Thanuja Dharmadasa is a Neurologist based in Parkville, VIC, Australia. She works in neurology care for people who need help with nerve and brain conditions, especially where movement and thinking can be affected.
In her day-to-day work, she looks after conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) and primary lateral sclerosis. She also helps with other long-term nerve and muscle problems, including spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3.
Some patients come in with difficulty walking or stiffness in the legs. At times this can be linked to spinal cord and nerve issues like paraplegia, spastic paraplegia, and spastic paraplegia type 2 or type 7. The goal is usually to understand what is going on and to make a plan that fits the person’s day-to-day life.
Thanuja also cares for people dealing with changes in memory, behaviour, and thinking. This includes dementia and frontotemporal dementia. These conditions can be hard for families as well as patients, so care is about clear communication and practical support as symptoms change over time.
As a neurologist, she brings hands-on clinical experience to complex cases, and she focuses on steady follow-up. Treatment can involve reviewing symptoms, checking how things are progressing, and coordinating next steps with other health professionals where needed. She also stays up to date with new research and options, including whether clinical trials may be worth considering for some people, when appropriate.
Thanuja Dharmadasa’s practice is in Parkville, which makes it easier for local patients across Melbourne to get specialist help. If you need a neurologist for long-term nerve, movement, or thinking concerns, her clinic aims to keep things grounded, calm, and understandable.
