MedBurnie
Meetings and education
Currently meetings are held via Microsoft Teams or Face to Face
Monday: 08:00 Clinical Handover – face to face
Oct 11: Induction- Med ward C
13:00 BPT Teaching with RHH – Microsoft Teams
Tuesday: 08:00 Clinical Handover – face to face
11:15 Medical Ward MDT Meeting - face to face
12:00 Grand Rounds (Once per 6 weeks Physicians Meeting instead)
12:30 JMO Teaching (Rural Clinical School)
1pm: Oct 12: Covid training grad rounds
Wednesday: 08:00 Clinical Handover – face to face
13:00 Outpatient Registrar Clinics (Gen Med)
Thursday: 08:00 Clinical Handover – face to face
12:00 Morbidity & Mortality Meeting (once a month) and
Journal Club other Thursdays
13:00 Outpatient Registrar Clinics (ID)
Friday 08:00 Clinical Handover – face to face
08:30 Radiology Meeting – Microsoft Teams
12:00 Weekend Handover – Face to face/Microsoft Teams
Staff
Clinical Director Professor Robert Fassett
Deputy Clinical Director Dr Shantha Dewage
Executive Assistant Judi Swain
General Medicine Teams:
All patients are admitted under the care of a General Physician.
Medical Ward General Medicine Teams (4) also covering Medical Ward C except if there is a Covid escalation plan in place.
Consultants
Dr Shantha Dewage
Dr Indika Karunaratne
Dr Eleanor Tan
Dr Apsara Karunaratne
Dr Anushree Tiku
One physician relieves annual, sickness or professional development leave
AMU
Dr Ram Nair
Subspecialty Consultants
Infectious Diseases – Dr Louise Parry
Palliative care –Dr Rosemary Ramsay
Endocrinologist – Dr Bianca St John
Gastroenterologist – Dr Albert Nwaba (VMO), Dr Rajeev Shrivastava (Staff Specialist)
Medical Oncologists – Dr Aaron Chindewere and Dr Monica Dumbrava
Radiation Oncologists – Dr Richard Foster and Dr Michael MacKay
Respiratory – Dr Kashif Nadeem
Cardiologists – Dr Ram Nair, Dr Geoff Evans, Dr James Mau, Dr Greg Hasking, Dr Nikhil Pal