Southern Oncology
Specialists
Suites 5 and 10, Level 4
St George Private Medical Centre
1 South Street, Kogarah NSW 2217
tel: (02) 9553 9588
fax: (02) 9553 7805 (9553 4252 – Suite 10)
www.sossydney.com.au
Patient Information Booklet
Please note that this booklet has important information to help patients receive the best
care possible. Patients and their families / friends should familiarise themselves with the
content in this book.
Patient Name: _____________________________________________________
Southern Oncology Specialists is made up of a team of highly skilled specialists, with interests in
different areas of oncology.
DOCTOR & AREA OF INTEREST
CLINICS HELD
DR PATRICIA BASTICK
Tues morning /Thurs morning
Breast / Gynaecological (ovarian, endometrial, cervical)
Suite 10
Urology Sydney (2nd Tuesday afternoon – Level 1)
Secretary/Receptionist – Liz (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
MS CHRISTINA BROCK
Friday afternoon
Cancer related psychology service
Suite 5
Secretary/Receptionist – Liz (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
DR PHILIP CHOI
Thursday afternoon
Haematological disorders
Suite 10
Secretary/Receptionist – Liz (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
PROFESSOR PAUL DE SOUZA
CNS (Central Nervous System)
Colorectal / Pancreatic
Genitourinary oncology
Lung
Rare tumours /Melanoma
Secretary/Receptionist – Gill (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Monday all day / Tues morning
Suite 5
DR JUDITH LACEY
Supportive & Palliative care
Secretary/Receptionist – Elizabeth (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Friday all day
Suite 5
DR CHEE LEE
Gynaecological (ovarian, endometrial, cervical)
Lung
Secretary/Receptionist – Gill (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Tuesday afternoon
Suite 5
A/PROFESSOR WINSTON LIAUW
Wednesday all day
Appendix cancer, pseudomyxoma peritonea and peritoneal carcinomatosis
Colorectal / Pancreatic
Suite 5
Head and Neck
Liver / Oesophageal / SIRs / Upper GI
Neuroendocrine tumours
Rare tumours
Secretary/Receptionist – Elizabeth (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Secretary/Receptionist – Liz (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
A/PROFESSOR MATTHEW LINKS
Lung
Melanoma
Sarcoma
Secretary/Receptionist – Julie (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
Tuesday afternoon
Suite 5
DR JODI LYNCH
Aged care health
Breast
Gynaecological (ovarian, endometrial, cervical)
Secretary/Receptionist – Gill (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Wednesday all day
Suite 10
DR FERNANDO RONCOLATO
Haematological disorders
Secretary/Receptionist – Elizabeth (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Thursday morning
Suite 5
DR KATRIN SJOQUIST
Gastrointestinal cancers (upper & lower GI/colorectal),
particularly oesophageal, gastric and pancreatic
Head and Neck cancers
Secretary/Receptionist – Julie (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
Monday morning
Suite 5
DR DAVID THOMAS
Breast
CNS (Central Nervous System)
Colorectal / Pancreatic / Upper GI
Lung
Secretary/Receptionist – Julie (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
Thursday all day
Suite 5
Supporting you through cancer
Apart from the support of your oncologist / haematologist who will advise you on the most
appropriate treatment, Southern Oncology Specialists offer a range of other services including
Palliative Care, Integrated Supportive Care and Clinical Psychology.
Living with cancer and the side effects of its treatment is often associated with symptoms that can
impact on how you feel. Irrespective of the stage of disease, a supportive and palliative care
physician can assist in improving ones quality of life and sense of well-being. This includes
addressing symptoms, including pain, nausea, loss of appetite, symptoms related to chemotherapy,
surgery or radiotherapy and link to other services that may further improve function and offer
appropriate support.
Dr Judith Lacey has been working as a physician for over 20 years. Over the past 14 years she has
worked extensively with cancer patients and people living with incurable illness. Her area of
interest is in whole person care: integrating care for people and their families living with cancer or
chronic illness that affects their physical and emotional well-being. She is experienced in working
together with complementary therapists, psychologists, other medical specialists and allied health
professionals to maximise patients’ care. Dr Lacey has extensive experience in managing cancer
pain syndromes, gastrointestinal and nutritional effects of cancer and their treatments including
post surgical long-term difficulties. For those requiring palliative care services she integrates care
with the relevant local multidisciplinary teams and supports inpatients as required.
