Foster, Emma

Dr Emma Foster

Neurologist; Alfred Health, Monash University
Dr Foster is an early career academic neurologist working at Alfred Health and Monash University. Her PhD, titled “Optimisation of New-onset Seizures and Epilepsies Management” was completed in 2021. She co-leads The Alfred First Seizure Clinic, and is rapidly gaining international recognition as an emerging leader in this field. She is regularly invited to present clinical updates (e.g., Epilepsy Society of Australia, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Centre), has presented her research twice on the prestigious American Academy of Neurology podcast series, and recently was invited to write an epilepsy review paper for Lancet Neurology, the world’s leading clinical neurology journal.

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