Department of Infectious Diseases
How can we help you?
We offer a consultation clinic where patients with a wide variety of infections, including post-operative infections, infections of the bones and joints, recurrent infections of the skin and soft tissues, infections in travellers, and organism-related infections. Other infections may include:
- Complex infections and infectious diseases
- Chronic infections – bacterial, parasitic, viral
- Returned travellers/imported fevers
- Fever of unknown origin
- Bone and joint infections
- Infections in immunosuppressed patients
- Recurrent or chronic skin infections, e.g. boils, MRSA, non-healing lesions
- Suspected zoonosis
- Extrapulmonary TB
- More ACUTE referrals may be able to be referred to the Infectious Diseases Rapid Access Clinic
- The Infectious Diseases team also provided treatment and management in patients with HIV. Please refer to the Waratah Clinic website for more information and how to make a referral/appointment
Monday to Friday - 8:00am to 4:30pm
The Infectious Diseases clinic is located in the Outpatient Department, Ground Floor, Prince William Wing, St George Hospital, Belgrave St, Kogarah NSW 2217
Clinic is held weekly every Tuesday from 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Our dynamic team includes Health Professionals who work in Infectious Diseases.
| Staff Specialists | |
| Infectious Diseases/HoD | Dr Pam Konecny |
| Infectious Diseases & Immunology | Professor Steve Krilis |
| Infectious Diseases | Dr Chris Weatherall |
| Infectious Diseases | Dr Richard Sullivan |
| Infectious Diseases | Dr Katy Lai |
| Administration | |
| Administrator | Izabela |
Any adult patient reporting any Infectious condition over the age of 16 years.
- Sexually transmitted infections (Short Street Centre)
- Viral hepatitis (Healthy Liver Clinic)
- Latent TB infection in immunosuppressed patients/commencing biological agents
- Pulmonary TB (Chest Clinic)
- Long COVID
Please send a referral letter to our specialist team by email: SESLHD-STG-OPD@health.nsw.gov.au
Please ensure that all the mandatory information is completed on the form. The referral form ensures that you do not miss any important information to enable a timely and appropriate referral.
Please note the following whilst completing the referral:
- You must address the referral to the Infectious Diseases consultant.
- The Infectious Diseases clinic requires referrals from either a GP or a Specialist medical officer.
- You must sign and date the referral and include your provider number and practice address.
- You must provide this referral prior to the appointment date.
Referrals that do not meet the above criteria will not be processed by our team.
Alternatively, you can use the St George Hospital Outpatient referral form. A member of our administration team will contact the patient with an appointment date once your referral is received and has been triaged. If you have not heard from anyone from our team by two weeks, please call (02) 9113 2955 to follow up with your referral.
If an appointment is missed or cancelled, we will call the patient with a plan to reschedule.
We are a Medicare service. You must provide a referral that is addressed to our specialist doctor. Your patient will be bulk billed.