Headache Clinic
How we can help you
We aim to help you if you are experiencing headaches. A headache involves pain in the head, face or neck. There are many different types of headaches. Headaches can be a common condition. Occasionally they can be a symptom of a serious medical condition. It is important with all types of headaches to get a proper diagnosis. Our specialised Doctors aim to diagnose, manage and treat your headaches.
Whilst located in the Prince of Wales Hospital this is a private service and not part of public outpatients. All new and follow up appointments will incur the scheduled fee.
If you experience sudden onset of a severe headache, visit your nearest Emergency Department or call an Ambulance on 000.
Medical Manager
A/Prof Alessandro Zagami
Clinic Opening Hours
Friday 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
To refer your patient
Visit Information for Health Professionals
How to find us
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Level 2, High Street Building, Prince of Wales Hospital (building 2 on our campus map).

We help to diagnose your headaches. We provide management and treatments if you are experiencing:
- Tension headaches
- Migraines
- Cluster headaches
- Other headaches.
Our neurology medical specialist is Associate Professor Alessandro Zagami. Professor Zagami will assess, treat and help you manage your headaches.
Our Registered Nurse will provide you education if you need injectable medication. They also coordinate clinical trials with new treatments and research into headache.
We work with your local GP, other specialists, the Headache Foundation and researchers.
You will need a referral letter from your local doctor (GP) or specialist addressed to:
A/Prof. A. Zagami
Private Headache Clinic
Prince of Wales Hospital
Level 2 High Street
RANDWICK NSW 2031
Email or fax this referral to us, along with a list of your current medications and any investigations such as MRI, CT scans etc.
Once we have reviewed your referral, we will send you a letter by post with your appointment details. If your referral is triaged as urgent, a member of our administrative team will contact you by phone.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please phone the clinic on (02) 9382 2422.
Our service is a private clinic so all appointments will incur a scheduled fee.
On the day of your first appointment please bring:
- Headache diary (if you use one)
- CT Brain and/or MRI Brain Scans
- Recent blood test results
- Your referral letter from your GP
- Your Medicare Card
- A list of your medicines or bring all your medicines in a bag, including any herbal or over the counter medicines
- You are welcome to bring a support person (a relative, friend or carer) with you.
If you need help with your condition, start by making an appointment with your local GP to discuss your health. If your GP needs some advice, they can telephone our specialist doctor at the clinic.
If you need a prescription, please ask your GP.
Your GP is your primary health care provider and it is important that you continue to visit them. Our specialist doctor will send a letter to your GP after every clinic appointment.
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 teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way on the services we will provide.
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Migraine Australia https://www.migraine.org.au
Headache Clinic
How we can help you
We aim to help you if you are experiencing headaches. A headache involves pain in the head, face or neck. There are many different types of headaches. Headaches can be a common condition. Occasionally they can be a symptom of a serious medical condition. It is important with all types of headaches to get a proper diagnosis. Our specialised Doctors aim to diagnose, manage and treat your headaches.
Whilst located in the Prince of Wales Hospital this is a private service and not part of public outpatients. All new and follow up appointments will incur the scheduled fee.
If you experience sudden onset of a severe headache, visit your nearest Emergency Department or call an Ambulance on 000.
Medical Manager
A/Prof Alessandro Zagami
Clinic Opening Hours
Friday 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
To refer your patient
Visit Information for Health Professionals
How to find us
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Level 2, High Street Building, Prince of Wales Hospital (building 2 on our campus map).

We help to diagnose your headaches. We provide management and treatments if you are experiencing:
- Tension headaches
- Migraines
- Cluster headaches
- Other headaches.
Our neurology medical specialist is Associate Professor Alessandro Zagami. Professor Zagami will assess, treat and help you manage your headaches.
Our Registered Nurse will provide you education if you need injectable medication. They also coordinate clinical trials with new treatments and research into headache.
We work with your local GP, other specialists, the Headache Foundation and researchers.
You will need a referral letter from your local doctor (GP) or specialist addressed to:
A/Prof. A. Zagami
Private Headache Clinic
Prince of Wales Hospital
Level 2 High Street
RANDWICK NSW 2031
Email or fax this referral to us, along with a list of your current medications and any investigations such as MRI, CT scans etc.
