Cardiologist

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Eugene Galea

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.P. (Lond.)., F.A.C.R.M.

What is a Cardiologist?

A Cardiologist specialises in diseases of the heart and blood vessels. They manage complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life threatening, abnormal heartbeat rhythms. Disorders of the cardiovascular system include:

• Congenital heart defects
• Coronary artery disease
• Heart failure
• Valvular heart disease and
• Electrophysiology.

Clinical Neuropsychologist

LexiMed consultant:

Linda Troy

M.Clin.Psych., MAPS.

What is a Clinical Neuropsychologist?

Neuropsychology is a branch of science concerned with the relationship between brain function and behaviour. They assess changes that may arise from a form of brain dysfunction, including:

• Head injury
• Concussion
• Epilepsy
• Neurological disease
• Cerebrovascular problems such as strokes or aneurysms
• Drug and alcohol related brain damage
• Dementia
• Learning disabilities and developmental delays
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Intellectual impairment.

Dental Surgeon

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Brendan Nasser

B.DSc. (Qld), D.Soc. (Oxon.).

What is a Dental Surgeon?

A Dental Surgeon specialises in preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases, disorders and injuries of the mouth and jaws, they do this by:  

• Providing preventive treatment such as scaling and cleaning
• Repairing teeth damaged by decay or trauma
• Treating diseases of the roots, gums and soft tissues of the mouth
• Managing malformation and misalignment of teeth and jaws by providing appropriate treatment
• Extraction of teeth.

Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Frank Anning

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S.

What is an Otolaryngologist?

An Otolaryngologist diagnoses and provides medical/surgical therapy and/or prevention of:

• diseases
• allergies
• neoplasms
• deformities
• disorders and/or injuries.

…of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, respiratory and upper alimentary systems, face, jaw, and the other head and neck systems. Head and neck oncology, facial plastic/reconstructive surgery and the treatment of disorders of hearing and voice are fundamental areas of expertise. Their expertise also includes the following:

• Trauma to the face – nasal bone, mandible, orbital and frontal bone
• Fractures, complex lacerations and soft tissue damage
• Otology – dizziness, hearing loss, mastoiditis, outer, inner and middle ear
• Inflammation and perforated ear drum
• Rhinology – environmental allergies, sinusitis and rhinitis.

General Surgeon

LexiMed consultants:

Professor Michael G.E. O'Rourke AM

M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S.Ed., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S.

Associate Professor Andrew Renaut

M.S.(Lond.), F.R.C.S.(Gen.), F.R.A.C.S., F.D.S.R.C.S.

What is a General Surgeon?

General Surgeons specialise in preoperative, operative and postoperative management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas:

• Alimentary tract
• Abdomen
• Breast
• Skin and soft tissue
• Endocrine system
• Head and neck surgery
• Paediatric surgery
• Surgical critical care
• Surgical oncology
• Trauma and burns
• Vascular surgery
• Testicular disease
• Sexual dysfunction.

Gynaecological Oncologist

LexiMed consultant:

Professor Alexander John Crandon

M.B., B.S. (Syd.), PhD. (Leeds.), F.R.C.O.G. (Lond.), F.R.A.C.O.G., C.G.O.

What is a Gynaecological Oncologist?

Gynaecological Oncologists specialise in:

• Surgical management of female genital tract cancer
• Surgical management of complex benign pelvic pathology
• Research development and co-ordination.

Infectious Disease Physician

LexiMed consultant:

Professor David L. Paterson

M.B., B.S. (Hons.), PhD., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.A.

What is an Infectious Disease Physician?

An Infectious Disease Physician deals with infectious diseases of all types and in all organ systems. Conditions requiring selective use of antibiotics call for this special skill. Specialists often focus on specific areas including:

• Viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases
• Animal related diseases
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Childhood diseases
• Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
• Food and water related diseases, insect and arthropod related diseases
• Diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, influenza and tuberculosis.

Intensivist/Anaesthesiologist

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Robert Barnett

M.B., B.S., F.A.N.Z.C.A., F.C.I.C.M.

What is an Intensivist/Anaesthesiologist?

An Intensivist is a medical doctor who specialises in intensive care medicine encompassing the assessment, resuscitation and ongoing management of critically ill patients with life threatening single and multiple organ system failure.

Anaesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. An Anaesthesiologist is a physician trained in anaesthesiology and peri operative medicine; they are also experts in drug interactions which are inevitable in modern anaesthesiology. Anaesthesiologists’ make considerable use of the interactions to the benefit of their patients. More complicated are interactions between anaesthetic drugs and prescription medications. These interactions may be dangerous for the patients during an anaesthesia procedure, and it is the job of the Anaesthesiologist to identify and negate these reactions before they occur.

Internal Medicine

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Edward Ringrose

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P.

What is Internal Medicine?

