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Penina Ponger

Penina Ponger is publicly named by the Bionics Institute as clinical collaborator. Penina is a clinical fellow at the Balance Disorders & Ataxia Service (BDAS) at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital and honorary research fellow at the Bionics Institute. Academic and Professional Background: Dr. Ponger is a senior neurologist and geneticist specialising in movement disorders and neurogenetics. She earned her MD from Tel Aviv University, graduating magna cum laude in Medical Sciences (2005–2009). Her training includes Neurology at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem (2010–2016) and a fellowship in Medical Genetics, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (2017–2021). Her past positions have included heading the Adult Neurogenetics Service and Ataxia Clinic along with site coordination of PDGENEration Research Initiative, at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Dr.