Specialist Directory (Heads of Unit)

This is a current listing of all Peninsula Health Specialists. Contact telephone numbers for each unit of speciality are also listed.

This Directory can help GPs determine which surgeons and obstetricians have admitting rights to Peninsula Health. GPs can then refer their patients to private rooms in the knowledge that their patients can be put on a hospital surgical waiting list if appropriate. The exception to this is that all orthopaedic public patients need to be seen in the Orthopaedic Outpatient Department before they can be put on the hospital surgical waiting list.

Please click on each unit to see Specialist details

Aged Care

Phone: (03) 9784 8699

Specialist	Title
Dr Anjali Khushu	Head of Unit
Dr Po’uilva’anti Funaki
Dr Kamran Kheyri
Dr Alice Lac
Dr Yu Mei Law
Dr Angel Lee
Dr Rajesh Singh
Dr Kim Siong Tew
Dr Kristy Siostrom
Dr Jun (Alvin) Tay
Dr Ziqiu Ming
Dr Chris Moran
Dr. Navin Amarasinghe
Dr. Stephanie Than
Dr. Beatriz Martins

Anaesthesia

Phone: (03) 9784 7445 or (03) 9784 8475

Specialist	Title
Dr Tzung Ding	Acting Clinical Director
Dr Louise Parker	Acting Deputy Director
Dr Theo Adraktas
Dr Michael Angsuwat	Supervisor of Training
Dr Jonathan Au
Dr Rogier Backx
Dr Vanita Bodhankar
Dr Chris Bowden
Dr John Campbell
Dr Peter Clarke
Dr John Copland
Dr Rachel Corris
Dr Tyron Crofts
Dr Rebecca Dabars
Dr Tom Edgley
Dr Brendan Flanders
Dr Andrew Green
Dr Eric Gunasekera
Dr Paul Hales
Dr Emma Hewitt
Dr Nirmala Jayasekera	Supervisor of Training
Dr Marjorie (Helen) Kolawole	Supervisor of Training
Dr Nam Le
Dr Samuel Leong
Dr Anna Loughnan
Dr Julian Mahood
Dr Stuart Marshall
Dr Gary McKenzie
Dr Andrew McLaughlin
Dr Melinda Miles
Dr Chris O’Loughlin	Supervisor of Training
Dr Dylan Rajeswaran
Dr Hedda Robinson
Dr Cameron Rush
Dr Jim Shim
Dr Chris Stokes
Dr Wai Tam
Dr Heath Tibballs
Dr Theresa Trinh
Dr Sarah Wallis
Dr Ashley Webb
Dr Rob Wengritzky
Dr Adam West
Dr Elliot Wilson

Cardiology

Phone: (03) 9784 1177

Specialist	Title
Dr Robert Lew	Head of Unit
Dr Philip Carrillo
Dr Jamie Layland
Dr Manuja Premaratne
Dr Brian Wood
Dr Geoffrey Toogood
Dr Arun
Dr Nay Htun
Dr Roshan Prakash
Dr Rohit Samuel
Dr Logan Bittinger

Community Care

Phone: (03) 9788 1700

Specialist	Title
Dr Fergus McGee	Head of Unit
Dr Pamela Rosengarten

Dental – Community Health

Phone: (03) 9784 8184

Specialist	Title
Dr Fizza Arshad
Dr Faoad Ashna
Dr Fayed Azouz
Dr Enoka Banda
Dr Amar Beharee
Dr Rachael Etzion
Dr Mani Jassal
Dr Melissa Jong
Dr Charman Kandola
Dr Sukhpreet Kaur
Dr Peter Kipnis
Dr Margaret Kruk
Dr Bill Madytianos
Dr Jonathon Meggitt
Dr Lilly Milczarek
Dr Vin Mugunthan
Dr Hamid Naushad
Dr Sreethi Purayath
Dr Julie West
Dr Claire Wilson