Some other issues that are commonly experienced by some individuals with cancer, and/or their
carers and families are anxiety and worry; feeling depressed; feeling hopeless; panic attacks, fear
about the cancer returning; loss of confidence and self esteem; sexual difficulties; sleep
disturbances.
Ms Christina Brock, our Clinical Psychologist can offer practical strategies and psychological
interventions to address issues that may occur as a result of a diagnosis of cancer.
Christina can support you through common periods of crisis and significant challenges for
individuals with cancer, their carers and families, including the following:

Diagnosis of the cancer
Treatment (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy)

Post treatment / remission
Recurrence of the cancer
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Palliative care
Survivorship
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General Information
Payments and Referrals
Payment of each consultation is required on the day by EFTPOS, credit card, cash or cheque. Your
account is sent directly to Medicare and your rebate can be either deposited in to your bank
account (1-2 working days), OR despatched to you by cheque (2-3 weeks).
A referral from a specialist is valid for three months only. A valid referral is required for
treatment, clinic consultations and inpatient visits by your treating specialist. Please ask your
general practitioner for an indefinite (or 12 month) referral after your first visit here. Without a
valid referral, you will not be able to claim a rebate from Medicare and your health fund, if
applicable.
If you are seen by your treating specialist as an inpatient, and/or you are receiving chemotherapy
at St George Private, an account will be sent directly to your health fund under the gap cover
scheme. This applies to the larger health funds, i.e. AHSA (including AUF, CBHS, Railway &
Transport, Teachers Federation), BUPA / MBF, HCF (Manchester Unity), Medibank Private and
NIB. For those funds who who do not participate in the gap cover scheme, an account will be sent
directly to the patient for payment. You can then take your receipt to Medicare and your health
fund for reimbursement. Additionally, self-referred (expired referral) accounts are sent directly to
the patient. You can find the referral information on your account / receipt issued at your
consultation.
Non-Attendance
At Southern Oncology Specialists, we aim to give our patients appointments as soon as possible. In
order to help us be able to do this, we ask that you give us as much notice as possible if you are not
able to attend your appointment, as other patients would like the appointment. A minimum of 24
hours notice must be given for cancellations, or you will incur an invoice for 50% of the
consultation fee, which is non-refundable.
Medical Assistance
If you require an urgent consultation and your oncologist is not available, you are advised to see
your GP or one of the other specialists in the practice, if applicable. If you are receiving
chemotherapy treatment at St George Private, all medical issues should be directed to the
Oncology Day Care Centre (Level 1, St George Private) on 9598 5310. If you are a current or recent
inpatient on Level 4, please contact the ward on 9598 5751 or 5752 and speak to either Cathy
Murphy, Oncology Practice Nurse or the Oncology Registrar. If you have a medical emergency out of
office hours, please go to your nearest Accident & Emergency Hospital or dial 000 for an ambulance.
Reports and Scans
Due to the high volume of reports received at this office each day, we are unable to contact you
regarding your results, unless an abnormal reading requires immediate medical attention. Your
oncologist will discuss results with you at your next appointment, where you may receive a copy
of reports for your own records. Administrative staff are not permitted to discuss results. We
encourage you to keep a copy of all your reports, which could be made available to other treating
specialists and your GP.
Due to limited storage space, scans (CT, x-ray, bone scan etc.) are not held at this office on a longterm basis. Please pick up your scans after a procedure and bring them with you to your next visit.
If you do not have a future appointment, you may leave your scans for your specialist to view, but
we ask these be collected soon after. Uncollected scans will be destroyed after three months.
We are bound by privacy laws not to discuss patients’ medical details, treatment, prognosis etc.
unless we are given written permission by the patient. We ask that the patient give consent to only
one family member, friend or guardian who can discuss matters with their specialist.
Useful Web Sites
Calvary Hospital
Douglass Hanly Moir
Dr Glenn Imaging
Healthcare Imaging
Healthscope Pathology
St George Private Hospital
St George Public Hospital
Southern Oncology Specialists
Southern Radiology
Sutherland Hospital
Sydney Colorectal Associates
Urology Sydney
www.calvarykogarah.org.au
www.dhm.com.au
www.medical-imaging.com.au
www.healthcareimaging.com.au
www.healthscopepathology.com.au
www.stgeorgeprivate.com.au
www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/SGH/default.asp
www.sossydney.com.au
www.southernradiology.com.au
www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/TSH/default.asp
www.sydneycolorectal.com.au
www.urologysydney.org
Links
There is a vast amount of information available on the internet relating to cancer. However at
Southern Oncology Specialists, we recommend the following websites to ensure you are getting
access to high quality and reliable information.
