Dr Stephan Praet (Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist)
- Name
- Dr Stephan Florent Eugenie Praet
- Qualifications
- MD Vrije University Amsterdam Netherlands 1999
- Occupation
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Medical Specialties
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
Dr. Stephan Praet is a Dutch Sport and Exercise Physician, who received his medical training at the Vrije University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, following a Master’s Degree in Human Movement Sciences at the same university. He subsequently specialized in Sport and Exercise medicine at the Netherlands Institute for the Training of Specialist in Sports Medicine in 2004. From 2004 till 2015 he worked as a consultant physician/ specialist doctor in Sport & Exercise Medicine at Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rijndam Rehabilitation Institute and ZorgSaam Hospitals Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, the Netherlands.
In April 2015 Dr. Praet imigrated to Australia to take up a position as a consultant physician in Sport & Exercise Medicine at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). At the AIS he was responsible for the clinical management of high performance athlete’s injuries and illnesses. He holds a PhD in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Maastricht University, The Netherlands and he is a Fellow of the European Board of Sports Medicine (FEBSM) as well as the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (FACSEP).
From November 2017 Dr. Praet works in private practice as a consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine at Ochre Health Medical Centre at Bruce, at the University of Canberra Health precinct together with Dr. Steve Freeman, a GP- sports doctor who is currently also the team physician of the Brumbies.
As a previous middle-distance runner (800m:1:51.9) and physician he understands athletes’ frustrations of being injured and the importance of supporting both healthy people and patients in maintaining (or regaining) an active and injury-free lifestyle.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Ochre Health Medical Centre - Bruce
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Canberra
- Medical Conditions
- Musculoskeletal disorder
- Tendinitis
- Cancer
- Mitochondrial myopathy
- Diabetes mellitus type 2
- Cardiovascular disease
- Heart failure
- Medical Interventions
- (neuro)prolotherapy
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET)
- Stress Testing
- Ultrasound-guided injections
Practice Locations
Canberra
- Ochre Health Medical Centre - Bruce
- Address
- Building 28
Level B
The Health Hub
Corner Ginninderra Drive and Allawoona Street
Bruce ACT 2617
Australia
- Phone
- 02 6180 8500
- Fax
- 02 6162 0437
