Dr Antonio Da Costa is a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist with over 20 years of clinical, research and teaching experience in varied Neurosciences specialties include Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurorehabilitation Medicine. His extensive experience is gathered across 3 continents including South Asia, Europe and now Australia. He is passionate about integrated Neuroscience health care, recognising the fluid border between the body, mind, and brain.
Dr Da Costa was closely involved in establishing the national Royal College training program/syllabus in Neuropsychiatry in the UK. This fed into his own high quality Advance Specialisation pathway in Neuropsychiatry. He developed and later became the Clinical Lead of the National Neuropsychiatry service at the Walton Centre in Liverpool UK, the only NHS Neuroscience trust of UK. He is currently working on establishing such easy to access public service for patients and high-quality training programs for young doctors in Neuropsychiatry in Melbourne.
Neuropsychiatry is a field of Medicine that deals with illnesses that surface at the interface between the brain and mind. It has lesser established specialist services across the globe and particularly in Australia.
PROFESIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATION:
Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)
Membership of the Academy of Medical Educators (MAcadMEd) EU
Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) UK
Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) India
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) UK in General and Neuropsychiatry
Certification in Clinical Neuropsychiatry (Cert-NEUROPSYCH) UK
Fellowship of the Indian Psychiatrist Society (FIPS)
Membership of the British Neuropsychiatry Association (BNPA)
MBBS
Membership of the American Neuropsychiatry Association (ANPA)
Membership of the International Neuropsychiatry Association (INA)
PROFESSIONAL AREAS OF INTEREST:
Neuropsychiatry disorders of Epilepsy
Neuropsychiatry of Movement disorders such as Parkinson's, Huntington, Dystonias, Tics, Tourette's
Acquired Brain Injury including stroke and trauma resulting in complex disorders of cognition and behaviour
New or existing Psychiatric disorder that develop a Neurological disorder e.g. Schizophrenia with Epilepsy or Parkinson’s
Neurodegenerative conditions with Psychiatric manifestations
Neurocognitive disorders like young onset dementia/ memory disturbances of all ages.
Neurodevelopmental disorders with Psychiatric manifestations including cerebral palsy
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
Complex organic conundrums with Psychiatric manifestation
Organic personality disorder
Substance Misuse and Impulse disorder
Dissociative phenomenon/Syndrome
Neuro-immunological disorders including acute and chronic brain infections and immunological disorder presenting with neuropsychiatric comorbid symptoms