Information About Your Type of Cancer
Cancer Council
www.cancer.org.au/AboutCancer/CancerTypes.htm
US National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/adulttreament
UK Macmillan Cancer Support
www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertypes/AtoZ.aspx
Treatment
EVIQ
www.eviq.org.au
Understanding Chemotherapy
www.cancer.org.au/Healthprofessionals/patientfactsheets/Diagnosis/Understanding_chemo.htm
Supportive Care
Cancer Australia
www.cancerlearning.gov.au/find/suppcare_rsrc.php#patient_support_resources
Living With and After Cancer
www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Livingwithandaftercancer/Livingwithandaftercancer.
aspx
Palliative Care Australia
www.palliativecare.org.au/Default.aspx?tabid=2015
Cancer Survivorship
Living with Cancer
www.cancervic.org.au/about-cancer/survivors
Clinical Trials
About Clinical Trials
www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/info/understand
Search for a Clinical Trial
www.australiancancertrials.gov.au/search-cliical-trials/simple-search.aspx
Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma
Leukaemia Foundation
www.leukaemia.org.au
CONTACT LIST
CALVARY HOSPITAL
CANCER CARE CENTRE, ST GEORGE PUBLIC
CONSULTING ROOMS, ST GEORGE PRIVATE
(office hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm)
HODC, ST GEORGE PUBLIC
(Tracey, HODC Co-ordinator)
HODC, ST GEORGE PUBLIC
(Haematology and Oncology Day Care)
ONCOLOGY DAY CARE, ST GEORGE PRIVATE
ONCOLOGY DEPT, SUTHERLAND HOSPITAL
WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL (Cancer Care)
9553 3111
9113 3943 (drs appointments)
9553 9588 (tel)
TEL. Nos. (ST GEORGE PRIVATE (SGP))
9598 5555 (switchboard)
ADMISSIONS
DAY SURGERY UNIT
DOUGLASS HANLY MOIR (5TH Floor)
DR KEVIN HANEL (Vascular Surgeon, S5, L4)
IN-PATIENT ACCOUNTS
MRI (2nd Floor)
NUCLEAR MEDICINE (2nd Floor)
PHARMACY (Ground Floor)
RADIOLOGY (2ND Floor) (Dr Bryant)
RADIOLOGY (Kensington St)
RECEPTION (Ground Floor)
SOUTHERN HEART CENTRE (4th Floor)
SYDNEY COLORECTAL ASSOCIATES (Hurstville Private)
UROLOGY SYDNEY (1ST Floor)
WARD 1N
WARD 2S
WARD 4
(CATHY MURPHY, ONCOLOGY NURSE – WARD 4
9598 5051
9598 5072
9598 5477
9588 1696
9598 5197
9598 5450
9598 5488
9598 5568
9598 5444
9146 5850
9598 5084
9553 7388
1300 553 347
9587 4888
9598 5192 / 5193
9598 5284 / 5285
9598 5751 / 5752
8594 5749)
9113 1175 (chemo appointments)
9113 3906/7 (chemo treatment)
9598 5310 (tel) / 9598 5259 (fax)
9540 8140 (tel) 9540 7203 (fax)
42 225 200
TEL. Nos. (RADIOLOGY / PATHOLOGY CENTRES)
DR GLENN IMAGING
1300 188 888 (KOGARAH) /
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HEALTHCARE IMAGING, MIRANDA
(previously SYMBION imaging)
HEALTHCARE IMAGING, SUTHERLAND
HEALTHSCOPE
INDEP. DIAG. SERVICES (Hurstville)
LAVERTY PATHOLOGY
SOUTHERN PATHOLOGY (IML)
SOUTHERN RADIOLOGY
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SOUTHERN RADIOLOGY (H’VILLE PRIVATE)
SOUTHERN RADIOLOGY (MIRANDA)
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SUTHERLAND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
9531 8899 (MIRANDA) /
9597 1600 (ROCKDALE)
9525 5666
9521 5322
1300 134 111
9570 2211
9005 7000
1300 65 4400
9570 1191 (HURSTVILLE)
9532 1350 (MENAI)
9585 1922
9525 6055
9531 8801 (MRI & NUC MED)
9524 3838 (MIRANDA)