Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - aka Motor Neuron Disease

Introduction to the disease

• logistics and dilemmas of diagnosis and management
• frontiers of treatment and research

Dr. Cassie Oxenford is a neurologist with a further subspecialty fellowship in neuromuscular neurology.  She also has an additional fellowship in general internal medicine.

Dr. Oxenford currently divides her time between public, private and research appointments in the area of neuromuscular and general neurology.  She has completed her neuromuscular neurology fellowship at Vancouver General Hospital, a tertiary referral centre in the largest city in Canada’s West Coast province of British Columbia.  She has previously completed fellowships in general neurology and general medicine in Queensland and has worked as a neurologist and general medicine physician in public hospitals throughout Queensland and as a principal and sub-principal investigator recruiting patients to international trials for rare neuromuscular conditions such as ALS-MND.  By completing an international neuromuscular fellowship in a world class centre Dr. Oxenford aims to utilise her diverse skillsets to further education and research opportunities for neurology trainees in Queensland and ultimately advance the care for patients with these conditions in Queensland and Australia.