Bruce is a consultant neurologist, Director of Neurology and Stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is a Professor of Neurology in the Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, an honorary professorial fellow at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. Bruce’s research interests are focused on the imaging and treatment of acute stroke and he was co-principal investigator and medical co-ordinator of the EXTEND-IA and EXTEND-IA TNK multi-centre randomised trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2015 and 2018. He was Chair of Clinical Council and a director of the Stroke Foundation 2014-2023 and co-chairs the Australian and New Zealand “living” stroke clinical guidelines working party. Bruce has been an inaugural member of the Victorian stroke telemedicine program serving rural Victorians and co-chairs the Reperfusion Sub-Committee of the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry. He is a past co-chair of the World Stroke Organisation Young Stroke Professionals Committee and is the honorary co-ordinator of the Australian and New Zealand Brainschool training program for neurologists in training.
