in Neurological Rehabilitation and has worked in Melbourne and London over the past 15 years. She currently works in outpatient neurological rehabilitation at Epworth Healthcare, and the Epworth FND clinic. Sara previously completed a graduate certificate in clinical rehabilitation (Neurology) and is currently completing her PhD, at the University of Melbourne, investigating the characteristics of gait disorders in people with FND.
Dr Chiranth Bhagavan is a consultation-liaison and neuropsychiatrist working at Austin Health’s neuropsychiatry service and Epworth HealthCare’s functional neurological disorder (FND) rehabilitation program. He is also a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne’s Department of Psychiatry. In 2023, he was awarded the Beverley Raphael New Investigator Grant by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) for a project on psilocybin-assisted psychiatric care and specialist physiotherapy for refractory motor FND. His research focusses on the neuroscientific mechanisms of this intervention in FND. His research focusses on the neuroscientific mechanisms of this intervention in FND. He maintains clinical and academic interests in functional disorders, neuroimaging, neuroscience, and translational research applications.
Session details below (or flyer on hyperlink):Date/Time: Wednesday 3rd June, 3-4.30pmTopic: Demystifying FND: From Diagnosis to RehabilitationPresenters: Dr Janethri Seneviratne Epa (Rehabilitation Physician), Sara Issak (Senior Physiotherapist) & Dr Chiranth Bhagavan (Consultant Neuropsychiatrist)Venue: via TeamsLook forward to your participation. Please try to have your microphones muted!Kind regards,RMTV