Areas of expertise:

• Diseases of the Nervous System - diagnosis and treatment of all types of disease or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles and autonomic nervous system internal or endocrine glands such as the thyroid and adrenal glands. This specialist also deals with disorders such as diabetes, metabolic and nutritional disorders, obesity, pituitary diseases.
• Disease of the Gastrointestinal System - diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive organs including the stomach, bowel, liver and gall bladder. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhoea, cancer and jaundice.
• Cardiac Disease – diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the heart and blood vessels including abnormal heartbeat rhythms and hypertension.
• Kidney Disease – diagnosis and treatment of  disorders of the kidney, high blood pressure, fluid and mineral balance. 
• Respiratory Medicine – diagnosis and treatment of cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs and respiratory system.
• Infectious Diseases.
• Pain Management.
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 

Neurologist

LexiMed consultant:

Call 07 3831 5681 for details.

What is a Neurologist?

A Neurologist specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of disease or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles and autonomic nervous system. It also looks at the blood vessels that relate to these structures. A Neurologist specialises in the diagnosis and management of:

• disorders of nerve, muscle or neuromuscular junction, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, peripheral neuropathies
• various muscular dystrophies, congenital and acquired myopathies, inflammatory myopathies and
• neuromuscular transmission disorders.

Neurosurgeon

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Leigh Atkinson AO

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.(Edin), F.A.C.S., F.F.M.P (ANZCA.), C.I.M.E.

What is a Neurosurgeon?

A Neurosurgeon encompasses the surgical and non surgical treatment of adult and paediatric patients. Diseases and conditions treated include:

• Neck injuries – whiplash and other injuries
• Spinal injuries – ruptured discs, sciatica, stenosis, trauma, low back pain, scoliosis
• Tumours of the spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
• Head trauma – brain haemorrhages, skull fractures
• Brain tumours
• Cerebral aneurysms, hemorrhagic stroke
• Neuropathies – carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar neuropathy
• Traumatic injuries of peripheral nerves
• Malformations of the nervous system.

Occupational Physician

What is an Occupational Physician?

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Christopher Cunneen

M.B., B.S., F.A.F.O.E.M., R.A.C.P., F.R.A.C.G.P., P/G Dip. O.E.M., C.I.M.E., A.B.I.M.E.

Dr John Sowby

M.B., B.S., M.O.H.S., F.A.F.O.E.M., R.A.C.P., C.I.M.E.

An Occupational Physician provides a range of services relating to the health of workers and employers. They consider medical issues within the wider context of their psychosocial, industrial and motivational frameworks. They play a key role in communicating with employers, businesses and government. The specialty encompasses prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. It deals with health issues of:

• the individual worker
• populations of workers
• their interaction with their environment and
• the “health” of the employing organisation.

Occupational Therapist

LexiMed consultant:

Ms Sanja Zeman

B.App.Sc. (OT)., M.App.Sc. (OHS)., I.M.C. Assoc. LEADR M.A.O.T.A.

What is an Occupational Therapist?

An Occupational Therapist is concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation. They enable people to do things that will enhance their ability to participate or by modifying the environment to better support participation in the everyday activities of life. Occupational Therapists believe that participation can be supported or restricted by physical, social, attitudinal and legislative environments.

Ophthalmologist

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Michael Forrest

M.B., B.S., B.Med.Sc. (Dist.), F.R.A.N.Z.C.O.

What is an Ophthalmologist?

An Ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically/surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways.

Orthopaedic Surgeon

LexiMed consultants:

Associate Professor David A.F. Morgan OAM

B.Sc. (Med.), M.B., B.S.(Hons.), F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed.(Ortho.), F.A.Orth.A. Associate Professor (University of Queensland), C.I.M.E.

Dr Gregory Bookless

M.B.,B.S., F.R.A.C.S. F.A.Ortho.A.,C.I.M.E.

Dr John Humphrey Morris

M.B., ChB., F.R.C.S., F.A.Ortho.A., C.I.M.E.

Dr Robert William Ivers

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.Ortho.A., C.I.M.E.

Dr Jonathan Brett Kuhnemann

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.Ortho.A., A.B.I.M.E.

Dr Peter Winstanley

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.Ortho.A., C.I.M.E.

Dr Gale Curtis

M.B. ChB., F.R.A.C.S.,F.R.C.S.Ed. (Ortho.), F.R.A.C.S., C.I.M.E.

Dr David Ness

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.Ortho.A., C.I.M.E.

Dr Thomas Kingsley Foote

M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.S. (Edin), F.R.A.C.S. (Ortho), C.I.M.E.

Dr Bruce Love

M.B., B.S.(Melbourne), F.R.A.C.S., F.R.A.C.S. (Ortho.), C.I.M.E.

What is an Orthopaedic Surgeon?

Orthopaedics is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of the body’s musculoskeletal system. Orthopaedic surgeons treat a variety of diseases and conditions, including:

• Arthritis and osteoporosis
• Joint reconstruction and replacement
• Fractures and dislocations
• Torn ligaments, sprains, and strains
• Tendon injuries, pulled muscles, and bursitis
• Ruptured discs, sciatica, low back pain, and scoliosis
• Knock knees, bow legs, bunions, and hammer toes
• Bone tumours, muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy
• Abnormalities of the fingers and toes and growth abnormalities.

