Dr Srimathy Vijayan is a consultant neurologist in the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science clinic.

Her key interest is movement disorders including the management of complex Parkinson’s Disease and advanced therapies, particularly that of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and programming. She also performs botulinum toxin (botox) injection for both movement disorders including dystonia, hemifacial spasm and blepharospasm and spasticity.

Dr Vijayan works alongside the clinical team at the Perron Institute including Clinic Manager Sue Walters, Parkinson’s nurse Alexa Jefferson and MS nurse Denise Menzies to provide specialist DBS programming and botox clinics.

Dr Vijayan graduated from University of East Anglia Norwich UK in 2009. She completed junior medical training in London before pursuing her medical training at the prestigious John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. She obtained her Member of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) London before moving to Australia in 2013. She trained in neurology at the three tertiary hospitals in the Perth area, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), Royal Perth Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital, and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2019.

She concurrently is undertaking her PhD through UWA, in the field of Movement disorders looking specifically at the effects of Deep brain stimulation on breathing and sleep in Parkinson’s disease. She hopes her clinical research will improve our understanding and management of these debilitating non motor symptoms for patients with the disorder.

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