Australian Government - Comcare

VIC

Adult Respiratory and Sleep Medicine -

Cardiology - A physician skilled in the prevention diagnosis and treatment of heart disease

Dermatology - A physician who practices in the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders

ENT- Ear Nose Throat - A surgeon concerned with the treatment of disorders of the upper respiratory passages, sinuses, ears, the hearing and also the swallowing process

General Surgery -Multi faceted specialist in the surgical treatment of multiple injuries including fractures combined with soft tissue injuries

Neurology - Physicians/surgeons specialising in disorders of the nervous system ie the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves

Occupational Physician- Specialises in the assessment of workplace injuries or diseases. They assess the need or effect of rehabilitation and the potential for the claimant to return to pre-disability occupation and any likey restrictions performing that occupation

Ophthalmology - Surgeons who specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders

Orthopaedics- The branch of surgery/medicine dealing with the preservation and restoration of the function of the skeletal system and associated structures such as tendons, ligaments, joiints and muscles.  Most commonly injuries to the neck, back, hips and limbs are referred for orthopaedic opinion particularly where surgical management may be required

Plastic and Hand Surgery- Surgery concerned with the restoration, reconstruction, correction or improvement in the shape and appearance of body structures that are defective, damaged or injured

Psychiatry - A Physician who specialises in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness

Psychology- A professional specialising in diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance and behaviour problems

Rheumatology- Specialist physicians concerned with the cause, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the joints and related structures -muscles, tendons and ligaments. They assess patients with 'regional pain' and 'chronic fatigue' syndromes.  In the main they deal with arthritic conditions, spondylosis, degeneration of spinal discs, synovitis and other types of painful movement

Rehabilitation- Specialists in the assessment of fitness to work once the acute phase of injury or illness has finished.  They offer opinions as to the type of work a person is fit to do or the type of work they may be re-trained to do, given any residual symptoms of injury or illness

Thoracic-

Urology- Treatment of disorders of the urinary tract of males and females and of the genitals organs of males

 

 

ADULT RESPIRATORY AND SLEEP MEDICINE

East Bentleigh 

Associate Professor Peter Holmes

 

DERMATOLOGY

East Melbourne

Dr Rosemary Nixon


ENT

Berwick and East Bentleigh
Dr Malcolm Baxter


GENERAL SURGERY

Melbourne

Dr Peter Battlay - General Surgery, Spine, Hand soft tissue injuries - Collins St


Dr Kenneth Brearley - General/Orthopaedic Surgery - Collins St


Dr Michael Long - Musculoskeletal General Surgeon - Lt Collins St


Mr Edward Schutz- General/Orthopaedic/Trauma Surgery - St Kilda Rd


Dr Michael Troy - Musculoskeletal Medicine-General Surgery - Collins St

Richmond

Dr J Roth - Orthopaedics/Trauma/Hernia/General Surgery

 

NEUROLOGY

Bundoora 

Dr Martin Jackson - Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

Melbourne

Dr Carol Burton -Consultant Neuropsychologist


Associate Professor Brian Chambers

 

Associate Professor Richard Stark - Neurology and Spine

Richmond

Dr Carol Burton -Consultant Neuropsychologist

Dr David Brownbill - Neurosurgery

Dr Robert Hjorth - Neurology

Dr Leslie Sedal - Neurology and Spine


East Melbourne

Associate Professor Brian Chambers

Dr Martin Jackson - Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist - & La Trobe Uni


Dr Gordon Stuart - Neurosurgery


OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN

Box Hill

Dr Tim Hwang - Occupational Physician

Bundoora

Dr Tim Hwang - Occupational Physician


Broadmeadows
Dr Dominic Yong - Occupational Physician

East Melbourne

Dr Tim Hwang - Occupational Physician

Dr David Ruttenberg - Occupational Physician

Glenhuntly 

Dr Clive Kenna

Hawthorn

Dr John Silver - Occupational/Musculoskeletal Medicine

Heidelberg 

Dr Michael Bloom - Occupational Physician

Dr Dominic Yong - Occupational Physician

Melbourne

Dr Chris Baker - Occupational Medicine/Public Health Medicine

 

Dr Michael Bowles - Occupational Physician

Dr David Eaton - Occupational Medicine


Dr David Gras - Occupational Physician

Dr Philip Mutton -Occupational Physician

Dr James Rowe -Collins St Melbourne

Dr Bernadette Triffiletti - Occupational Physician


Dr Louise Van Geyzel - Occupational Physician


Dr Anthony Webster - Occupational Physician

Metung 

Dr Chris Baker - Occupational Medicine/Public Health Medicine




 

