Dr Karl Ng

Conjoint Senior Lecturer
Medicine, Central Clinical School

E25 - Royal North Shore Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Biographical details

Dr Karl Ng is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the Northern and Central Clinical School, University of Sydney and Honorary Associate of the Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital. He completed his medical degree with First Class Honours at the University of New South Wales, and attained accreditation in Neurology from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He has undertaken 3 year post-fellowship training in Clinical Neurophysiology at the prestigious National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London culminating in accreditation of a second specialty in the UK in this area. He is presently completing a doctoral thesis in peripheral axonal excitability in peripheral and central neurological disorders. [More...]

Research interests

Currently, his main research interest is in peripheral neuromuscular disorders, especially the field of axonal excitability. This includes studying both peripheral neuropathic, as well as central nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis for their peripheral adaptive plasticity.

Teaching areas

Active teaching in the following:

Sydney Medical School - Northern and Central Clinical School

Brain School - Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN)

Neuromuscular/ Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow - Royal North Shore Hospital and ANZAN

Basic Physician Training Program - Royal North Shore Hospital

International links

United Kingdom. (Institute of Neurology, University College London) Professor Hugh Bostock.