Neurology

The Central Adelaide Neurology Service provides inpatient and outpatient services for patients who suffer from neurological disorders involving the central and peripheral nervous system.

Our clinics specialise in:

• general neurology
• epilepsy 
• Parkinson Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• memory-based neurology
• movement disorders
• neuropsychiatry
• seizures
• stroke
• neuroimmunology, neuromuscular and neurogenetics
• peripheral neuropathy.

Outpatient Department, Level 5E.1, Royal Adelaide Hospital.

• A/Prof Jim Jannes – Head of Unit
• Dr Deborah Field
• Dr Roula Ghaoui
• Dr Jessica Hafner
• Dr Michelle Kiley
• A/Prof Thomas Kimber
• A/Prof Timothy Kleinig
• Dr Christopher Kneebone
• Dr Craig Kurunawai
• Dr Sharavanan Parasivam
• Dr Janakan Ravindran
• Dr Martin Robinson
• Dr Joshua Mahadevan
• Dr Edmund Cheong

You need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service.

Once referred, we will contact you within clinically recommended times, depending on the waiting list length. If there is no waiting list, you will receive an appointment booking letter, or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time.

We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.

All referrals are triaged by the service according to clinical urgency. Patients who are unstable and requiring immediate assessment should be sent directly to the Emergency and Trauma Centre.

To refer your patient, follow the outpatient service information, triage and referral guidelines, complete and fax a referral to us.

For urgent referrals, also contact the registrar on call to discuss the case. Our registrars are on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

To make a referral:
Fax: (08) 7074 6247
Telephone: (08) 7117 3009

The following general exclusions to CALHN Neurology and Stroke outpatient services:

• Patients under 18 years old (refer to paediatric neurologist at the (Women’s and Children’s Hospital)
• Patients already being assessed/treated for the same condition at another South Australian public hospital
• Patients who are seeking assessment as part of an active Work Cover claim (refer to private neurologist)
• Elderly patients requiring assessment/treatment of multiple complex medical problems (refer to Geriatric Medicine)
• Patients requiring assessment/treatment of sleep disorders, including narcolepsy (refer to Respiratory/Sleep Medicine)
• Patients requiring assessment/treatment for back or neck pain without focal neurological deficits and/or normal imaging (refer to Spinal Clinic or Pain Management Unit)
• Patients requiring assessment/treatment for complex/longstanding pain disorders (refer to Chronic Pain Unit)
• Patients requiring assessment/treatment for non-specific symptoms—such as feeling lightheaded, tingling or poor concentration—which may not necessarily be neurological in origin (consider referral to general physician if work up in primary care setting does not clarify things).

To allow us to prioritise patients who most need our specialist services, referrals which meet these exclusion criteria will not be accepted by our service.

• Botulinum Toxin Clinic (PDF 217KB)
• Electroencephalography (EEG) and Evoked potentials clinic (PDF 308KB)
• Epilepsy and first seizure clinics (PDF 250KB)
• General Neurology (PDF 225KB)
• Headache Clinic (PDF 383KB)
• Memory Clinic (PDF 307KB)
• Movement disorders clinic (PDF 221KB)
• Multiple sclerosis and Neuroimmunology clinics (PDF 224KB)
• Nerve conduction and electromyography clinic (PDF 382KB)
• Neuromuscular and peripheral neuropathy clinics (PDF 302KB)
• Neuropsychiatry clinic (PDF 2166KB)
• Stroke clinic (PDF 224KB)
• TIA rapid assessment clinic (PDF 217KB)

** If you are unsure which specialty clinic your patient requires, please refer to General Neurology and we will access you referral and redirect as needed.

• Neurology outpatient clinic - procedure for referring doctors (PDF 487KB)

Many private neurologists in South Australia offer reduced fees for patients in financial hardship. Please consider private referral if your patient requires non-urgent neurological review or does not meet our strict triage criteria. Public outpatient waiting lists are frequently prohibitively long for these issues. This is due to the high demand for our services and the need to prioritise urgent cases.

• A/Prof Jim Jannes – Head of Unit
• Dr Deborah Field
• Dr Roula Ghaoui
• Dr Jessica Hafner
• Dr Michelle Kiley
• A/Prof Thomas Kimber
• A/Prof Timothy Kleinig
• Dr Christopher Kneebone
• Dr Craig Kurunawai
• Dr Sharavanan Parasivam
• Dr Janakan Ravindran
• Dr Martin Robinson
• Dr Joshua Mahadevan
• Dr Edmund Cheong