Helmut Butzkueven
Monash University, Australia
Head, Department of Neuroscience, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University
Managing Director, MSBase Foundation
Director of Neurology, Alfred Health
Melbourne | Australia
Helmut Butzkueven (MBBS 1992, FRACP 2000, PhD 2002), is an academic neurologist specialising in Multiple Sclerosis research.
He is the Van Cleef Roet Professor of Neuroscience, Monash University and Director of Neurology at Alfred Health (both in Melbourne, Australia). He is also the Managing Director of the MSBase Foundation, a global MS registry which commenced in 2004, and monitors outcomes in over 114,000 patients in 43 countries. His overarching research theme and clinical interest is the use of registry data, clinical MRI data, cognitive testing, genomics, environmental data and patient self-monitoring tools to optimize benefit and safety of MS therapies for people with MS. His research also explores MS disease heterogeneity and define predictors of disability worsening for application in clinical trials. He co-leads dedicated international drug safety and pregnancy outcome cohort studies in MSBase.