Caring is our calling

Dr Lisa Myers has expertise throughout the field of rehabilitation medicine, with particular interests in geriatric reconditioning, orthopaedic rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, spasticity management, and developmental disability. In addition to her work at Matilda, she is also a Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred and Balmain Hospitals.

After completing a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Duke University in the USA, Dr Myers obtained a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the University of Sydney with First Class Honours. She subsequently trained and worked in ten hospitals across Greater Sydney, including subspecialty training at the Spinal Injuries Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital and in Paediatric Rehabilitation at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, before receiving Fellowship from the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr Myers regularly cares for patients with chronic complex care needs and manages complications of physical disability. She has had research published on the topics of developmental disability, spasticity management, and medication adherence, and has worked on clinical trials for achondroplasia. She regularly teaches and supervises medical students and junior doctors, and remains involved in research and quality improvement projects.