Dr. Christopher Blair

Chris graduated from the University of Sydney with First Class Honours in medicine in 2013, having previously been awarded First Class Honours in neuroscience from the University of Nottingham and a DPhil (PhD) in behavioural neuroscience from the University of York (UK).

Having trained at both Royal Prince Alfred and Liverpool Hospitals Chris has gained rich experience in the treatment of all types of neurological disorders and also maintains strong subspecialty interests in stroke and neurovascular illnesses, movement disorders, and neuromuscular diseases. Chris has also undertaken fellowship training in medical botulinum toxin therapies, and runs a clinic treating conditions such as chronic migraine, hemifacial spasm/blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, tremor, and spasticity. As a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Chris is a recognised leader in research with more than 70 publications and ~700 citations, a named investigator on >10 clinical trials, and has won competitive research grant funding from the NHMRC.