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Name
Mark Mackay
Title
Director of the Childrens Stroke Program, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Bio
Associate Professor Mark Mackay is a paediatric neurologist and director of the paediatric stroke program at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He is a clinician-scientist Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, where he leads the childhood stroke research group. He is a Board member of the International Pediatric Stroke Organization; Executive Committee member of the International Pediatric Stroke Study; Stroke Foundation Clinical Council member; and an invited stroke expert on the Global Burden of Diseases Study.
His research focuses on understanding the causes of and consequences of childhood stroke, and improving accuracy and timeliness of stroke diagnosis. He chaired the development of the Australian best-practice guidelines for the diagnosis and acute management of childhood stroke. He is principal investigator on a multi-centre study to implement a national paediatric code stroke protocol to bridge the gap between Australian children and adults in accessing reperfusion therapies
His research focuses on understanding the causes of and consequences of childhood stroke, and improving accuracy and timeliness of stroke diagnosis. He chaired the development of the Australian best-practice guidelines for the diagnosis and acute management of childhood stroke. He is principal investigator on a multi-centre study to implement a national paediatric code stroke protocol to bridge the gap between Australian children and adults in accessing reperfusion therapies
