Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital surgical services and specialists

The list of specialists who provide surgical services at Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital is provided to assist GPs and members of the community with information about each specialist, including an indication of procedures performed, referral information, and the location of their consulting rooms.

The information listed has been provided by each specialist.

Information about surgeons can be found on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons website ‘Find a Surgeon’ directory. The listing includes surgeons who meet the requirements of the College’s Continuing Professional Development program and have opted to be on the list.

Anaesthetic Assessment

Patients may also need to book and attend an appointment for anaesthetic assessment and if this is the case, a surgeon, specialist or a member of our nursing team will let the patient know. Costs may be involved as appointments will be required within the rooms of a specialist or GP.

A patient’s responses to the pre-anaesthetic screening, which is either completed digitally or via a paper-based form, will also indicate the need for a Pre-Anaesthetic Consult (telephone or face-to-face) and/or additional assessment(s).

Ear, nose and throat

Theodore Athanasiadis

  • Procedures:
    • Tonsillectomy (child and adult)
    • Adenoidectomy
    • Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
    • Septoplasty
  • Referrals — phone 8185 1661, fax 7123 6401
  • Consulting rooms — Adelaide & Hills ENT, 191 Wakefield Street, Adelaide
  • Website — www.ahent.com.au

Samuel Boase

  • Procedures:
    • Tonsillectomy (child and adult)
    • Adenoidectomy
    • Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
    • Panendoscopy
    • Myringotomy
    • Septoplasty
  • Referrals — phone 8185 1661, fax 7123 6401
  • Consulting rooms — Adelaide & Hills ENT, 191 Wakefield Street, Adelaide
  • Website — www.ahent.com.au

General surgery

Matt Lawrence

  • Procedures:
    • Adult inguinal hernia
    • Haemorrhoidectomy
    • Colonoscopy
  • Referrals — HealthLink ID: standwmc, Argus: argusreports@colorectalsa.com.au, fax 8227 1150
  • Consulting rooms — Summit Health, 85 Wellington Road, Mount Barker; private at Stirling Hospital and St Andre’s Medical Centre
  • Fees — contact rooms on 8232 9115
  • Website — www.colorectalsa.com.au

Tiong Cheng Sia

  • Procedures:
    • Cholecystectomy
    • Pilonidal sinus surgery
    • Colonoscopy
    • Upper GI endoscopy
    • Perianal disease
    • Bowel pathology
    • All hernia types (inguinal, femoral, incisional, umbilical)
  • Referrals — HealthLink ID: drtwilsn, fax 8275 3197, email admin@gisurgery.net.au
  • Consulting rooms — Adelaide Hills O&G, 89 Wellington Road, Mount Barker; private — Ashford Hospital, Flinders Private hospital; public —  Mount Barker Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre
  • Fees — no gaps on most surgeries, consult fees apply, private and public patients, initial consultation (and pensioner), subsequent visit (and pensioners)
  • Website — www.colorectalsg.com.au

Comus Whalan

  • Procedures:
    • Cholecystectomy
    • Vasectomy
    • Adult inguinal hernia
    • Colonoscopy
    • Gastroscopy
    • Wedge resection for ingrown toenail
    • Carpal tunnel
    • Excision of lesions
    • Pilonidal sinus/fistula
  • Referrals — phone 8326 5044, fax 8326 5721
  • Consulting rooms — Strathalbyn Medical Centre for patients within the area of Strathalbyn and Mount Barker only
  • Fees — consult fee with Medicare rebate
  • Website — www.comuswhalan.com.au

Philip Worley

  • Procedures:
    • Epigastric/umbilical and femoral/incisional hernia
    • Cholecystectomy
    • Pilonidal sinus surgery
    • Toenail surgery
    • Circumcision (adult)
    • Vasectomy
    • Carpal tunnel release
    • Lipoma (excision of and grafting)
    • Other plastic surgery (skin lesions)
    • Hydrocoele repair
    • Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
    • Other general surgery
  • Accepts referrals — GP or patient to contact rooms: phone 8363 5233, email drworleyadmin@internode.on.net, some GIT Endoscopy available by ‘Facilitated Access’
  • Consulting rooms — Angaston, Stirling and Evandale
  • Fees — may be a fee for consultation, may be a gap for private procedures
  • Website — www.drphilworley.com.au

Gynaecologist

Heather Waterfall

  • Procedures:
    • Hysterectomy
    • Curettage and evacuation of uterus
    • Endometrial ablation
    • Hysteroscopy/dilation and curettage
    • Laparoscopy
    • Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix
    • Terminations of pregnancy
    • Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy
    • Vaginal repair (anterior and posterior) 
  • Referral criteria — relevant scans, pathology reports
  • Acceptance of referrals — HealthLink, fax 8485 1917
  • Consulting rooms — Adelaide Hills O&G, 89 Wellington Road, Mount Barker, with other locations at Stirling Hospital, Burnside Hospital, Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Southern Fleurieu Health Service, Kangaroo Island Health Service
  • Fees — payment required on day (concession rates available), non-gap for minor procedures, gap for major procedures
  • Website — www.adelaidehillsoandg.com 

Obstetrician — Gynaecologist

Melanie Johnson

  • Procedures:
    • Hysterectomy
    • Curettage and evacuation of uterus
    • Endometrial ablation
    • Hysteroscopy/dilation and curettage
    • Laparoscopy
    • Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix
    • Terminations of pregnancy
    • Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy
    • Vaginal repair (anterior and posterior) 
  • Referral criteria — relevant scans, pathology reports
  • Acceptance of referrals — HealthLink, fax 8485 1917
  • Consulting rooms — Adelaide Hills O&G, 89 Wellington Road, Mount Barker, with other locations at Stirling Hospital, Burnside Hospital, Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Southern Fleurieu Health Service, Kangaroo Island Health Service
  • Fees — payment required on day (concession rates available), non-gap for minor procedures, gap for major procedures
  • Website — www.adelaidehillsoandg.com

