Renal Department
Our Adult Renal Outpatient Department provides appointments with doctors, nurses and allied health professionals for the management of kidney diseases, hypertension and obstetric medical disorders.
You can use our services if you have been referred from the Emergency Department, a General Practitioner (GP) or Specialist. You will require a valid referral from your GP (valid 12 months) or specialist (valid 3 months).
We also have an active research program to which you may be invited.
Our team includes:
Nursing Staff who help look after wounds, check your blood pressure, measure your height and weight and provide education. Clinical Nurse Consultants and other senior nurses run many of our clinics and services.
Administration Staff who will help you organise your appointments, inform you about what will happen and answer any questions you may have.
Doctors who will assess, treat and help you manage your medical condition.
Social Workers who provide support and access to various important health services.
Physiotherapists who help treat injuries and work with you to develop an exercise plan.
Dieticians who provide information and education about nutrition and what to eat to help improve your health.
We provide comprehensive care for patients in the below clinics and services:
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Obstetric Medicine
- Hypertension
- Complex Transplant Management
- Acute Transplant Clinic
- Renal Donor Assessment Clinic
- Pre-Dialysis Education Clinic
- Kidney Supportive Care Clinics
The Renal Department also supports the Department of Homeless Health in providing an outreach service to the Mission Australia Centre, Surry Hills.
Our Physicians:
Associate Professor George Mangos - MBBS, MD FRACP – Head of Department of Renal Medicine
Professor Sunil Badve - MBBS, MD, DNB, PhD, FRACP, FASN - Consultant – Nephrology
Dr Frank Brennan - MBBS, FRACP, FAChPM, LLB - Consultant – Palliative Care Medicine
Professor Mark A Brown - MBBS, MD FRACP - Consultant – Nephrology
Associate Professor Ivor Katz - MD, MBBCh, FCP(SA),BSc Honours (Sport Medicine), PhD, FRACP - Consultant – Nephrology
Associate Professor John Kelly - MBBS, MD FRACP - Consultant – Nephrology
Dr Cathie Lane - B.Pharm. Grad cert. ULTeaching. B.Med. FRACP. PhD - Consultant – Nephrology
Dr Kelly Li - MBBS FRACP M(Bioeth) - Consultant – Nephrology and Palliative Care
Dr Franziska Pettit - BMedSci MB BAO BCh MRCPI FRACP MMed(clinical epidemiology) - Consultant – Nephrology
Dr Parthasarathy Shanmugasundaram - MBBS, DM, FRACP - Consultant – Nephrology, Conjoint Lecturer, UNSW
Dr Brendan Smyth - BMedSci, MBBS, FRACP, PhD - Consultant – Nephrology
Our Specialised Nurses:
Evelyn Graf - Nurse Unit Manager, Dialysis Unit (4 West)
Darren Lake - Nurse Unit Manager, Medical Specialities (4 South)
Alison Smyth - Renal Supportive Care – Clinical Nurse Consultant
Claire Cuesta - Peritoneal Dialysis – Clinical Nurse Consultant
Elizabeth Josland - Dip Nursing (NZ), MPH - Renal Supportive Care - Clinical Nurse Consultant
Jayson Catiwa - MN (Renal) - Vascular Access CNC
Jennifer Beddoe - Clinical Nurse Specialist - Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Kylie Turner - BNurs, Graduate Certificate in Renal – Chronic Kidney Disease Clinical Nurse Consultant
Tania Burns - RN (UK) - Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing (Renal), MPhil - Transplant Clinical Nurse Consultant
Yanella Martinez-Smith - BNurs, MNurs, AP - Vascular Access – Clinical Nurse Consultant
Our Research Staff:
Xiaobing Ma - Kidney Supportive Care Clinical Manager
Tamison Waghorn - Clinical Research Nurse
Saiyini Pirabhahar - Clinical Trials Coordinator
Our Allied Health Staff:
Jenny Pendlebury - Renal Dialysis Social Worker
Kiahne Snellgrove - Renal Social Worker
Danielle Horne - Senior Renal Supportive Care Social Worker
Dr Jessica Dawson – PhD - Senior Renal Supportive Care Dietitian
Maria Chan - Senior Renal Dietitian
Maya Young - Clinical Renal Dietitian
You will need a referral letter from your local GP or Specialty doctor to use this service. Please ask them to write you a referral letter explaining your medical history, relevant test results, X-Ray results and what medicines you are taking.
We will then send you a letter in the post with the details of your appointment date, time and location. If an appointment cannot be made, we will send you a letter confirming that you are on the outpatient waiting list for the next available appointment. Please let us know if your address and/or phone number changes.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please telephone 02 9113 2622.
- Current Medicare Card of Veterans Affairs Card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
- Insurer details (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)
- If you have any medical needs, we suggest you come prepared for example, bring your medicines, if you are diabetic, please bring food
- If you need to leave the waiting area for any reason, please inform staff at the reception desk
Please let us know if you need an interpreter.
You can contact us by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
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 not impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Phone:
(02) 9113 2622 or (02) 9113 4534
Fax:
(02) 9553 8192
Email:
seslhd-stgrenal@health.nsw.gov.au
Head of Department:
Associate Professor George Mangos
Nurse Unit Managers:
Evelyn Graf - Dialysis Unit (4 West)
Darren Lake - Medical Specialities (4 South)
Monday to Friday
8.00am - 5.00pm
St George Public Hospital Renal Department
Renal Outpatient Appointments
Level 4 West Ward Tower Block Building
Other locations:
Suite 1, 50 Montgomery Street, Kogarah NSW 2217
Obstetric Medicine Clinic Appointments, Prichard Wing, Level 1, Entrance via Chapel Street