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Professor Peter Disler - Director, Bendigo Regional Clinical School

Telephone: +61 3 5440 9000
Facsimile: +61 3 5440 9001
Email: peter.disler@med.monash.edu.au

Professor Disler is Director of the Bendigo Regional Clinical School, Professor of Medicine at Monash University and Director of Medicine at the Bendigo Health Care Group.

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD, MBBCh, FRACP, FAFRM(RACP), DPH, FCP(SA), MCCMNZ

Recent Grants

  • Australian Research Council (2003-2006) : RESILIENCE: Maintaining the social self: Living with acquired disability in Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos (2003-2006) 
  • National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia (2004-2005) : ADAPT: Social aspects of amputation and aging in Victoria

Research Interests

  • Delivery of specialist health services to remote areas
  • Management of mild to moderate dementia in the community
  • Management of stroke in rural and remote areas

Research Projects

Cochrane collaborations 2002-2005

  • Rehabilitation approaches to foot drop in neurological disease
  • Rehabilitation in people with traumatic brain injury
  • Rehabilitation of people after knee and hip replacements

2003-2006 The Resilience Project:Maintaining the social self: Living with acquired disability in Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos.
- Principal Investigators (Australia):  Professor LH Manderson, Professor PB Disler, Dr E Bennett
- Malaysian Investigator:  A/Prof Dato’ Zaliha bte Omar, Kula Lumpur
- Myanmar Investigator:  Prof Than Toe, Yangon
- Laos Investigator:  Dr Bhouatep Phoumindr, Vientiane
- Thailand Investigator:  Prof Siriporn Chirawatkul, Khon Kaen

2004-2005 Social aspects of amputation and aging in Victoria. 
- Principal Investigators:  Professor LH Manderson, Professor PB Disler

Selected Publications

Guest Editorial in a Journal

  • P B Disler An Eye for a Nose. (Guest Editorial) Chemosense.3, 1-2, 2001
  • P B. Disler & J Pallant Vocational Rehabilitation – The Way Forward: A Review of the Recent Report from the BSRM (Invited Editorial for the British Medical Journal) British Medical Journal:  323: 121-3, 2001

Book Chapter

  • F Khan, P Disler and J Pallant Rehabilitation For People Who Have Had Joint Replacements. In Soroker N and Ring H (Eds). Advances in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, pp 169-180, 2003
  • P Disler, J Pallant, C Bailey, J Exton et al Evaluating rehabilitation programmes for Fibromyalgia and other chronic musculoskeletal pain. In Soroker N and Ring H. (Eds) Advances in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Moduzzi Editore, pp 231-238, 2003
  • M Young and P Disler International rehabilitation education : a comparative analysis In: Soroker N and Ring H (Eds). Advances in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Bologna: Moduzzi Editore, pp 469-478, 2003
  • Disler P, Khan F, Omar Z, Abbott G International Aspects of Rehabilitation (Book chapter). In De Lisa J, Gans B and Walsh N (Eds). Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation: Principles And Practice (4th Ed) Philadelphia: Lippincott, 2004
  • H Choi, D Fish, M A Young, P B Disler The Hip: Anatomy, Pathology and Diagnosis. In B O’Young, M Young & S Stiens (Eds) Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Secrets (2nd Edition) Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus 2002

Refereed Journal Articles

  • D Smith, N McMurray, P B Disler, 2002 “Early Intervention for Acute Back Injury: Can we develop an Evidence Based Approach? Clinical Rehabilitation Journal, (16): 1-11
  • R Linn, C Granger, P B Disler and J Yang, 2001 “Application of Functional Assessment to Musculoskeletal Disability Evaluation” In: Disability Evaluation, Series Editors Rondinelli R & Katz RT, A Special Edition of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, Boston: W B. Saunders
  • P B Disler, J Skelton, J Kerr, P Wright, J O’Reilly, J Hepworth. 2002 “ The Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit: A Feasibility Study” American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (81): 622-625
  • P B Disler, I Cameron and S Wilson, 2002 “Rehabilitation for the General Practitioner” In: A Medical Education Series for the Medical Journal of Australia, Series Editors P B Disler, I Cameron, Editorial, Medical Journal of Australia (177): 385-386
  • M Pollack and P B Disler, 2002 “ Rehabilitation for the General Practitioner” In: A Medical Education Series for the Medical Journal of Australia, Series Editors P B Disler & I Cameron, Stroke, Medical Journal of Australia (177): 452-456
  • I Cameron & S Kurrle, 2002 “ Rehabilitation for the General Practitioner” In: A Medical Education Series for the Medical Journal of Australia, Series Editors P B Disler & I Cameron, Rehabilitation of the Elderly, Medical Journal of Australia (177): 387-391   
  • Geffen S, 2002 “Rehabilitation for the General Practitioner” In: A Medical Education Series for the Medical Journal of Australia, Series Editors P B Disler & I Cameron, Musculoskeletal Injury, Medical Journal Australia (178): 238-242
  • F Khan and I Baguley, 2003 “Rehabilitation for the General Practitioner” In: A Medical Education Series for the Medical Journal of Australia, Series Editors P B Disler and I Cameron, Traumatic Brain Injury, Medical Journal Australia (178): 290-295
  • P B Disler and D Wade, 2003 “Should all Stroke Rehabilitation be Home Based? American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, (82): 733-735
  • P B Disler and M Pollack, 2003 “ Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients after Stroke” Australian Journal of Ageing, (22): 114-119
  • U Castiello, D Lusher, C Burton and P Disler, 2003 “ Shadows in the Brain” Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, (15): 862-872
  • A Cieza, G Stucki, M Weigl, P Disler, W Jackel, N Kostanjsek6 & R DeBie, 2004 “ICF Core Sets for Low Back Pain” Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (Supplement), (44): 69-74

Cochrane Reviews

  • A Nair, L Turner-Stokes, P Disler, D Wade Multi-disciplinary rehabilitation for acquired brain injury in adults of working age. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2.
  • L Turner-Stokes, P Disler, D.Wade. Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2.
  • F Khan, P Disler, L Turner-Stokes, D Wade. Multidisciplinary rehabilitation interventions for joint replacement at the knee and hip for arthropathies. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2.