Dr Brian Power

Clinical Practice

Prof. Brian Power is a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at Hollywood Private Hospital and The HollywoodClinic, Nedlands. His special interest include:

• Neuropsychiatry
• Older adult mental health
• Mood and anxiety
• Psychosis and memory in later life
• General adult psychiatry

His neuropsychiatry practice caters for patients with psychiatric conditions secondary to organic brain disease. Particularly neurological disorders including, stroke, multiple sclerosis, parkinsonian disorders, Huntington’s disease, seizure disorders. His older Adult Mental Health service treats patients with psychiatric conditions including problems with mood and anxiety symptoms, psychotic symptoms, and memory complaints.

Background & Training

Dr Brian Power obtained his postgraduate medical degree at The University of Sydney, together with his PhD in clinical neuroscience at The Institute for Biomedical Research, investigating the brain circuitry of the thalamus. He obtained specialist registration as a psychiatrist in Western Australia, and completed subspecialist training in psychiatry of old age before working as a consultant psychogeriatrician in the South Metropolitan Area Health Service. His clinical expertise is in neuropsychiatry and older adult mental health.

He has extensive postdoctoral research experience in neuropsychiatry and neuroimaging, with a research focus on investigating the thalamus as a putative neuroimaging biomarker in neurodegenerative disorders. He is passionate about medical education and fostering the development of tomorrow’s doctors, and has recently served as Professor and A/Dean (Preclinical) at The School of Medicine Fremantle (University of Notre Dame Australia). He is now Adjunct Professor at UNDA and continues to enjoy research and teaching activities.

• Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours First Class and University Medal) Sydney University 1997
• Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (Cedric Swanson Memorial Prize for Psychiatry) Sydney University 2003
• Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine (Clinical Neuroscience) Sydney University 2003 (MBBS-PhD Combined Degree Program)
• Fellow of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP Young Psychiatrist Award 2012), 2012; Certificate in Advanced Training of Psychiatry of Old Age (RANZCP) 2012