NeuroInterventional Radiology

About the NeuroInterventional Research Collaborative

The NeuroInterventional Research Collaborative is a research group within the Monash University Department of Imaging.

Our purpose is to:

Extend disability free-life in people affected by stroke and other neurovascular diseases.
Improve quality of life in patients with diseases that can be treated with NeuroInterventional techniques.
Teach and mentor the next generation of NeuroInterventionalists.

We are driven to understand the mechanisms and manifestations of acute and chronic neurovascular disease, and are involved in a number of areas of interest that include investigator initiated clinical trials, and the development of novel therapies that will improve the lives of people affected by neurovascular illness. Our clinician-researchers are jointly appointed within the Department of Monash Imaging at Monash Health, the largest public hospital network in Victoria, Australia. We are based at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, where we provide a full range of emergency and elective NeuroInterventional services utilising state-of-the art equipment.

We collaborate with many clinical service groups across Monash Health and the wider Victorian health network, and provide teaching and mentoring opportunities to junior clinicians, medical students, and allied health professionals.

Group Head

Associate Professor Ronil Chandra

Contact us

Email: NeuroIRC@monash.edu

Research studies

Monash Neuroradiology Research Collaborative studies

The goal of the Monash Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm Study is to analyse information from patients presenting across the Monash Health network to determine individual clinical and radiological factors that may be associated with increased risk of brain aneurysm rupture.
We aim to improve the ability for both patients and clinicians to determine the optimal management for brain aneurysms, including to help determine which patients are most likely to benefit from preventative treatment to reduce their risk of brain aneurysm rupture.
This emerging phase first in human trial seeks to evaluate the safety and feasibility of an innovative NeuroInterventional Procedure, ophthalmic artery balloon angioplasty, in patients who are losing vision from age-related macular degeneration. We hope that this may lead to ground breaking new treatment options for the most common cause of vision loss and blindness in Australia.
Visit the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry Website for further information.

Clinical Trial collaborations

The most severe strokes are typically treated with thrombolysis (use of a drug to dissolve a clot) followed by thrombectomy (mechanical removal of a clot). Researchers from The Royal Melbourne Hospital are leading a trial, called DIRECT-SAFE, that aims to determine whether thrombectomy alone can provide the same outcomes for stroke patients.

You Tube video: Introducing the DIRECT-SAFE Trial (4.59min) Learn more from principal investigators, Prof Peter Mitchell and A/Prof Bernard Yan.

Meet the team

Researchers

Monash Collaborators

Research Collaborators

- The Royal Melbourne Hospital
- The Austin Hospital
- The Northern Hospital
- St Vincent’s Health, Melbourne
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research - University of Tasmania
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
- Stanford University, California, United States
- University of California San Francisco, United States
- iOM Mediterranean Oncology Institute, Viagrande, Sicily, Italy
- Academic Health - Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Clinical NeuroInterventional Services

Neurointervention is a word used to describe minimally invasive treatment approaches utilising image-guidance to treat diseases of the brain, spinal cord, or spinal column.

Treatment incisions are less than 5 mm, and these techniques are used instead of surgical procedures that require opening of the bones of the skull or spine to access the brain or spinal cord.

There are multiple advantages to these minimally invasive techniques, which include faster recovery, and earlier return to normal activities. For additional information, please ask your treating doctor and request a referral to the Monash NeuroInterventional team.

To contact our clinical nurse coordinator, please email: neuroIR@monashhealth.org

Helpful links

Useful websites to gain understanding of your brain aneurysm, management options as well as what the future holds. This may be the first time you have ever read about brain diseases. As with many other disciplines, there are a few basic terms and concepts that should be understood prior to any type of meaningful conversation with your physician.

The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) is a scientific and educational association dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurointerventional surgery through research, standard-setting, and education and advocacy to provide the highest quality of patient care in diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, spine, head and neck.

The Australian and New Zealand Society of Neuroradiology (ANZSNR) is an affiliate group of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR). The Society is open to all radiologists and other clinicians with an interest in Neuroradiology, Interventional Neuroradiology or Head and Neck radiology.

Australian and New Zealand Society of Neuroradiology website

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