Richard Lindley

About Professor Richard Lindley

Professorial Fellow

  • MBBS,
  • MD,
  • FRCP(Edin),
  • FRACP

Richard Lindley is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Sydney Medical School (Westmead Hospital Clinical School), University of Sydney. His career has focused on finding reliable new evidence to improve treatments for older people, particularly stroke.

He continues in hospital clinical practice (acute geriatric medicine, rehabilitation and stroke at Blacktown Hospital, Sydney) and runs a large portfolio of clinical trials and projects within different groups at The George Institute.

He is an Associate Editor for the Australasian Journal on Ageing and an Honorary Overseas Member of the British Association of Neurologists. He has published widely on clinical aspects of stroke, vascular disease, vaccination, infectious disease and geriatric medicine.

Publications

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Safety and efficacy of low-intensity versus standard monitoring following intravenous thrombolytic treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (OPTIMISTmain): an international, pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised, controlled non-inferiority trial

The Lancet Date published:

Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Brain Swelling in Thrombolyzed Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ENCHANTED Results

Stroke Date published:

The Efficacy and Safety of Canagliflozin by Frailty Status in Participants of the CANVAS and CREDENCE Trials

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Date published:

Subacute Neurological Improvement Predicts Favorable Functional Recovery After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: INTERACT2 Study

Stroke Date published:

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