Services
We provide the following specialist services at
Wollongong Medical Specialists and Shellharbour Medical Specialists
Cardiology Services:
We kindly provide the following cardiac services to our patients
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Consultation regarding chest pain, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, shortness of breath, cardiac arrhythmia, hypertension, dyslipidemia, pacemaker and ICD programming
- Trans-thoracic and trans-esophageal Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Exercise Stress Test
- Event Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Stress Echocardiogram
Geriatric Services: Consultation services for both out patients as well as inpatients for the following group of patients:
1. Elderly patients (>65years) with
- Dementia/Cognitive Impairment with or without behavioural issues.
- Falls/Recurrent falls
- Chronic pain
- Reduced mobility
- Fraility
- Multiple comorbidities/multiple chronic illnesses/ polypharmacy- undertake assessment, rationalise management and treatment, coordination with other specialities and GPs
- Psychogeriatric issues (depression, anxiety)
- Parkinsons disease/Parkinsons syndromes.
- Patients from residential care facilities with geriatric issues.
- Not coping at home needing residential aged care placement-assist and advise regarding the ACAT process
2. Patients with young onset dementia syndromes(<65)
Endocrinology Services: Consultation service for both outpatients as well as inpatients for the following:
- Diabetes
- Thyroid disease
- Parathyroid disease
- General endocrinology
- Osteoporosis, bone disease
- Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
- Adrenal and Pituitary gland disease
Cardiothoracic consultation services:
- Coronary artery bypass (including off pump)
- Complex valvular surgery with repair and replacement
- Aortic aneurysm and redo cardiac surgery
- Thoracic surgery including management of lung cancer
- Video assisted surgery for coin lesion in lungs
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax
- Lung biopsy
- Mediastinal tumour
- Empyema, etc
Neurology Services: Consultation Services for both outpatients as well as inpatients for the following:
- Parkinsons Disease and Parkinsonism
- Dystonias and other hyperkinetic movement disorders
- Ataxia and Tics
- Limb Botox related to spasticity, dystonias, facial spasm and cervical dystonias
- Stroke