Emergency Medicine

Phone: (03) 9784 7196 (FH)
Phone: (03) 5986 0624 (RH)

Specialist	Title
Dr Gabriel Blecher	Clinical Director of Emergency Services (Frankston)
Dr Jonathan Dowling	Deputy Director of Emergency Services (Frankston)
Dr Meredith Adie	Director of Emergency Services (Rosebud)
Dr Mohan Kamalanathan	Director of Training (Frankston)
Dr Saad Alnoaman
Dr Sean Arendse
Dr Katherine (Kate) Bristow
Dr Adam Bystrzycki
Dr Dawn Chan
Dr Benjamin Cheung
Dr Ifeanyi Chiezey
Dr Herman Chiu
Dr Charith de Silva
Dr Rosie Dwyer
Dr Karin Eggink
Dr Danielle Feigin
Dr Olga (Oli) Gaitsgory
Dr Bahareh (Reh) Ghadak
Dr Ruchi Ghai
Dr Leong Ghoo
Dr Darsim Haji
Dr Jonothan Henry
Dr Martin Jackson
Dr Panagiota Kakridas
Dr Vincent Khoo
Dr Maureen Koo
Dr Angela Lamacchia
Dr Ashley Leadbetter
Dr Shera Leonny
Dr David Lightfoot
Dr Benjamin Lui
Dr Sara Mackenzie
Dr Maheswaran (Mahes) Masilamany
Dr Seema Nimesh
Dr Jay Patnam
Dr Yigal Reuben
Dr Andrew Rosengarten
Dr Siba Sulaeman
Dr Imran Syed
Dr Visu Viswanathan
Dr Katie Waldman
Dr Abrar Waliuddin
Dr Clare Wellard
Dr Emma Williams
Dr Patrick Tolan	ED Psychiatrist (Consultant)

Endocrinology

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr Debra Renouf	Head of Unit
Dr Deepak Dutta
Dr Michelle Gordon
Dr Stella Sarlos
Dr Jimmy Shen
Dr Chin Tan
Dr Mor Aik Wee
Dr Fiona Inchley

Ears, Nose and Throat

Phone: (03) 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Mr Diamo Diamantaris	Head of Ears, Nose and Throat Unit
Mr Vibhuti Mahanta
Mr Nalaka DeSilva
Mr Muthulingam Vakeeswaran

Facio Maxillary Surgeon

Phone: (03) 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Dr Sunia Vudiniabola	Faciomaxillary Surgeon

Gastroenterology

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr David Badov	Head Of Unit
Dr Sujievvan Chandran
Dr Leonid Fisher
Dr Richard La Nauze
Dr Aaron Thornton
Dr Abha Kaul

General Medical

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr Elisabeth Nye	Head Of Unit
Dr Chris Karayiannis
Dr Anmol Bassi
Dr Sameer Kaul
Dr Bruce Maydom
Dr William Slater
Dr Manjula Vidyaratne
Dr Kumari Gamage
Dr Travis Churchhill

General Surgery – Upper GI, Colorectal, Breast & Endocrine

Phone: (03) 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Mr Peter Evans	Clinical Director of Surgery

Upper GI Surgery

Specialist	Title
Mr Peter Evans	Clinical Director of Surgery
Mr Charles Pilgrim
Mr Ben Privett

Colorectal

Specialist	Title
Mr Stewart Skinner	Head Of Colorectal Unit
Mr Tilan Beneragama
Mr Mikhail Fisher
Mr Eric Torey
Mr Senthilkumar Sundaramurthy
Mr Vlad Bolshinsky

Breast and Endocrine

Specialist	Title
Mr Tristan Leech	Head of Breast and Endocrine Unit
Mr Johnathan Serpell
Mr Belinda Brown
Ms Josephine Chitty

Haematology

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr Patricia Walker	Head of Unit
Dr Natasha Curtin
Dr Huy Tran
Dr Kay Htun

