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Brian Fricker Oncology Centre
The Brian Fricker Oncology Centre, located within the Burnside
Hospital, is a specialist onsite consulting and day chemotherapy
facility. Treating all types of adult malignancies, the Centre’s
oncologists and specialised nursing staff aim to provide quality,
individualised care for patients from diagnosis to ongoing treatment
and support. Staff provide a discreet, friendly, and relaxed environment
where friends and family are welcome throughout each patient's
treatment.
How to Find and Contact Us…
The Centre is open from 8am to
4pm Monday to Friday.
The Brian Fricker Oncology Centre
Von Rieben North Ward
Burnside War Memorial Hospital
120 Kensington Road
Toorak Gardens SA 5065
Contact the Centre via the Hospital
switchboard on 8202 7222.
Services
Able to treat a full range of solid tumours and blood malignancies,
the Brian Fricker Oncology Centre is equipped to treat
up to seven patients at a time, with staff providing personalised
care
for
each patient in a comfortable and relaxed environment.
Additional education and support
services include :
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Information and advice regarding the side
effects of treatment such as nausea, bowel changes, changes
to immune system |
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Nutrition and hydration advice during treatment
as well as a referral service to qualified dieticians for ongoing
dietary and nutrition education and support |
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Skin and hair care advice |
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Referral to psychological and counselling
services for patients and their families |
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Improved access for non-elective patients |
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Staff are also accredited providers of the
Living with Cancer program. www.cancersa.org |
Referral Procedure
To access this facility and a consultation with one
of the Centre’s
Medical Oncologists, patients can be referred by their General
Practitioner or treating specialist.
Improved Access for Non Elective Patients
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Burnside has vastly improved access for non elective medical and surgical patients. |
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Our visiting medical staff can now admit non elective patients at any time under particular arrangements. |
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Acceptance of each patient will depend on bed availability and their clinical situation hence each patient will need to be assessed to ensure we can provide the level of care their conditions warrants. |
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Visiting medical staff can obtain detailed information about this important new service by contacting Luisa Mozzi on (08) 8202 7208. |
Health Insurance
For patients with private hospital health insurance, your day
centre chemotherapy treatment and medication should be covered
by your
health fund. Please check with the Hospital or your private
health fund for information regarding any costs or out of pocket
expenses
which may be associated with your consultation and treatment.
For patients without private
hospital health insurance, please contact the Burnside Hospital
Accounts Department on telephone
8202 7201 for an estimated quote for day centre chemotherapy
treatment and medication services.
The Brian Fricker Oncology
Centre Team
Medical
Oncologists
Honorary Director : A/Professor Dusan
Kotasek
Appointed as Honorary Director of the Brian Fricker Oncology
Centre in February 2004, Dr Kotasek has 25 years experience
in medicine,
having graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1980.
He has 15 years experience in the Haematology and Oncology
field,
with
tenures at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he was
appointed Consultant Medical Oncologist in 1988, following
a three
year Fellowship at the University of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA.
Dr Kotasek is
the author of over 60 journal articles, and serves as
a board member on several oncology advisory boards, including
a period
on the
Executive Committee of the Medical Oncology Group of
Australia
between 1999 and 2002.
Dr Kotasek has a special
interest in solid tumours of the breast and lung, soft tissue
sarcomas and melanomas,
and
renal cell
carcinoma. He takes a keen interest in patient quality
of life and clinical
trials for the discovery and initiation of new drug
therapies.*
Dr Brian Stein
Dr Stein trained at the University of Adelaide and graduated in 1986. He began his specialist training at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and then completed training at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. On returning to Australia, he spent a year as a consultant in the Adelaide University Department of Medicine at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, before undertaking post-graduate research at The Hanson Centre for Cancer Research.
Dr Stein has a special interest in the treatment of lymphoma and solid tumours, in particular malignancies of lung, head and neck, oesophagus and upper gastrointestinal tract, breast and bowel tumours.*
Dr Tonya L Wright
Graduating from the University
of Adelaide in 1995, Dr Wright has completed specialist training
at the Royal
Adelaide Hospital
and
was a Clinical Research Fellow at the Beatson
Oncology Centre and the University of Glasgow, Scotland,
where she was involved
in
the clinical trial of new drugs and the treatment
of breast and colorectal cancers.
Dr Wright
has a special
interest
in lymphoma
and solid tumours of the breast, colorectal
and lung and in the management of the elderly and
palliative care.*
Dr
Kerry
Cheong
Graduating from Flinders
University in 1996, Dr Cheong completed her specialist training
at Guys
Hospital,
London as a clinical
research Fellow, involved in the trials
of new drugs and in research into quality of
life and
geriatric
oncology.*
Gynaecological
Oncologists
A/Professor Margaret Davy, AM
Graduating from the University of Adelaide
and gaining Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists in 1973, Dr Margaret Davy AM spent the next
10 years at The Norwegian Radium Hospital honing her skills in
all aspects of gynaecological oncology. Returning to Adelaide
in 1984 to lead the field in Gynaecological Oncology, Dr Davy
has held Directorships of Units at the Royal Adelaide and the
Queen Elizabeth
Hospitals, and been integral in establishing and serving on several
important programmes, working groups and committees in the field
of cancer care. Dr Davy received an Order of Australia medal
for her work in Women's Cancer Care and for her work with Indigenous
woman in the Northern Territory over the past 15 years.
Dr Davy's private practice is in Suite 5 of
the Attunga Medical Centre on the grounds of the Burnside Hospital.
A/Professor Martin K. Oehler
Dr. Martin K. Oehler completed his basic medical training at the University of Bonn in Germany in 1994 and subspecialized as Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the University of Freiburg in Germany in 2001. He was trained in Gynaecological Oncology as subspecialty fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) training program at Westmead Hospital in Sydney and Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne from 2002 – 2005. Since February 2006 he has held the positions as Associate Professor at the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide; Consultant/Staff Specialist, Dept of Gynaecological Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Senior Research Associate, Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF), Melbourne.
Dr. Oehler consults in private practice at Attunga Medical Centre on the grounds of Burnside Hospital.
Respiratory
Physician
Dr Michael Chia
Dr Michael Chia undertook his medical
degree at the University
of Adelaide and completed
his internship
and post-graduate
studies at the Royal Adelaide
Hospital, where he is a Visiting Medical
Specialist in the Departments
of General and Thoracic Medicine.
Brian Fricker Oncology Centre Nurses
Clinical Nurse – Mrs Jak Thompson
Women’s Health Nurse – Mrs Jane
Marsh – nurse@breastclinic.com.au
Useful and Recommended Links for Further
Information :
www.breastcancer.org
www.nbcc.org.au
www.cancersa.org
www.cancerinstitute.org.au
* NB : Biographical information provided
with permission from the Adelaide Cancer Centre www.adelaidecancercentre.com.au/staff.html
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