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Blackburn South

Dr Heather Mack - Ophthamology


Footscray

 

Dr Heather Mack - Ophthamology


Melbourne

Dr Mark Lazarus - Ophthalmology

 

ORTHOPAEDICS

Ballarat

Dr Paul Kierce - Orthopaedic Surgeon

Bendigo

Dr Travis Perera - Orthopaedic Surgery

Brunswick

Dr Peter Kudelka - Orthopaedic Surgery

Carlton South

Dr Thomas Mills - Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dandenong

Dr Michael Khan - Orthopaedic Surgeon

East Melbourne

Dr Garry Grossbard - Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr Iain Kelman - Orthopaedic Surgeon


Dr John Talbot - Orthopaedic Surgeon

Fitzroy

Dr Ian R Jones - Orthopaedic Surgeon

Geelong

Dr John Aloysius Henderson - Orthopaedics and General Surgery

Melbourne


Dr Kenneth Brearley - General/Orthopaedic Surgery


Dr Anthony Buzzard -Spine Upper Lower Limbs


Dr Keith Elsner - Orthopaedic Surgeon

 

Associate Professor John Hart - Orthopaedic Surgeon


Dr John Aloysius Henderson - Orthopaedics and General Surgery

 

Dr Michael Khan - Orthopaedic Surgeon


Dr Paul Kierce - Orthopaedic Surgeon


Dr Peter Kudelka - Orthopaedic Surgery

 

Mr Gerald Moran - Orthopaedic Surgeon

 

Portland

 

Dr Paul Kierce - Orthopaedic Surgeon

 

Shepparton

 

Dr John Aloysius Henderson - Orthopaedics and General Surgery

 

Warrnambool

 

Dr John Aloysius Henderson - Orthopaedics and General Surgery

 

Dr Paul Kierce - Orthopaedic Surgeon


Mr Derek Billett - Orthopaedics

 

 

OTHER

Dr David Conroy - Trauma Consultant - East Melbourne


Dr Graeme Griffith - Chronic Pain & Musculoskeletal Injury - Brighton


Dr Paul Grinwald - Internal Medicine - East Melbourne


Dr Andrew Jakobovits - Gastroenterologist - Malvern


Professor Michael Jelinek -Cardiologist - Fitzroy


Dr Denis Robertson - Respiratory Physician - Melbourne & Malvern

 

Dr Peter Stevenson - Consultant Physician - East Melbourne


PLASTIC AND HAND SURGERY

Dr Murray Stapleton - Plastic and Hand Surgery - Melbourne


Dr John Buntine - Plastic and Hand Surgeon - Camberwell


PSYCHIATRY

Carlton

 

Dr Barrie Kenny

 

Croydon

Professor Ivor Jones - Psychiatrist

 

East Geelong

 

Dr Carol Newlands - East Geelong

 

East Melbourne

 

Dr Les Ding - Psychiatrist

 

Dr William Glaser - Psychiatrist

 

Hampton

 

Dr Michael Duke - Consultant Psychiatrist

 

Lilydale

 

Dr Anthony Sheehan - Psychiatrist

 

Malvern

 

Dr Rodney Farnbach - Psychiatrist

 

Melbourne

 

Dr Jim Carson - Psychiatrist

 

Dr Michael Duke - Consultant Psychiatrist

 

Professor Ivor Jones - Psychiatrist

 

Dr Norman Lewis - Psychiatrist


Professor George Mendelson - Psychiatrist

 

Dr Susan Oliver - Psychiatrist

Dr Norman Rose - Psychiatry

 

Dr Peter Smith - Psychiatrist

 

Dr Amir Tosson - Psychiatrist


Dr Lester Walton - Psychiatrist

 

 

Moonee Ponds

 

Dr Dush Shan - Psychiatrist

 

 

North Caulfield

 

Dr Victor Botvinik - Psychiatrist

 

North Melbourne

 

Dr Yvonne Greenberg - Psychiatrist

 

Parkville

 

Dr Yvonne Greenberg - Psychiatrist

 

Richmond

 

Dr MJ Nathar - Consultant Psychiatrist

 

Dr Dush Shan - Psychiatrist

 

Sandringham

 

Dr Michael Epstein - Psychiatrist


South Yarra

Dr Nigel Strauss - Psychiatrist

Dr David Weissman - Psychiatrist

 

PSYCHOLOGY

Dr Vanessa Mackay - Melbourne

Dr Melissa Lehmann - Melbourne


RHEUMATOLOGY

Dr Roy Karna - East Mebourne

 

Dr Melissa Lehmann - Clinical & Organisational Psychologist

Dr Kenneth Muirden- East Melbourne


THORACIC

Professor Michael Pain - Bulleen


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