Hunter Postgraduate Medical Institute
Best Practice Concussion Care - The GP as a Key Member of the MDT
Free in-practice education for health professionals. Expert-led sessions with CPD approval
Date: Thursday, 20 August 2026
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Raymond Terrace Family Practice (4 Jacaranda Avenue, Raymond Terrace)
CPD: RACGP & ACRRM (1 hour)
Cost: Free
Coffee provided on request
About this meeting
- Small in-practice learning sessions
- Open to all health professionals
- Led by experienced specialists
- Certificate of attendance available on request
What you will learn
- Understand the characteristics of the 5 clinical profiles of the persistent post-concussion symptom complex
- Understand the key management principles for each post-concussion profile
Speaker
Professor Chris Levi, Senior Staff Specialist, Neurologist, John Hunter Hospital
Christopher Levi is an academic stroke neurologist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science, Executive Director, Research and Innovation, Hunter New England (HNE) LHD and Conjoint Professor of Medicine, University of Newcastle.
He established HNE’s Acute Stroke Services and the John Hunter Sports Concussion Clinic, pioneered tele-stroke care in NSW, led the roll-out of acute stroke units across NSW and established the HNE Research and Translation Directorate. He continues in an acute stroke services role at John Hunter Hospital and leads stroke clinical trials nationally and internationally.
He is a founding partner in the Newcastle Brain Centre at Lake Macquarie Private Hospital.
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