Services
We provide the following specialist services;
Cardiology Services:
Treating Specialists:
Dr Jayesh Gohil – Consults at both Wollongong Medical Specialists and Shellharbour Medical Specialists
Dr John Ramachandran – Consults at Wollongong Medical Specialists
Dr Victor Joseph – Consults at Shellharbour Medical Specialists
Dr Shweta Sahay – Consults at both Wollongong Medical Specialists and Shellharbour Medical Specialists
Dr Amit Michael – Consults at both Wollongong Medical Specialists and Shellharbour Medical Specialists
We provide the following cardiac services to our patients
- 24 Hour 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
- 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
- Stress Echocardiogram
Geriatric Services: Consultation services for patients
Treating Specialist:
Dr Tien Chu -Wollongong Medical Specialists – Consults Thursdays 4pm – 7pm
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)
Renal Nephrology consultation services:
Treating Specialist: Dr Ajay Purushottam