Ophthalmology

Jaskirat Aujla

  • Procedures:
    • Cataract
    • Blepharoplasty
  • Referrals — phone 8391 2677, fax 8398 2288
  • Consulting rooms — corner Mann and Walker Streets, Mount Barker
  • Website — www.kingswoodeyecentre.com.au

Timothy Gray

  • Procedures:
    • Cataract extraction and intraocular lens
    • Excision of pterygium
  • Referrals — phone 8391 2677, fax 8398 2288
  • Consulting rooms — corner Mann and Walker Streets, Mount Barker
  • Website — www.kingswoodeyecentre.com.au

Matthew Little

  • Procedures:
    • Cataract extraction and intraocular lens
    • Excision of pterygium
  • Referrals — phone 8391 2677,  fax 8398 2288
  • Consulting rooms — corner Mann and Walker Streets, Mount Barker
  • Website — www.kingswoodeyecentre.com.au

Soo Ng

  • Procedures:
    • Cataract
    • Blepharoplasty
    • Trabeculectomy
  • Referrals — phone 8391 2677, fax 8398 2288
  • Consulting rooms — corner Mann and Walker Streets, Mount Barker
  • Website — www.kingswoodeyecentre.com.au

Andrew Simpson

  • Procedures:
    • Cataract extraction and intraocular lens
    • Excision of pterygium
  • Referrals — phone 8391 2677, fax 8398 2288
  • Consulting rooms — corner Mann and Walker Streets, Mount Barker 5251
  • Website — www.kingswoodeyecentre.com.au

Nadia Kerry Wittles

  • Procedures:
    • Lens extraction
    • Blepharoplasty
    • Correction of ectropion
    • Excision of pterygium
    • Cataract
    • Glaucoma surgery
    • Penetrating keratoplasty and deep lamellar keratoplasty
    • Removal of ocular surface neoplasias
    • Ectropion
    • Entropion
    • Blepharoplasty and other small lid procedures
    • Evisceration of blind eyes
    • Secondary implant of lenses
    • Iris repair
    • Penetrating eye trauma repair
  • Manages medical retina cases in the clinic and most adult general ophthalmology cases excluding strabismus
  • Referrals — phone 8391 2677, fax 8398 2288
  • Consulting rooms — corner Mann and Walker Streets, Mount Barker
  • Website — www.kingswoodeyecentre.com.au

Orthopaedic surgery

Jonathan Cabot

  • Procedures:
    • Total hip replacement
    • Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
    • Arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression
    • Arthroscopy
    • Total knee replacement
  • Referrals — phone 8267 8228, fax 8267 2007
  • Consulting rooms — 1 Kermode Street, North Adelaide
  • Website — www.jcabot.com.au

John van Essen

  • Procedures:
    • Total hip replacement
    • Arthroscopy
    • Total knee replacement
  • Referrals — phone 8267 2590, fax 8224 2249
  • Consulting rooms — Adelaide Orthosports Clinic, AMA House, Level 1, 161 Ward Street, North Adelaide
  • Website — www.drjohnvanessen.com.au

Peter Stavrou

  • Procedures:
    • Total Knee Replacement
    • Total Ankle Replacement
    • Bunion Correction/Toe Deformity
    • Knee & Ankle Arthroscopy
  • Referrals — phone 8224 2277, fax 8224 2270
  • Consulting rooms — 215 Hutt Street, Adelaide
  • Website — www.kneefootankle.com.au

Jan Tomlinson

  • Procedures:
    • Total hip replacement
    • Arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression
    • Shoulder joint replacement
    • Arthroscopy
    • Total knee replacement
    • Carpal tunnel release
  • Referrals — private only, phone 8339 7711, fax 8339 7722
  • Consulting rooms — 3 Stonehenge Avenue, Stirling

Plastic surgery

Nicolas Marshall

  • Procedures:
    • Carpal tunnel release
    • Excision of ganglion
    • Fasciectomy
    • Excision of skin lesions
    • Trigger finger/thumb release
  • Referrals — phone 8213 1800, fax 8213 1811
  • Consulting rooms — APSA Level 4, 18 North Terrace, Adelaide
  • Website — www.apsa.com.au

Urology

Richard Wells

  • Procedures:
    • Adult circumcision
    • TUR prostatectomy
    • Prostate biopsy
    • Cystoscopy
    • Vasectomy
    • Other urology
  • Referrals — phone 8215 9444, fax 8232 3316
  • Consulting rooms — South Terrace Urology, 326 South Terrace, Adelaide
  • Website — www.sturology.com.au

Vascular surgery

Peter Subramaniam

  • Procedures:
    • Varicose veins
    • Toe amputations (minor)
    • Debridements
  • Referrals — Medical-Objects, fax 8239 0644
  • Consulting rooms — Stirling Hospital, 20 Milan Terrace, Stirling; Suite 1, 183 Tynte Street, North Adelaide
  • Fees — full payment required on day of consultation
  • Website — www.adelaidevascular.com.au

Also consulting at the Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital

Referral information is yet to be confirmed for:

  • Steve Ivett – Oral, dental
  • Tony Mavrokokki – Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Zahi Khouri – Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Mark Lewis – General surgeon
  • Janina Kaczmarczyk – General surgeon
  • George Balalis – General surgeon
  • Rebecca Cooksey – Paediatric surgery and urology