Biography

Dr John Phamnguyen is a General Neurologist and subspecialist Epileptologist based in Brisbane, Queensland.

Following completion of his medical training at Griffith University, Dr Phamnguyen undertook specialist neurology training in Sydney before obtaining his Fellowship in Neurology from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Dr Phamnguyen trained extensively in epilepsy during his fellowship at Westmead Hospital, one of the largest comprehensive epilepsy centres in Australia. Working at Westmead, Dr Phamnguyen gained extensive experience in the management and assessment of complex refractory epilepsies. These assessments included surgical evaluation with intracranial EEG monitoring and multimodal neuroimaging processing.

Research is an important aspect of Dr John Phamnguyen’s practice. He has presented his research work at national and overseas conferences. He is an active member of the Epilepsy Society of Australia and American Epilepsy Society. Dr Phamnguyen is currently undertaking a PhD at the Centre for Advanced Imaging to understand seizure networks in epilepsy using advanced imaging techniques.