Specialty Clinics

The John Hunter Hospital Outpatient Service operates the following clinics across North Block and South Block:

Cardiology

Cardiology Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Nick Collins
Dr Rohan Bhagwandeen
Dr Heather Cooke
Dr Alan Davies
Prof Peter Fletcher
Dr Rachel Hatton
Dr Aaron Sverdlov
Dr Suku Thambar
Dr Stewart Turner
Dr Brad Wilsmore

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries:

All initial (referral) appointment enquires via the JHH Outpatient Service Contact Centre: 4922 3912.

All follow up and post hospital discharge appointment enquires via the Cardiology Unit Secretary:

Drs Wilsmore, Cooke, Davies, Hayes, Turner, Prof Graham- 49214201

Drs Bastian, Sverdlov, Hatton, Collins, Boyle- 49214205

Prof Fletcher- 49223128

Colorectal

Colorectal Clinic

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Brian Draganic
Dr Chatika Premaratne
Dr Hasitha Balasuriya

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Dermatology

Dermatology Clinic

Located in North block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Paul Chee
Dr Sally De Zwaan
Dr Edwina Lamrock
Dr Catherine McKay
Dr John Sippe
Dr Alicia Thornton
Dr Vivian Tng
Dr Rashi Malescu

Dermatology Light Therapy Clinic

Located in North Block

Paediatric Dermatology Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr John Relic
Dr Alicia Thornton

Dermatology Minor Procedures Clinic

Located in North Block

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Diabetes

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Diabetes/Endocrinologist Specialist within the department

Assoc Prof Shamasunder Acharya
Dr Emma Croker
Dr Damien Jackel
Dr Judy Luu
Dr Christopher Rowe
Dr Tuan Quach
Dr Evelyn Tan
Assoc Prof Katie Wynne
Dr William Yu

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority. Clinics are run on a Thursday (Young Peoples Clinic) and a Friday (Adult Diabetes Services)

Our service provides access to Diabetes Educators and Dietitians.

Referral and appointment enquiries: Diabetes Unit Secretary 02 49223370, 02 49236378 or 02 49855135 or email (enquiries only. Referrals not to be emailed) HNELHD-DiabetesServices@health.nsw.gov.au

Please note, the JHH Outpatient Service is unable to address enquiries relating to the Diabetes Department. Please call one of the above provided numbers for enquiries.

Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)

Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Clinic

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Daron Cope
Dr Toby Corlette
A/Prof Rob Eisenberg
Dr Johnson Huang
Dr Niall Jefferson
Prof Kelvin Kong
Dr Ryan Winters
Dr Shahul Majahid (ENT GP)
Dr James Sagi (ENT GP)
Dr Hossein Ghazavi (Tamworth)

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912.

Please note, the JHH Outpatient Service is unable to address enquiries relating to the ENT Aboriginal Medical Service.

Patients residing in the Tamworth region are to be referred to the JHH ENT Outpatient Service. Referrals will be booked into the Tamworth clinics is considered clinically appropriate.

Endocrinology

Endocrinology Clinic (does NOT include Diabetes)

Located in North Block

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referral and appointment enquiries (not diabetes): Endocrinology Unit Secretary Ph: 02 49214380 or Email:

HNELHD-JHHEndocrinologyAdmin@health.nsw.gov.au

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Steven Bollipo
Dr Robert Foster
Dr Lay Gan
Dr Robert Gibson
Dr Tom Goodsall
Dr Stephen Philcox
Dr Nicholas Talley
Dr Alkesh Zala
Dr Dane Cook
Dr Michael Potter
Dr Kate Napthali
Dr Christian Ardley

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912.

General Medicine

General Medicine Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Patrick Oakley

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referral and appointment enquiries: General Medicine Unit Secretary 02 49213541

General Surgery

General Surgery clinic

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Christine O'Neill
Dr Francesco Amico
Dr Cino Bendinelli
Dr David Burnett
Dr Marisol Perez Cerdeira
Dr Stanley Chen
Dr Ruth Hardstaff
Dr Kalpesh Shah
Dr Timothy Wright
Dr Lesley Barron

Oesophageal Clinic

Dr Marisol Perez Cerdeira
Dr Timothy Wright

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Hunter Integrated Pain Service (HIPS)

Pain Clinic

Located in South and North Block

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referrals and appointment enquiries: www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/our_service2/pain or call 02 4922 3435 or email HNELHD-HIPS@health.nsw.gov.au

Immunology and Infectious Disease

Immunology Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinic are held by:

Dr Michael Boyle
Dr Theo Malmanche
Dr Katheryn Patchett
Dr Glenn Reeves

Allergy Clinic

Located in North Block

Infectious Diseases Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Vimalan Ambikaipaker
Dr Josh Davies
Dr John Ferguson
Dr Mark Loewenthal
Dr Robert Pickles
Dr Ayesha Akram
Dr Katy Lai

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Neurology

Neurology Clinic (including Stroke Service)

