Prof Roy Beran

 Brief Curriculum Vitae     Roy G. Beran, is a consultant neurologist and accredited sleep physician. His qualifications include: MBBS, MD, FRACGP, FRACP, FRCP(Ed), FAAN, FANZAN, FAFPHM, Grad. Dip. Tertiary Ed., Grad. Dip. Further Ed., FACBS, B Leg. S, MHL, FACLM, FRNS, FSASS and FFFLM (Hon). Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration includes: Neurology; Public Health; and Sleep Medicine. He was: a Designated Medical Examiner re the Civil Aviation Safety Authority; medical assessor for Dispute Resolution re NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority; assessor re NSW Workers Compensation Commission; and List 1 Consultant in Neurology for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He is a Conjoint Professor of Medicine, University of NSW; Professor, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Queensland; Conjoint Professor, Medical School, Western Sydney University; and was Professor, Chair, Medical Law, Sechenov Moscow 1st State University, Moscow, Russia; After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he refused to re-sign with Sechenov University. He was the inaugural Visiting Professor at the International Research Institute of Health Law Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China and completed a teaching lecture tour, as Visiting Professor, to the East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China in 2024.  He is: a founding Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine (ACLM); a Past President thereof, having stepped down in 2011, remains on Council and awarded its second Honorary Life Fellowship. In 2019, he was appointed ‘Co-Head of Faculty’, co-ordinating ACLM training courses throughout Australia.  He is the Australian Governor and Immediate Past President of the World Association for Medical Law (WAML), (previously President, Secretary General, Executive Vice President and Regional Vice President) and served on Organising Committees of many World Congresses for Medical Law, being Programme Chair in 2004 and 2022, both in Australia. He was the first Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians (London). He helped negotiate, with Bond University, to create a programme in Legal Medicine, in conjunction with the ACLM.    In Neurology, he is: a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; Corresponding Fellow of the American Academy of Neurologists; and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists.  He is a Member of the Australasian Sleep Association, having served on various committees thereof. He pioneered clinical trials and research in private practice, being principal author in publications which included leading academic/tertiary referral institutions. He has published: >400 papers, book chapters and letters to the editor; presented ~450 papers at national and international meetings; written or edited 17 books; is on numerous editorial boards; and was the Editor-in-Chief of the WAML international journal, Medicine and Law.    In 2022, he was invited to be a founding member of the newly formed Australian Magnetic Resonance Imaging Association and was elected Vice President of the foundation Board of Management.    His research interests include: Concussion; Epilepsy; Legal Medicine; Stroke; Sleep; Neuroepidemiology; Neurological Imaging; and Medical Education.    He was an officer in the RAN Reserves (holding the rank of Commander) and was awarded membership of the general division of the Order of Australia, in 2015.  His Orcid ID is: 0000-0002-5884-0606.  

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2005–2011
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universidad de Navarra

2. 2011–2015
   Residency · Neurology

   Universitat de València

1. 2015-09–2016-08
   Junior consultant

   Universidad de Navarra Teaching Hospital — Neurology

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Selected publications

1. Long-term follow-up of Neurology across

   Prof Roy Beran, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2026

   DOI: 10.5322/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 83

2. Validation of clinical scoring in Neurology

   Prof Roy Beran, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.5568/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 177

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