Pain Medicine Specialist

LexiMed consultants:

Associate Professor Leigh Atkinson AO

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S.,F.R.C.S.(Edin.), F.A.C.S., F.F.M.P (ANZCA.), C.I.M.E.

Dr James Maurice Rodney

M.B., B.S., D.P.M.(Lond.), F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., F.R.C., Psych., F.A.Ch.S.H.M.

What is a Pain Medicine Specialist?

A Pain Medicine Specialist is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of painful disorders. A physician who specialises in pain medicine provides a high level of care, either as a primary physician or consultant, for patients experiencing problems with acute, chronic or cancer pain in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Pain Medicine is a multidisciplinary subspecialty and patient care needs may be coordinated with other specialists.

Psychiatrist

LexiMed consultants:

Dr James Maurice Rodney

M.B., B.S., D.P.M.(Lond.), F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., F.R.C., Psych., F.A.Ch.S.H.M.

Dr John E. Flanagan

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P.

Dr David Lawrence Storor

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., F.A.Ch.A.H.M.

What is a Psychiatrist?

A Psychiatrist specialises in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of:

• mental, addictive and emotional disorders e.g. schizophrenia
• mood disorders
• anxiety disorders
• substance related disorders
• sexual/gender identity disorders and adjustment disorders.

Psychiatrists are able to understand the biologic, psychological and social components of illness. A Psychiatrist can:

• order diagnostic laboratory tests
• prescribe medications
• evaluate and treat psychological and interpersonal problems
• intervene with families who are coping with stress, crisis and other problems with living.

Psychologist

LexiMed consultant:

Marlene Graham

B.Sc. (Hons.), MAPS.

What is a Psychologist?

Psychologists are specialists in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of psychological and mental health problems.

A Psychologist who specialises in medicolegal assessments may assist a court or other fact finder in arriving at a just or correct decision. A Psychologist with expertise in medicolegal reporting may assist in a wide variety of civil matters. Civil matters include, but are not limited, to lawsuits or insurance claims where emotional suffering is part of the claim, determination of competency of an aged or ill person to make decisions, and a variety of other areas. Areas of expertise offered by Ms Graham include:

• Organisational and Clinical Psychology
• Vocational Assessments
• Return to Work Programs
• Primary and secondary psychological injuries
• Psychometric and psychological testing.

Registered Nurse

LexiMed consultant:

Susan De Campo

MHSt (L&G)., BA., BC., RN., MRCNA., MQCA.

What is a Registered Nurse?

A Registered Nurse assesses, plans, provides and evaluates preventative, curative and rehabilitative care for patients. Areas of specialist nursing practice include community health, research, management, education and workplace health and safety. This can include:

• personalised assessment and individual needs analysis of clients who have sustained a traumatic personal injury; subsequent commercial cost allocation to needs; provision of care plan/personal program for these individuals
• provision of medicolegal reports for clients involved in personal injury litigation and/or
• specialisation in clients with Acquired Brain Injury/Traumatic Brain Injury.

Rehabilitation Physician

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Vernon Hill

M.B., B.S., B.Pthy., F.R.C.A.M.

What is a Rehabilitation Physician?

A Rehabilitation Physician is concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. Disabilities can arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system including:

• neck and back pain
• sports injuries
• other painful conditions affecting the limbs.

Disabilities can result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke.

Respiratory/Thoracic Physician

LexiMed consultant:

Dr James McKeon

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P.

What is a Respiratory Physician?

A Respiratory Physician specialises in diseases of the lungs and respiratory system. They diagnose and treat:

• cancer
• pneumonia
• pleurisy
• asthma
• occupational and environmental diseases
• bronchitis
• sleep disorders
• emphysema and
• other complex disorders of the lungs.

Sleep Physician

LexiMed consultant:

Dr James McKeon

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P.

What is a Sleep Physician?

A Physician with expertise in the diagnosis and management of clinical conditions that occur during sleep, that disturb sleep or that are affected by disturbances in the wake sleep cycle. The Physician will be skilled in the analysis and interpretation of comprehensive polysomnography, well versed in emerging research and management of a sleep laboratory.

Workplace Health and Safety Specialist

LexiMed consultant:

Susan De Campo

MHSt (L&G)., BA., BC., RN., MRCNA., MQCA.

What is a WH&S specialist?

A Workplace Health and Safety Specialist analyses work environments and designs programs to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury. They:

• design safe work spaces
• inspect machines
• test air quality
• aim to increase worker productivity e.g. reducing absenteeism
• save money by lowering insurance premiums and workers’ compensation payments and
• prevent government fines.

Vascular Surgeon

LexiMed consultant:

Dr Wallace John Foster

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S.

What is a Vascular Surgeon?

A Vascular Surgeon has expertise in the management of surgical disorders of the blood vessels, including the following conditions:

• Arterial diseases especially in Diabetics
• Aneurysms
• Ischemia - Limb, Mesenteric, Renal
• Extracranial cerebrovascular disease
• Venous Disease.