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International registry provides support and answers to MS patients during COVID

26 October 2023

An international registry that was pivotal in the care of thousands of patients with multiple sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic was on show when Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium visited The Alfred this week.

neurology

patients

research & innovation

Shake It Up partners with Alfred Health to expand Parkinson’s research

23 October 2023

Australia will soon have the capacity to host more in-depth and innovative clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease after Shake It Up Australia donated $150,000 to develop a best-practice model at The Alfred.

brain

patients

research & innovation

Hector’s incredible fight for survival

30 August 2023

Earlier this year, Hector Saenz became the second person in Australia to receive a lung transplant following COVID-19 – after six months in The Alfred ICU, more than 4000 hours of critical care from 1500 medical professionals, and the longest recorded stint on ECMO.

critical care

icu

patients

First-in-world endometriosis trial begins

16 August 2023

Doctors from The Alfred Interventional Radiology (IR) team, headed up by principal investigator Associate Professor Jim Koukounaras, have designed a world-first study using interventional radiology to treat endometriosis.

clinical trials

interventional radiology

patients

research & innovation

Prof McLean honoured with prestigious award

16 August 2023

It is with great pride that we share pathologist Prof Catriona McLean AO has been awarded the prestigious Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation medal for her remarkable contribution to neuropathology.

neuropathology

pathology

patients

New clinic helping people with functional seizures

7 August 2023

When Natalie started experiencing involuntary jerks in 2020, she had no idea the journey she had begun. Following a tonic-clonic seizure and a misdiagnosis of epilepsy, Natalie eventually discovered she had functional neurological disorder (FND). Daily, she was experiencing clusters of jerks – about 50 at a time – and as a busy professional, Natalie felt her body was out of her control. 

patients

research & innovation

seizures

Sign up to save a life

24 July 2023

Earlier this year, Steven Fletcher-Jones underwent a lung transplant at The Alfred, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous organ donor. It's Donate Life Week, and we're urging everyone to register to become an organ donor so that you too could have the chance to save a life.

donatelife

lung transplant

organ donation

patients

Prescribing a more sustainable future

28 June 2023

Hundreds of disposable insulin pens will be kept out of landfill thanks to a campaign headed by endocrinologist Dr Shoshana Sztal-Mazer.

diabetes

endocrinology

patients

Take care with hot water bottles this winter

20 June 2023

Doctors are issuing a warning to people using hot water bottles after seeing a significant increase in patients suffering severe burns admitted to the Victorian Adult Burns Service at The Alfred. 

burns

emergency & trauma

patients

Clinical trials create hope for the future

18 May 2023

The Alfred is the home for clinical trials and translational health practice. Of all clinical trials happening in Australia, one in five occur on site at The Alfred. The Alfred does two thirds of all first-in-human clinical trials conducted in Australia. That's why, this World Clinical Trials Day, we are celebrating the researchers, partners and collaborators who choose to conduct their trials with Alfred Health. 

clinical trials

patients

research & innovation