Hospital In The Home

Phone: (03) 9784 7241

Specialist	Title
Dr Geoffrey Macaulay
Dr Martin Jackson

Infectious Diseases

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr Marjoree Sehu	Head of Unit
Dr Peter Kelley
Dr Chanad Harangozo
Dr Catherine Marshall
Dr Emma Bishop
Dr Kasha Singh

Intensive Care Medical

Phone: (03) 9784 7423

Specialist	Title
Professor John Botha	Director ICU
Associate Professor Kavi Haji	Deputy Director ICU
Associate Professor Ravi Tiruvoipati
Associate Professor Ian Carney
Associate Professor Andrew Davies
Dr Ashwin Subramaniam
Dr Sachin Gupta
Dr Mallikarjuna Reddy

Mental Health

Phone: 1300 792 977 (Triage)

(All referrals to be made via the Mental Health Triage line)

Specialist	Title
Dr Kerryn Rubin	Clinical Director
Dr Astha Tomar	Head of Youth Psychiatry
Dr Simone Keogh	Head of Adult Psychiatry
Professor Richard Newton
Dr Binita Sharma
Dr Carmel Peavey
Dr Denis O’Loughlin
Dr Dhara Perera
Dr Dhiren Singh
Dr Emmanuel Costuna
Dr Fran Murdoch
Dr Geeta Rudra
Dr Harish Chikanna
Dr Jaideep Thoduguli
Dr James Nahamkes
Dr Jennifer Hodgson
Dr Jessica Green
Dr Joe Chen	Hospital Training Coordinator
Dr Kirsty McIntyre
Dr Lochanie Fonseka
Dr Meghal Parekh
Dr Melyse Jung
Dr Nader Yakoub
Dr Simon Kimberley
Dr Venkat Chekuri
Dr Hannah Kim
Dr Brett Coulson	Head of Aged

Neurology

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr Ernest Butler	Head of Unit
Dr Saman Gardiya Punchihewa
Dr Sanjay Raghav
Dr Jayantha Rupasinghe
Dr Wajih Bukhari
Dr Joshua Laing
Dr Wen Wen Zhang
Dr Alana Eastaugh

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Phone: (03) 9784 7295

*(Obstetricians without private rooms)

Specialist	Title
Dr Nisha Knot	Clinical Director
Dr Jolyon Ford
Dr Efe Obudu
Dr Natalie Elphinstone
Dr Andrew Griffiths
Dr Kelly Griffin
Dr Keith How
Dr Cheah Mak *
Dr Petra Porter
Dr Deepti Rampal
Dr Sarah Roberts
Dr Stephanie Jackson
Dr Swapna Rajoo*
Dr Amy Swanson
Dr Amarenda Trivedi
Dr Kiran Atmuri
Dr Patricia Vosdoganes
Dr Kedar Humnabadkar

Medical Oncology

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr Zee Wan Wong	Head of Unit
Dr Yoland Antill
Dr Emma Beardsley
Dr Vinod Ganju
Dr Oliver Klein
Dr Nicole Potasz
Dr Sanjeev Sewak
Dr Babak Tamjid
Dr Jacqui Thomson
Dr Joanne Lundy

Radiation Oncology

Specialist	Title
Dr Cyleen Kai

Ophthamology

Phone: (03) 9784 7777

Specialist	Title
Dr Humayan Baig

Orthopaedics

Phone: (03) 9784 7630

Specialist	Title
Mr Brad Crick	Head of Unit
Mr Peter McCombe
Mr Samuel Joseph
Mr Richard Large
Mr Theo Partsalis
Mr John Rehfisch
Mr Keith Winters
Mr Ian Young
Ms Amy Touzell
Mr Owen Mattern*
Mr Kosta Calligeros
Mr David Sime
Mr Ben Dowdle
Mr Terry Stephens
Ms Maritsa Papakonstantinou
Mr Kade Collins
Mr Daniel Goldbloom

