Dr. Cathy Short

Dr Short received her FRACP in Neurology and General Medicine in 2003. She has trained at both the Royal Adelaide and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals.


Dr Short is a Cognitive Neurologist specialising in Dementia diagnosis and treatment. She has been working as a Staff Specialist within Central Adelaide Local Health Network Department of Neurology since 2003 and is Clinical Lead of the Cognitive Neurology Service based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Dr Short is Clinical Lead for the CALHN Cognitive Neurology Clinical Trials Service and has been Principal Investigator on more than 60 Clinical drug trials for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

She has one private clinic a week at the QE Specialist Centre for Memory Disorders.

Position: Neurologist