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Jeff Blackie
Dr Tanya Kerr
Dr Lechner-Scott
Dr Ferdinand Miteff
Dr Elizabeth Pepper
Dr Neil Spratt
Dr Tom Wellings
Dr Carlos Esparon
Dr Pablo Garcia Bermejo
Dr Andrew Bleasel
Dr Natalie Murray

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referral and appointment enquiries: Neurology Unit Secretary via Ph: 4921 3490

Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Clinics:

Located in South and North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Michael Edger
Dr Richard Ferch
Dr Mitchell Hansen
Dr Catherine Johnson
Dr Sophia Roser
Dr Sam Hall

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology Clinics

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Tim Ruddell
Dr Michael Birch
Dr Peter Davies
Dr Jess Dobinson
Dr Anthony Dunlop
Dr Alistair Gittos
Dr Anthony Hall
Dr Eugene Hollenbach
Dr Kuo Luong Lee
Dr David Manning
Dr Shivram Nadkarni
Dr Ravi Singh
Dr William Yates

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Oral Maxillofacial (OMF)

Oral Maxillofacial (OMF) Clinics

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Deegesh Shah
Dr Benjamin Ghaly
Prof Gary Hoffman
Dr Patrick Mehanna
Dr Eileen Tan Gore

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Orthopaedics (including hands)

Fracture Clinics

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Registrar led Team clinics

Orthopaedic Consultant Clinics

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Simon Abson
Dr Zsolt Balogh
Dr Lachlan Cornford
Dr David Dewar
Dr Ben East
Dr David Gill
Dr Jorgen Hellman
Dr Stewart Mackenzie
Dr David Nicholson
Dr James O'Sullivan
Dr Seth Tarrant
Dr Sandeep Tewari
Dr Geoff Workman
Dr Jonathan Young
Dr Ali Hamze

Hand Clinic

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Joshua Hunt
Dr Scott Cains
Dr Tanya Burgess
Dr Brett McClelland
Dr Bryce Meads
Dr Yezdi Mistry
Dr Brett McClelland

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery

Plastic Clinic

Located in South and North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Kirstin Miteff
Dr Gary Avery
Dr Scott Cairns
Dr Yezdi Mistry
Dr Alaine Taylor

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

This is a tertiary (specialist only) referral service.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Psychology

Liaison Psychiatry Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Ben Britten (phycologist)
Dr Vinod Raveendran
Dr Marina Vamos

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Clinic

Located in North Block

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referral and appointment enquiries: Rehabilitation Unit Secretary via 02 4921 4840 or 02 4922 3065 or email: HNELHD-JHHRehabMedicineRNC@health.nsw.gov.au

Renal/Nephrology

Renal clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Shane Carney
Dr Bobby Chacko
Dr Emmanuel D'Almeida
Dr Alastair Gillies
Dr Thyda Myint
Dr Eswari Vilayur
Dr Scott Jones
Dr Bruce Mackinnon

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Respiratory

Respiratory Medicine Clinic (includes asthma, Cystic Fibrosis and Mantoux clinics)

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr David Arnold
Dr Christoher Grainge
Dr Scott Twaddell
Dr Peter Wark
Prof Peter Gibson
Dr Shyamala Pradeepan
Dr Geoff Tyler
Dr Karlianne Tong
Dr Kenneth Goon
Dr Vineeth George

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referral and appointment enquiries: Respiratory Unit Secretary via 02 49213470

Rheumatology

Rheumatology Clinic

Located in North Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Gabor Major
Dr Paul Mansfield
Dr Stephen Oakley
Dr Aishwarya Sukhedo

Osteoporosis Fracture Clinic

Dr Marc Toh
Dr Gabor Major
Dr Aishwarya Sukhedo

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Stomal Therapy

Stomal Therapy Clinic

Located in South Block

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Switch 49213000 and ask them to page 36206 or email HNELHD-JHHStomal@health.nsw.gov.au

Transplant/Vascular Access

Transplant/Access Clinic

Located in South Block

The JHH Outpatient Service does not manage referrals or appointments for this service.

Referral and appointment enquiries: 02 4921 4326 or email Teghane.Rigby@health.nsw.gov.au

Trauma

Trauma Clinic

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Zsolt Balogh

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Urology

Urology Consult Clinic

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Marcus Handmer
Dr Paul Ainsworth
Dr Alison Blatt
Dr Peter Chong
Dr Terry Doyle
Dr Nicholas McLeod
Dr Avi Raman
Dr Albert Tiu
Dr Kieran Beattie

Urology Procedure Clinic

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Paul Ainsworth
Dr Alison Blatt
Dr Peter Chong
Dr Terry Doyle
Dr Marcus Handmer
Dr Nicholas McLeod
Dr Avi Raman
Dr Albert Tiu

Chemotherapy Clinic

Located in South Block

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912

Vascular Surgery

Vascular Surgery Clinics

Located in South Block

Clinics are held by:

Dr Senthil Kumar
Dr Arvind Deshpande
Dr Nicole Organ
Dr Mathew Sebastian
Dr Zoheb Williams

Referrals to this service are triaged by a clinician, and appointments allocated with the most appropriate specialist in order of clinical priority.

Referral and appointment enquiries: JHH Outpatient Contact Centre 02 49223912