General Medical Unit (GMU)

Staff

A/Prof Harvey Newnham Director of General Medicine 9903 0198
Prof Napier Thomson Head of Medicine 9903 0643
Dr Marco Bonollo Consultant Physician 9903 0643
Dr Matthew Skinner Consultant Physician 9903 0643
Dr Peter Jenkins Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Prof Paul Komesaroff Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Annie Fung Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Gautam Vaddadi Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Michael Oldmeadow Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Anne Powell Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Laila Rotstein Visiting Physician 9076 2000
A/Prof Hans Schneider Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Charles Varley Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Henry Krum Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Seema Parikh Visiting Physician 9076 2000
A/Prof Allen Cheng Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Adam Jenney Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Dominic Keating Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Dr Michelle Anada-Rajah Visiting Physician 9076 2000
Ms Bonnie Ferguson Care co-ordinator 9076 2000
Ms Melissa Warburton Care co-ordinator 9076 2000
Ms Vanessa Spina Care co-ordinator 9076 2000

Description of Service

The General Medical Unit (GMU):

  • Cares for patients with a variety of medical problems in both the General Medical ward and in the new state-of-the-art 28 bed Acute Medical Unit.

  • Is staffed by:

    • Consultant Physicians in General Medicine, many of whom also have an additional subspecialty qualification such as Cardiology, Endocrinology, Renal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Clinical Pharmacology etc. 

    • These consultants supervise Advanced and Basic Physician Trainees and more junior doctors to provide comprehensive medical care.  This may involve consultation with other disciplines as required.

    • Allied Health personnel including Social Workers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Nutritionists and Care Co-ordinators to meet the many and varied needs of our patients.

  • Has a close working relationship with Caulfield Hospital and Sandringham Hospital. Some patients will be transferred to these hospitals for their on-going care.

  • Is an important provider of supervised education and training for a number of disciplines including trainee specialists and junior doctors. Patients may be invited to assist in teaching sessions.

  • Provides a comprehensive ambulatory (Outpatient) service for patients in the Disease Management Unit (DMU). as well as individual clinics for Consultants.  This service is well supported by Care Co-ordinators and the Allied Health disciplines and can be contacted on 9076 2375

  • Provides staff to supervise peri-operative management of patients and also assists in the management of medical problems in patients admitted following trauma.

  • For physician training opportunities in General Medicine at The Alfred hospital/Alfred Health please visit the links below

Related links

General Information

Phone/Fax
p: 9903 0643 / 9903 0198
f: 9903 0843

Location
Department of Medicine
Level 5, Alfred Centre

Hours Of Service
Office
8:30 am - 5pm

Outpatient Information
DMU clinic,
phone: 9076 2375

Private Referred Consultations
phone: 9903 0643