Bernard Yan DMedSci, MBBS, FRACP

Professor Bernard Yan is both Neurologist and Endovascular Neurointerventionist in Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. His clinical expertise is in stroke intervention and aneurysms. Since employment in 2005 at the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Bernard Yan has pursued an academic interest in cerebrovascular disease research.

He has published 186 academic papers in peer-reviewed medical journals (SCI) achieving an h-index of 32 with > 7000 citations. He is the principal investigator of several international studies in cerebrovascular diseases including DIRECT-SAFE in which he is the co-principal together with Professor Peter Mitchell. He is the awardee of academic grants by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

His other key research interests include the development of portable mobile wireless sensors for the intensive monitoring of patients with neurological diseases. He is actively involved in the development of novel microcatheters for the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. He is also the co-inventor and holder of the patent of the Neuroglide micro navigational system. His administrative responsibilities include Treasurer (2014 onwards) of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and Vice-President of the Stroke Society of Australasia. He is the founding organizer of the Australia and China Training Initiative of Neurology (ACTION) program.