Jacques is a clinical neurologist and academic neuroscientist with a lifelong interest in neurology and public health. He was Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, University of Southern Africa from 1983 to 1993, publishing 43 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He also developed the first stroke service for black South Africans linking acute hospital-based care in a large teaching hospital to subacute and community care in the corresponding rural area. On moving to Australia, he worked in both the public and private hospital systems and from 1995-2001 was Director of the first private stroke unit in Australia at Epworth Hospital. During this time he expanded the concept of care shared between hospital and primary care settings for secondary risk prevention for stroke. This attracted a Commonwealth grant for integrated care, extended into a service project, and has formed the basis for international collaboration with French, Canadian, Singaporean and Chinese centers.
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