Once we have reviewed your referral, we will send you a letter by post with your appointment details. If your referral is triaged as urgent, a member of our administrative team will contact you by phone.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please phone the clinic on (02) 9382 2422.
Our service is a private clinic so all appointments will incur a scheduled fee.
On the day of your first appointment please bring:
- Headache diary (if you use one)
- CT Brain and/or MRI Brain Scans
- Recent blood test results
- Your referral letter from your GP
- Your Medicare Card
- A list of your medicines or bring all your medicines in a bag, including any herbal or over the counter medicines
- You are welcome to bring a support person (a relative, friend or carer) with you.
If you need help with your condition, start by making an appointment with your local GP to discuss your health. If your GP needs some advice, they can telephone our specialist doctor at the clinic.
If you need a prescription, please ask your GP.
Your GP is your primary health care provider and it is important that you continue to visit them. Our specialist doctor will send a letter to your GP after every clinic appointment.
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 teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Migraine and Headache Australia Migraine & Headache Australia
Migraine Australia https://www.migraine.org.au
Diabetes High Risk Foot Service
How we can help you
We provide outpatient appointments if you need to see someone about your diabetes foot wound or a condition called Charcot Neuroarthropathy. This service is in our Diabetes Centre. We care for you if you have a wound on your foot caused by your diabetes. We also help you if you have diabetes and are at a very high risk of getting wounds on your feet.
High Risk Diabetes Foot Service Coordinator
Jayne McGreal
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.00 am - 4.30 pm
How to find us
The Diabetes High Risk Foot Service is held in the Diabetes Centre, located on Level 2, High St Building (Building 2 on our campus map).
We are registered podiatrists who can diagnose and treat problems with feet and ankles. We work with the team in the Diabetes Centre. This includes Doctors specialised in endocrinology, orthopaedic, vascular, plastic surgery, hyperbaric medicine and infectious disease. We also work with other allied health professionals and nursing health professionals.
From Monday - Friday 8.30 am - 4.30 pm at the Diabetes Centre, our podiatrist provides following services:
- Care for foot wounds caused by diabetes including dressing, debridement, pressure reducing techniques and investigations like pathology swabs and imaging and neurovascular assessments including toe-pressure readings.
- Care for Charcot’s neuroarthropathy including foot immobilisation and temperature monitoring.
- Foot care and education by podiatrists for people who have diabetic ulcers on their feet.
- Care for those admitted to our Hospital with foot problems related to their diabetes.
- Applications for medical grade footwear if you have diabetes and have had a foot wound or are at a high risk of getting wounds on your feet.
Multidisciplinary Team Diabetes High Risk Foot Clinic
Once a month on a Thursday from 9.00 - 11.00 am at the Diabetes Centre, our specialist doctors (endocrinology, orthopaedic, vascular, plastic surgery, hyperbaric medicine and infectious disease) and podiatrist provide a clinic for patients with diabetes and Charcot’s neuroarthropathy, reoccurring foot wounds and/ or diabetes related foot wounds that are not progressing towards healing. Referral to this clinic is made from the Diabetes High Risk Foot Service, the Emergency Department or any of the specialists who attend the clinic.
The Diabetes Centre has a set of guidelines you must meet to see one of these health professionals. If you need to make an appointment please ask your local general practitioner (GP) to send a referral letter to Diabetes Clinic electronically via Healthlink. See this webpage for further information around electronic referrals. Include the reason for referral and who it is addressed to (e.g. podiatrist, dietitian or diabetes educator).
If you need an urgent appointment ask your GP to phone the Diabetes Centre.
When we receive your referral letter, we will assess the urgency for an appointment depending upon the seriousness of your condition. We attempt to give all urgent cases an appointment as soon as possible. Please ask your local doctor (GP) or specialist to phone or email us to discuss if you urgently need an appointment.
Please bring:
- Your most recent
- blood test results including
- Sugar (glucose) average (HbA1c)
- Blood fats (cholesterol and lipids)
- Kidney (kidney function, urine micro albumin and electrolytes).
