Curriculum Vitae Associate Professor Susan Kurrle PhD MB BS
EDUCATION
Primary medical qualifications: MB BS University of Sydney 1977
Specialist medical qualifications: Diploma in Geriatric Medicine 1985
PhD: Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney 2003
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
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Curran Chair in Health Care of Older People, Faculty of Medicine, University
of Sydney
Senior Staff Specialist and Clinical Director, Division of Rehabilitation and Aged
Care, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Hornsby, Sydney
Area Director, Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Northern Sydney Central Coast
Area Health Service
Executive Clinical Director, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Professional Member, Guardianship Tribunal of New South Wales
Board Member and Deputy Chairman, Hammond Care Group, Sydney
Member NSW Ministerial Physicians Task Force, NSW Health, Sydney
SUMMARY
Susan Kurrle is a geriatrician working in both hospital and community settings in
northern Sydney. As Clinical Director of the Division of Rehabilitation and Aged Care
she is responsible for the delivery of health services for older people in the Hornsby Kuring-gai local areas, and as Area Director she is responsible for the development of
services for the 170,000 people aged over 65 years in the northern Sydney and Central
Coast areas.
She holds the Curran Chair in Health Care of Older People at the University of Sydney
with regular involvement in teaching of medical students in the Sydney Medical Program.
She has been successful with research grant applications in the areas of elder abuse,
prevention of fall related injury, frailty, and dementia. She was awarded the David
Wallace Medal for outstanding contributions to gerontology and aged care in 2006 by
the Australian Association of Gerontology.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Kurrle S. Naughtin G. An overview of elder abuse and neglect in Australia.
Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect. 2008; 20(2): 108-125
Cameron ID, Kurrle S. Preventing falls in elderly people living in hospitals
and care homes [Editorial]. British Medical Journal 2007: 334:53-54
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Kurrle SE. Improving acute care services for older people [Editorial]. Medical
Journal of Australia 2006; 184(9): 427-428
Kurrle SE, Cameron ID, Quine S. Predictors of adherence with the
recommended use of hip protectors. J Gerontology:Medical Sciences 2004;
59:M959-M96
Kurrle S, Sadler P, Lockwood K, Cameron I. Elder abuse: a multicentre
Australian study. Medical Journal of Australia 1997;166:119-122