Dr Jennifer Harasty

Dr. Jennifer Harasty is an awarded speech neuroscientist, granted as being “one of the top 2000 living scientists of the 21st century” by Cambridge Bibliographical society. She is a University Academic, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Communication Sciences and Disorders Specialist and Speech Language Pathologist in clinical practice since 1996 specialising in the primary and high school age population. She has been a Chair of the Eastern Sydney Allied Health Network of the Eastern Suburbs Medicare Local and has been an inaugural director of the wider Central and Eastern Sydney Allied Health Network which represents over 5000 allied health professionals through the Federal Australian Governments Primary Health Network (PHN of Sydney).

She is committed to providing services to disadvantaged groups. Her practice supports many vulnerable and CALD families and supports UNHC for Refugees for over 10 years. She is interested in innovative service provision and research into health services across all aspects of the health system such as neurobehavioural therapy, NDIS, allied health private services, hospital and community health sectors: all of which she has provided services to. She has been the first National Advisor Evidenced Based Practice for Australia and effected great change in this role. She has worked clinically with specific literacy disorders for over 30 years including many recent primary school students to great effect.

To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Dr Harasty, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.