Professor Tony Broe

I completed a BA in (1956) and MB, BS (1962) at Sydney University and the MRACP in General Medicine in 1966. I trained in Geriatric Medicine and Neurology at RNSH and RPAH in Sydney, the University of Glasgow and the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.

From 1975 I was senior lecturer in medicine and head of the University Clinical School and the Department of Neurosciences at Lidcombe Hospital. From 1985 to 1999 I was Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Sydney where I set up the Centre for Education and Research on Ageing (CERA) at Concord Hospital. From 1985 to 2003 I have had continuous NHMRC funding to carry out research in neuroepidemiology, brain ageing, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and vascular brain disorders and have published extensively in all of these areas.

My current appointments include: Conjoint Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of NSW, Scientific Director, Ageing Research Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Immediate Past President, Australian Association of Gerontology. I am a member of the Core Management Committee of the Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and a collaborator of its Special Groups node.