- lower limb vascular study results
- foot and ankle imaging results
- blood test results including
- The shoes you wear most often (during the day, at home and/or at work)
- Your foot orthotics, if you have them
- Your Medicare card
- A list of your medicines OR bring all your medicines in a bag, including any herbal or over the counter medicines
- A snack or drink if needed
- You are welcome to bring a support person (a relative, friend or carer) with you.
Tell us if you need an interpreter before your appointment on 02 93820 4600. You can contact us by phoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) National on 131 450. Please advise the operator what language you speak, and then ask the operator to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and us on 02 9382 4600.
Diabetes High Risk Foot Service
How we can help you
We provide outpatient appointments if you need to see someone about your diabetes foot wound or a condition called Charcot Neuroarthropathy. This service is in our Diabetes Centre. We care for you if you have a wound on your foot caused by your diabetes. We also help you if you have diabetes and are at a very high risk of getting wounds on your feet.
High Risk Diabetes Foot Service Coordinator
Jayne McGreal
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.00 am - 4.30 pm
How to find us
The Diabetes High Risk Foot Service is held in the Diabetes Centre, located on Level 2, High St Building (Building 2 on our campus map).
We are registered podiatrists who can diagnose and treat problems with feet and ankles. We work with the team in the Diabetes Centre. This includes Doctors specialised in endocrinology, orthopaedic, vascular, plastic surgery, hyperbaric medicine and infectious disease. We also work with other allied health professionals and nursing health professionals.
From Monday - Friday 8.30 am - 4.30 pm at the Diabetes Centre, our podiatrist provides following services:
- Care for foot wounds caused by diabetes including dressing, debridement, pressure reducing techniques and investigations like pathology swabs and imaging and neurovascular assessments including toe-pressure readings.
- Care for Charcot’s neuroarthropathy including foot immobilisation and temperature monitoring.
- Foot care and education by podiatrists for people who have diabetic ulcers on their feet.
- Care for those admitted to our Hospital with foot problems related to their diabetes.
- Applications for medical grade footwear if you have diabetes and have had a foot wound or are at a high risk of getting wounds on your feet.
Multidisciplinary Team Diabetes High Risk Foot Clinic
Once a month on a Thursday from 9.00 - 11.00 am at the Diabetes Centre, our specialist doctors (endocrinology, orthopaedic, vascular, plastic surgery, hyperbaric medicine and infectious disease) and podiatrist provide a clinic for patients with diabetes and Charcot’s neuroarthropathy, reoccurring foot wounds and/ or diabetes related foot wounds that are not progressing towards healing. Referral to this clinic is made from the Diabetes High Risk Foot Service, the Emergency Department or any of the specialists who attend the clinic.
The Diabetes Centre has a set of guidelines you must meet to see one of these health professionals. If you need to make an appointment please ask your local general practitioner (GP) to send a referral letter to Diabetes Clinic electronically via Healthlink. See this webpage for further information around electronic referrals. Include the reason for referral and who it is addressed to (e.g. podiatrist, dietitian or diabetes educator).
If you need an urgent appointment ask your GP to phone the Diabetes Centre.
When we receive your referral letter, we will assess the urgency for an appointment depending upon the seriousness of your condition. We attempt to give all urgent cases an appointment as soon as possible. Please ask your local doctor (GP) or specialist to phone or email us to discuss if you urgently need an appointment.
Please bring:
- Your most recent
- blood test results including
- Sugar (glucose) average (HbA1c)
- Blood fats (cholesterol and lipids)
- Kidney (kidney function, urine micro albumin and electrolytes).
- lower limb vascular study results
- foot and ankle imaging results
- blood test results including
- The shoes you wear most often (during the day, at home and/or at work)
- Your foot orthotics, if you have them
- Your Medicare card
- A list of your medicines OR bring all your medicines in a bag, including any herbal or over the counter medicines
- A snack or drink if needed
- You are welcome to bring a support person (a relative, friend or carer) with you.
Tell us if you need an interpreter before your appointment on 02 93820 4600. You can contact us by phoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) National on 131 450. Please advise the operator what language you speak, and then ask the operator to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and us on 02 9382 4600.