John Flynn Private Hospital
John Flynn Specialist Suites, Suite 506, Level 5
John Flynn Private Hospital, 42 Inland Drive
Tugun, QLD, 4226
07 5598 0908
07 5598 0905
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Dr. Lyndal Van Leer is a specialist Neurologist, and has a particular interest in Epilepsy, Movement Disorders, Headache Disorders and Stroke.
She grew up and completed her schooling in Tweed Heads, before completing a Bachelor of Biomedical Science with an Honours year (1A Honours) at Griffith University on the Gold Coast. She moved to Melbourne to complete a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at Deakin University, and completed specialist Neurology training, working at Monash Health, Peninsula Health and Austin Health.
Dr. Van Leer completed Epilepsy Fellowships at Austin Health and at the Melbourne Brain Centre. She has her level 3 ANZAN Neurophysiology accreditation (EEG). Her particular interests within epilepsy include epilepsy in pregnancy, epilepsy requiring surgical management and psychogenic non-epileptiform seizures. She is currently conducting research looking at the manifestations of parietal lobe epilepsy.
She is qualified in using Botulinum A toxin for Migraine and Hemifacial Spasm.
She is a member of the RACP (Royal Australasian College of Physicians) and ANZAN (Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists), Australian and New Zealand Headache Society, Epilepsy Society of Australia, and Women in Neurology.
Dr. Van Leer consults as part of the Neurocare team from John Flynn Specialist Suites.