Burke, David James (1944 - )

He led one of two research teams around which the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute was formed, and was appointed Director of Clinical Research in 1991. In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and also Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE). In 1999 he was appointed Officer in the Order of Australia (AO), and in 2003 he was awarded the Centenary Medal of Federation by the Australia Government. He has been guest Professor at and given named lectures to the UCSF (Visiting Professor in Clinical Neurophysiology), University of Paris VI (Visiting Professor in Clinical Neurophysiology), Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (Knight Visiting Professor), The American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (Lambert Lecturer), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (Shahani Lecturer), Australian Association of Neurologists (Eadie Lecturer), British Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (plenary lecture), International Congress of Neuromuscular Disorders (plenary lecture), International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (Kugelberg Lecture), and has been guest Lecturer in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and The Philippines.

In 2002 he took up his present position at The University of Sydney and is currently President of the Australian Association of Neurologists, has served on the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology and currently serves on committees of the World Federation of Neurology and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

His on-going research interests include human motor control and its disorders, sensation and its disorders, and the biophysical abnormalities that underlie ectopic impulse generation and conduction block in human peripheral nerves. He has co-authored 1 book (on human spinal cord circuitry) and edited 3 others, and has published ~250 refereed scientific papers and 65 book chapters on neurology and clinical neurophysiology.
Prepared by David J. Burke, 2006

Chronology

1967	Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
1967 - 1968	Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales
1968 - 1969	Medical Officer at the Lidcombe Hospital
1969 - 1971	Postgraduate Research Scholar at the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales and Honorary Registrar in Neurology at the Prince Henry Hospital
1972	Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of New South Wales
1973 - 1975	Medical Registrar at The Prince Henry & Prince of Wales Hospitals
1975 - 1978	C.J. Martin Travelling Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council, Academic Hospital, University of Uppsala, Sweden
1978	C.J. Martin Travelling Fellow at the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales
1978 - 1980	National Health & Medical Research Council Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales and Neurologist at The Prince Henry & Prince of Wales Hospitals
1980 - 1986	Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales
1983	Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of New South Wales
1987 - 1991	Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology and Personal Chair at the University of New South Wales
1991 - 2002	Professor of Neurology and Personal Chair at the University of New South Wales
1991 - 2002	Chairman of the Department of Neurology
1991 - 2002	Director of Clinical Research at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
1995 -	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1996 -	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1997 - 2002	Director of Clinical Neurosciences at the Prince Henry & Prince of Wales hospitals
1999	Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
2002 -	Professor and Dean of Research and Development (Health) at the University of Sydney
2002 -	Honorary Life Governor of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
2003	Centenary Medal of Federation received