South Eastern Sydney/Illawarra Network

Contact details of specialist units

Royal Hospital for Women
Gynaecological Cancer Centre
Barker St, Randwick NSW 2031
Tel. (02) 9382 6290 or (02) 9382 6291

St George Hospital
Cancer Care Centre
Gray St, Kogarah NSW 2217
Tel. (02) 9350 1111 or 9350 3909

Wollongong Hospital
Cancer Care Centre
Illawarra Regional Hospital
Crown St, Wollongong NSW 2500
Tel. (02) 4222 5200 or 4222 5000

Medical practitioners for referral purposes

Royal Hospital for Women (RHW)
Associate Professor Neville Hacker, Gynaecological Oncologist
Associate Professor Donald Marsden, Gynaecological Oncologist
Dr Greg Robertson, Gynaecological Oncologist
Professor Michael Friedlander, Medical Oncologist
Dr Chris Milross, Radiation Oncologist, Prince of Wales
Dr Michelle Grogan, Radiation Oncologist, Prince of Wales
Professor Norelle Lickiss, Palliative Care Specialist
Associate Professor Robyn Ward, Medical Oncologist, St Vincent’s Hospital
Dr John Grygiel, Medical Oncologist, St Vincent’s Hospital
Dr David Dalley, Radiation Oncologist, St Vincent’s Hospital
Dr Peter Duval, Radiation Oncologist, St Vincent’s Hospital

St George Hospital
Dr. Greg Robertson, Gynaecological Oncologist
Dr Mathew Links, Medical Oncologist
Professor John Kersley, Radiation Oncologist
Dr John Bucci, Radiation Oncologist
Dr Peter Graham, Radiation Oncologist
Dr Jan Marie Davis, Palliative Care Specialist

Wollongong Hospital
Dr Amanda Glasgow, Medical Oncologist
Dr Phil Clingan, Medical Oncologist
Dr Chris Fox, Radiation Oncologist
Dr Anne Capp, Radiation Oncologist
Dr Elias Nasser, Radiation Oncologist
Dr Frank Formby, Palliative Care Specialist
Dr Roger Cole, Palliative Care Specialist

The Canberra Hospital
Associate Professor Neville Hacker, Gynaecological Oncologist (based at RHW — Sydney)
Associate Professor Donald Marsden, Gynaecological Oncologist (based at RHW — Sydney)
Dr Greg Robertson, Gynaecological Oncologist (based at RHW — Sydney)
Dr Paul Craft, Medical Oncologist
Associate Professor Robin Stuart Harris, Medical Oncologist
Dr Desmond Yip, Medical Oncologist
Dr Alison Davis, Medical Oncologist
Dr David Leong, Medical Oncologist
Dr Ken Sunderland, Radiation Oncologist
Dr Lyn Austen, Radiation Oncologist
Dr George Jacob, Radiation Oncologist
Dr Andrew Skeels, Palliative Care Specialist
Dr Margherita Nicoletti, Palliative Care Specialist
Gynaecological oncology networks 18

Linked clinic

The Canberra Hospital
Yamba Dr, Garran ACT 2605
Tel. Medical Oncology (02) 6244 2188
Tel. Radiation Oncology (02) 62442241
Services offered: Chemotherapy / Radiotherapy, Surgery (appointments made at RHW), Psychosocial services
Frequency: daily

Rural clinics

Illawarra Regional Hospital
Cancer Care Centre
Crown St
Wollongong NSW 2500
Tel. (02) 4222 5200
Services offered: Clinical consultation, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy
Frequency: gynaecological oncologist from RHW attends every 2nd week

Tamworth Base Hospital
Dean St
Tamworth NSW 2340
Tel. (02) 6768 3284
Services offered: Chemotherapy
Frequency: 2nd and 5th Tuesday of month

Grafton Base Hospital
Cancer Care Centre
Arthur St, Grafton NSW 2460
Tel. (02) 6640 2490
Services offered: Radiotherapy consultation only
Frequency: 2nd Tuesday of month

Orange Base Hospital
Anson Cottage
302 Anson St, Orange NSW 2800
Tel. (02) 6393 3380
Services offered: Clinical consultation / Radiotherapy follow-up / Chemotherapy
Frequency: every 2nd week

Bathurst Base Hospital
Daffodil Cottage
Howick St, Bathurst NSW 2795
Tel. (02) 6339 5347 or 6339 5311
Services offered: Clinical consultation / Radiotherapy follow up / Chemotherapy
Frequency: 1st and 3rd week of month

Additional information

• The Gynaecological Oncology Centre at the Royal Hospital for Women offers
  inpatient beds, an outpatient clinic and a chemotherapy centre which operate
  within the same location.
  
• Wollongong Cancer Care Centre provides chemotherapy and radiotherapy
  daily. The clinics mentioned are additional to these core services.
  
• All palliative care services in the Illawarra region have been relocated to
  Port Kembla Hospital, Tel. (02) 4223 8380.
  
• The Canberra Hospital provides a comprehensive range of services for
  cancer patients that include surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology,
  palliative care services and psychosocial services.
  
• The specialist medical and radiation oncologists attached to the oncology
  services at The Canberra Hospital also provide outreach services to Bega,
  Moruya and are in the process of planning a clinic in Goulburn.
  
• The Canberra Hospital offers a palliative care consultancy service and is
  closely linked to community palliative care services and the hospice,
  Clare Holland House.
  
• Accommodation for country patients is provided at:
  – Royal Hospital for Women Foundation Cottage (Tel. 0415 381 671 or 9382 6720) for RHW
  – Coulter House (Tel. 9382 6975) for Prince of Wales Hospital
  – Bezzina House Cancer Care Lodge (Tel. 9350 2555) for St George Hospital
  – Alkira Lodge (Tel. 4222 5484) for Wollongong Hospital
  – The Canberra Hospital Residences (Tel. 6244 2358) for Canberra.