Dr Nathan Johns
Member of: Epworth Rehabilitation Clinical Institute
Speciality
Subspeciality
- Rehabilitation
- Pain Management
Areas of interest
Cardiac, Musculoskeletal, Neurology, Pulmonary
About
Dr Nathan Johns is a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician with a special interest in pain rehabilitation, general and neurological rehabilitation. He has been a Visiting Medical Officer at Epworth Brighton since 2006 and continues to manage inpatients with the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team. His focus is on treating people with persistent (chronic) pain which has been present for more than 3 months, as well as acute musculoskeletal pain, post-surgical pain and post-traumatic pain. This includes pain neuroscience education, medication management, exercise and cognitive strategies with the goals of reducing pain, improving function and improving quality of life. Epworth appointments: Clinical Institute Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Pain (2014 current) Group Medical Advisory Committee (2017-2019) Medical Advisory Committee Rehabilitation Medicine (2008-2019)
Consulting locations
Consulting Location
Rehabilitation Medicine Group
Ground Floor, Suite 5, 999 Nepean Highway
Moorabin
VIC
3189
Epworth locations
Qualifications
- MBBS (Hons) Monash University 1996
- FAFRM (RACP)
Research
- Aerobic fitness in older adults in chronic disease states
- Pain management
- Innovative technology
- PhD Candidate at Monash University
- Redesigning Rehabilitation to Treat Post-Surgical Pain
Professional Associations
- RACP
- RMSANZ
- AMA