Dr Ravindra Urkude
Dr Ravi Urkude is an experienced neurologist and neurophysiologist. He has a passion for the delivery of high quality neurology and neurophysiology services. His speciality areas include neuromuscular disease, epilepsy, central and peripheral nervous system infection, dementia and Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Trained in India he subsequently undertook research in CNS infection and a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology in Singapore. He has extensive international experience developed in India, Bahrain and most recently Australia. Since 2011 he has been a consultant neurologist at The Townsville Hospital as well as a Lecturer at the College of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University.
Specialist Qualifications
- Fellowship of Royal Australian College of Physicians
- Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology (National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore)
- DNB (Neurology) (National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India)
- DM (Neurology) (Mumbai University, Mumbai, India)
- MD (Internal Medicine) (Nagpur University, Nagpur, India)
- MBBS (Nagpur University, Nagpur, India)
Memberships
- Member of State Wide Stroke Clinical Network
- Life Member of Indian Medical Association
- Australia and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN)
Selected Publications
- More parasitic myositis cases in humans in Australia, and the definition of genetic markers for the causative agents as a basis for molecular diagnosis. - Infect Genet Evol. 2016
- Clinical profile, electrodiagnosis and outcome in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a Singapore perspective - Singapore Medical Journal. 2006