Medical Oncology
We provide:
- Chemotherapy – medications that destroys cancer cells
- Immunotherapy – medication that aids your body’s immune system in fighting cancer cells
- Hormonal Therapy – medication that uses synthetic hormones to block your body’s natural hormones, reducing the size and slowing the spread of the cancer cells
- Targeted Therapy – medication that acts on specific features of cancer cells to stop growth and spread
| Doctor | Position | Sub-speciality | Clinic days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Hussein Soudy | Head of Department - Medical Oncology | Gastrointestinal, Head and Neck, Lung, Skin | Thursday |
| Dr Jodi Lynch | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast and Gynaecological | Monday |
| Dr Tracey Dunlop | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast, Lung, and Neurological | Tuesday |
| Dr Carole Harris | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast and Genitourinary | Monday |
| Dr David Thomas | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Gastrointestinal, Neuroendocrine and CNS | Wednesday |
| Dr Julia Chen | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast, Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal | Friday |
| Dr Lyn Ley Lam | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology - Locum | Lung, Breast, Gastrointestinal and Gynaecological | Tuesday |
| Nurse | Position | Sub-speciality | Clinic days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Storr | Nurse Practitioner | Symptom management | Monday - Friday |
| Megan Van't Riet | Cancer Care Coordinator | Tuesday - Friday | |
| Kim Wright | McGrath Breast Care Nurse | Breast Cancer | Monday - Friday |
If you live in the Sutherland Shire Region and have a suspected or confirmed cancer, you may be referred by your local family doctor or a medical specialist to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter together with all relevant test results.
Once we have received a completed referral, we will call you to make a time for your appointment and let you know any information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 9540 8140.
Please bring the following to your appointment:
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card, or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
- Insurer details (e.g. workers compensation, public liability or third party)
- Your private health fund membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund
- Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example, a book, music player with headphones, crosswords).
Please let us know if you require an interpreter.
We will contact the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) and organise an interpreter for the language you speak. They will then provide translation over the phone between yourself and the healthcare professional wishing to speak with you.
This service is free of charge.
We are a teaching hospital and student doctors or nurses may be involved and supervised by senior staff during your visit.
You have the right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.
We will discuss with you any research projects that are relevant to your condition and whether you would like to participate.