Paediatric Medicine

Phone: (03) 9784 1196

Specialist	Title
Dr Karen O’Brien	Clinical Director
Dr Ylva Anderson
Dr David Armstrong
Dr Simon Blair
Dr Eunice Chan
Dr Peter Francis
Dr Vanessa Gabriel	(Hastings OPD)
Dr Sian Hughes	(Hastings OPD)
Dr Deepti Rampal
Dr John Su
Dr Manoj Kanhangad
Dr Sri Rao
Dr Luke Sammartino
Dr Simon Stokes
Dr Katherine Parkhurst
Dr Keith Badloo
Dr Lakshinie Gunasiri
Dr Muhammad Sial
Dr Selvarani Moses

Paediatric Surgery

Phone: (03) 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Mr Robert Stunden	Head of Paediatric Surgery Unit

Pain Management

Phone: (03) 9784 7777

Specialist	Title
Dr Tony Weaver	Head of Unit
Dr Murray Taverner
Dr Raymond Chan
Dr Kapil Gupta	(The Mornington Centre)
Dr Gayathri Arainthan	(The Mornington Centre)
Dr Denis O’Loughlin	Psychiatrist
Ms Nicola Robertson	Clinical Nurse Consultant
Ms Alicia Campbell	Clinical Nurse Consultant
Ms Lisa Coward	Research Nurse

Palliative Care

Phone: (03) 9784 8600

Specialist	Title
Dr Sandeep Bhagat	Head of Unit
Dr Melanie Benson
Dr Aisling Griffin
Dr Glenn Mathieson

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Phone: 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Ms Patricia Terrill	Head of Unit
Mr David Hunter-Smith	Deputy Director of Surgery & Director of Research
Mr Matthew Lee
Mr Carmen Munteanu
Mr George Pratt
Mr David Ross
Mr Marie Rostek
Mr Warren Rozen
Mr David Syme
Mr Marc Seifman
Mr Snehal Shah

Rehabilitation

Phone: (03) 9784 8699

Specialist	Title
Dr Nathan Johns	Head of Unit
Dr Kaptil Gupta
Dr Gayathri Aravithan
Dr Brinda Thirgnanam
Dr Juleen Lim
Dr Daniela Pasagic
Dr James Ting

Renal

Phone: 9784 7250

Specialist	Unit
Dr Kim Meng Wong	Head Of Unit
Dr Sze Fung Chiu (Alinda)
Dr Robert Flanc
Dr Vinod Venkataraman

Respiratory Medicine

Phone: (03) 9784 7058

Specialist	Title
Dr Gary Braun	Clinical Director Of Medicine
Dr David Langton	Head of Respiratory Medicine
Dr Nicholas Manolitsas
Dr Juan Mulder
Dr Sameer Kaul
Dr William Slater
Dr Joy Sha
Dr Amir Zangiabadi
Dr Ray Wong
Dr Jennifer Mann

Rheumatology

Phone: (03) 9784 7250

Specialist	Title
Dr Bita Omidvar	Head of Unit
Dr Juan Aw
Dr Daniel Boulos
Dr Melissa Northcote

Thoracic Surgery – Phone: 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Mr Adrian Pick	Head of Unit
Mr Sergei Mitnovetski

Urology

Phone: (03) 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Mr Paul Gilmore	Head of Unit
Mr Chee Cham
Mr Niall Corcoran
Mr Heath Liddell
Mr Benjamin Thomas
Mr Phil Dundee
Mr Anuradha Jayathillake

Vascular Surgery

Phone: 9784 7368

Specialist	Title
Mr Wai-Leng Chue	Head of Unit
Mr Chris Brooks
Mr Justin Jedynak
Mr Yew-Ming Kuan
Mr Yahya Lahham
Mr Charles Last
Mr George Somjen
Mr Jarryd Solomon

Consultant Contacts

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