The Brien Walder Department of Dermatology - Information for Health Professionals

Our services

The Brien Walder Department of Dermatology looks after inpatients, and provides outpatient clinic appointments for those living in South Eastern Sydney.

Our services include:

  • Diagnostic biopsies
  • Patch testing to identify skin allergies
  • Vascular laser to treat abnormal blood vessels under the skin
  • Narrowband UVB phototherapy 
  • Hand and foot UVB phototherapy 
  • Photodynamic therapy to treat cancer cells
  • Prescription of biologics
  • Skin surgery. 

Our clinics are located in the Adult Outpatient Department, Level 2, Campus Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick. Phone: (02) 9382 0400.

Clinic Name

Clinic Day

Clinic Time

Surgical Clinic

Monday

2.00-5.00pm

Registrar Treatment Clinic

Tuesday

9.30-11.00am

General Dermatology, Photodynamic Therapy

Tuesday

2.00-5.00pm

General Dermatology

Thursday

11.00am-1.00pm

General Dermatology, Biologics, Vascular Laser

Thursday

2.00-5.00pm

Registrar Clinic

Friday

9.30-11.00am

General Dermatology and Surgical Clinic

Friday

2.00-5.00pm

Patch Test Clinic

Once per month (Friday)

2.00-5.00pm

The following clinic is at the Albion Centre, Ground Floor, 150-154 Albion Street, Surry Hills. Phone: 02 9332 9600. 

Clinic Name Day of the Week Time 
Surgical Clinic First Friday of the month 10.00am-12.00pm

Name

Subspecialty

Dr Glenda Wood

General Dermatology, Photodynamic Therapy, Phototherapy

Dr David Wong

General Dermatology, HIV/AIDs

Dr Annette Wegman

General Dermatology

Dr Rebecca Saunderson

General Dermatology, Patch Testing

Dr Burcu Kim

General Dermatology, Vascular Laser, Biologics

Dr Alicia O’Connor

General Dermatology, Biologics

Dr Adam Harris

General Dermatology, Patch Testing, Dermatology Surgery

A/P Linda Martin

General Dermatology, Biologics

Dr Anes Yang

General Dermatology, Biologics and Vascular Laser

Inclusion criteria 

We also provide outpatient clinic appointments for adults (>18 years of age) living in South Eastern Sydney.

We care for and treat people with skin cancers and other skin problems such as:

  • Eczema
  • Psoriasis
  • Acne
  • Dermatitis
  • Hair and nail disorders
  • Skin infections.

Exclusion criteria 

We do not provide:

  • General skin checks
  • Cosmetics
  • Removal of seborrhoeic keratosis.

Urgent referrals

  • Suspected or non‑invasive melanomas requiring urgent biopsy or wider local excision
  • Rapidly evolving skin cancers or growths
  • Severe flare up of dermatologic disease i.e. psoriasis, eczema with secondary infection
  • Erythrodermic disease involving significant amount of total body surface area
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis or Stevens‑Johnson syndrome
  • Acute cutaneous drug syndromes.

Prince of Wales Hospital Outpatient Department is using electronic referrals. eReferrals are electronic SmartForms that can be sent directly to the hospital facility from your practice system or the MyHealthLink Portal. An eReferral is an electronic document that can be sent securely, replacing other methods such as faxing or posting paper referrals. The above solutions enable referrals to be sent, received, and managed electronically. Referrers and patients will also receive notification of referral outcomes.

If your patient is eligible for treatment, please read this information on how to submit your referral.

Private referrals (bulk-billed through Medicare)

All patients have the right to choose to be treated as a public or private patient for outpatient attendances. If your patient chooses to be treated privately and bulk-billed through Medicare, your referral must meet the following criteria:

  • You must address the referral to one Consultant from our Specialist team, not the hospital, clinic, outpatient department or JMO
  • You must sign and date the referral, and include your provider number and practice address
  • You must state the period of referral in months, or refer “indefinitely”
  • You must provide this referral on or prior to the appointment date.

Please note that it is inappropriate for our Administration team to recommend a Consultant for your patient. We have listed the names and specialties of our Consultants above to help you decide on the most appropriate practitioner. 

Urgent referrals 

If your patient needs to be seen urgently, please call the Prince of Wales Hospital switchboard on (02) 9382 2222 and ask to speak with the Dermatology Registrar. 

Who will contact your patient to schedule an appointment?

Once the eReferral has been received and accepted a notification will be sent to the referrer and patient. Appointment details will be provided via letter to the patient and GP. Patients will receive an SMS reminder 3 days before their appointment. If an appointment cannot be made, we will send patients a letter confirming that they are on the outpatient waiting list for the next available appointment.

Who can you contact to follow up on a referral? 

You can call the Dermatology department on (02) 9382 0784 to follow up on your referral.

What is the process if a patient misses or cancels their appointment?

If your patient needs to change or cancel their appointment they should telephone (02) 9382 0784 or (02) 9382 0400.

We are a Medicare service. You must provide a referral that is addressed to one of our Specialist team if your patient wishes to be bulk-billed.