Hurstville Specialties

Specialties

ORTHOPAEDICS

Orthopaedic surgeries and management at Hurstville Private include;

  • Joint replacement (knee, hip and shoulder)

  • Fracture care and trauma – New fracture clinic

  • Shoulder surgery (both arthroscopic and open surgery)

  • Microvascular procedures, such as nerve repair and nerve and muscle grafts

  • Foot and ankle injuries

  • Spine disorders

  • Sports injuries – both conservative and surgical management

Surgeons – Dr Hamish Rae, Dr Razvan Stoita, Dr Jacob Kaplan, Dr Martin Scholsem, Dr Anil Nair and Dr Mohamad Mourad

Sports & Exercise Medicine – is managed by Dr Michael Jamieson within the Musculoskeletal Institute

NEUROSURGERY

Dr Anil Nair – Performs complex spinal surgery, minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Intervertebral Disc Replacement Surgery.

Dr Martin Scholsem – Performs; minimally invasive spine surgery, disc arthroplasty, surgery for brain tumour, trauma surgery for head and spine.

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Dr Tim Ho is the on-call pain specialist who reviews patients for pain and medication management on the ward. He has special interest in chronic musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, visceral pain, and headache. At Hurstville he does medication management, diagnostic and therapeutic injections, radiofrequency lesions, and neurostimulation and modulation.

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Dr Bobby Chan is the on-call Endocrinologist for Hurstville Private Hospital who can review patients on the ward as required. He has particular interest in Type 1, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes. He also treats general endocrinology (obesity, insulin resistance, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, thyroid diseases, pituitary and adrenal diseases).

CARDIOLOGY

Hurstville Private Hospital has a Cardiac Care Ward and a Cardiac Catheterisation Lab. Within the Heart Centre on level 2 we have cardiologists specialising in clinical cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac arrhythmias, Echocardiography/transoesophageal echo, Clinical electrophysiology, Permanent pacemakers, Implantable defibrillators, Biventricular pacing/heart failure and Medical informatics.

BARIATRIC SURGERY

The Bariatric surgeons at Hurstville Private Hospital specialise in weight loss surgery, general surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, GORD (acid reflux) surgery, gallbladder surgery, vascular access surgery for chronic renal failure patients, and Gastrointestinal/Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery. 

At Hurstville, we have a Bariatric trained Dietitian who works closely with bariatric patients for the preparation pre-surgery and the recovery after surgery.