A major breakthrough in understanding how the brain accomplishes learning & memory began with the study of a person known by his initials, H.M.

In launching World Stroke Day the World Stroke Organization (WSO) called for urgent action in the global fight against stroke by launching its “One in Six” campaign. The theme was identified to mirror today’s reality that one in six people worldwide will have a stroke in their lifetime.

The Governance Board will be responsible for building one South Island neurosurgery service which will eventually have seven to eight neurosurgeons, with at least three in Dunedin. It will be chaired by Professor Andrew Kaye, the James Stewart Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of Surgery at the University of Melbourne and the Director of Neurosurgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.