Person

Burke, David James (1944 - )

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Born
11 May 1944
Trundle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Neurologist
Website
http://www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/people/academics/profiles/dburke.php

Summary

David Burke is currently Professor and Dean of Research and Development (Health) at the University of Sydney and Honorary Life Governor of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute. Prior to this he was at the University of New South Wales from 1978-2001, where he held several positions including Associate Professor, Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology (personal Chair) and Professor of Neurology (personal Chair). Burke has also held many prestigious hospital based positions including Chairman of the Department of Neurology at The Prince Henry & Prince of Wales Hospitals (1991-2002) and Director of Clinical Research at The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (1991-2002). His research is in the area of human motor control and its disorders.

Details

David James Burke is a clinical neurologist, who has held Chairs of Clinical Neurophysiology (personal Chair in 1987) and of Neurology (from 1991) at the University of New South Wales. In 1991, he became Chairman of the Department of Neurology, The Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals, and from 1997-2002 he was Director of Clinical Neurosciences in the hospital group.

He led one of two research teams around which the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute was formed, and was appointed Director of Clinical Research in 1991. In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and also Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE). In 1999 he was appointed Officer in the Order of Australia (AO), and in 2003 he was awarded the Centenary Medal of Federation by the Australia Government. He has been guest Professor at and given named lectures to the UCSF (Visiting Professor in Clinical Neurophysiology), University of Paris VI (Visiting Professor in Clinical Neurophysiology), Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (Knight Visiting Professor), The American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (Lambert Lecturer), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (Shahani Lecturer), Australian Association of Neurologists (Eadie Lecturer), British Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (plenary lecture), International Congress of Neuromuscular Disorders (plenary lecture), International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (Kugelberg Lecture), and has been guest Lecturer in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and The Philippines.

In 2002 he took up his present position at The University of Sydney and is currently President of the Australian Association of Neurologists, has served on the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology and currently serves on committees of the World Federation of Neurology and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

His on-going research interests include human motor control and its disorders, sensation and its disorders, and the biophysical abnormalities that underlie ectopic impulse generation and conduction block in human peripheral nerves. He has co-authored 1 book (on human spinal cord circuitry) and edited 3 others, and has published ~250 refereed scientific papers and 65 book chapters on neurology and clinical neurophysiology.
Prepared by David J. Burke, 2006

Chronology

1967
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney
1967 - 1968
Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales
1968 - 1969
Career position - Medical Officer at the Lidcombe Hospital
1969 - 1971
Career position - Postgraduate Research Scholar at the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales and Honorary Registrar in Neurology at the Prince Henry Hospital
1972
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of New South Wales
1973 - 1975
Career position - Medical Registrar at The Prince Henry & Prince of Wales Hospitals
1975 - 1978
Career position - C.J. Martin Travelling Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council, Academic Hospital, University of Uppsala, Sweden
1978
Career position - C.J. Martin Travelling Fellow at the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales
1978 - 1980
Career position - National Health & Medical Research Council Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales and Neurologist at The Prince Henry & Prince of Wales Hospitals
1980 - 1986
Career position - Associate Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales
1983
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of New South Wales
1987 - 1991
Career position - Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology and Personal Chair, University of New South Wales
1991 - 2002
Career position - Professor of Neurology and Personal Chair, University of New South Wales
1991 - 2002
Career position - Director of Clinical Research at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
1991 - 2002
Career position - Chairman, Department of Neurology
1995
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1996
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1997 - 2001
Career position - Member, Executive Committee, International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
1997 - 2002
Career position - Director of Clinical Neurosciences at the Prince Henry & Prince of Wales hospitals
1999
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For service to science and medicine, particularly in the field of clinical neurophysiology in the areas of research and education, and to the community through medical charities and lay organisations
2000 - 2007
Career position - Member of Council, Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in neurology
2002 -
Career position - Honorary Life Governor of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
2002 - 2008
Career position - Professor and Dean of Research and Development (Health), University of Sydney
2004 - 2007
Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists
2008 - 2013
Career position - Bushell Professor of Neurology, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
2008 - 2013
Career position - Associate Dean (Research), Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
2008 - 2016
Career position - Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Neurophysiology
2008 - 2018
Career position - Member, Executive Committee, International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
2009
Award - Honorary Professor, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, China
2011
Award - E. G. Robertson Award, Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists
2013
Career position - Professor, Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
2015 -
Career position - Member, Global Neurology Network, World Health Organisation
2015 -
Career position - Inaugural Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
2019
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to neurophysiology, to innovative treatments for spinal cord and brain trauma injuries, and to professional medical organisations

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Published resources

Edited Books

  • Burke, David ed., With Iron Rails: a Bicentennial History of Railways in New South Wales (Sydney: New South Wales University Press, 1988), 254 pp. Details

Resources

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