Professor Tim Kleinig fights for the everyday – every day.
As a globally-recognised neurologist and Head of the Stroke Unit at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Prof Kleinig saves the lives of people who present to emergency with otherwise-deadly strokes.
Time is of the essence for stroke, with any delay in treatment resulting in a very different outcome to patients’ recovery and disability post-stroke – that’s if they survive the stroke at the time.
And thanks to Prof Kleinig’s world-leading research, backed by The Hospital Research Foundation Group, he is trialling new treatments for stroke that can have remarkable recovery outcomes even if you miss the critical treatment window.
“There have been enormous advancements in stroke treatments in recent years – and the latest game changer is ‘endovascular thrombectomy’ that involves pulling the clot out directly from the affected artery in the brain.
“Thanks to The Hospital Research Foundation Group’s generous support, we have been trialling this procedure coupled with several new clot dissolving medications – to exceptional results.
“We’ve seen patients who participate in the trial make a complete recovery from something which was very likely to have been a fatal stroke otherwise.”
Now, these patients can spend everyday moments with their loved ones.
Since his decision to specialise in neurology while studying medicine at the University of Adelaide, Prof Kleinig has been focusing on improving stroke care for South Australians.
In addition to his role at the RAH, he is Chair of the State Stroke Community of Practice, he Chairs the annual national Telestroke forum that aims to provide virtual 24-7 stroke advice and support to all regional hospitals and clinicians; and is a clinical lecturer and research supervisor to the next generation of neurologists at the University of Adelaide.
Wider, he’s the President of the Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation, Co-Chair of the Australian Stroke Coalition and a World Stroke Organisation Councillor, amongst many other scientific committees.
But his most important role?
Creating everyday moments for his patients.
Thank you Prof Kleinig!
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