Growth services at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Contact details
Enquiries - Ph: (02) 9845 3154
Fax: (02) 9845 3170
The Growth Clinic provides assessment and management of children and adolescents with a range of growth disorders.
This includes short stature and tall stature or other concerns about abnormal height growth patterns.
The clinic does not deal with feeding or weight management issues; these are dealt with by other hospital clinics.
Clinic
| Location | Level 3, Children's Assessment Centre |
| Appointments | Phone (02) 9845 2525, fax referral to (02) 9845 3170 or email to SCHN-CHW-Endocrinology@health.nsw.gov.au All new referrals are assessed for priority and appropriateness for the clinic. For follow-up appointments Ph: (02) 9845 2230 |
| Clinic days | Tuesday PM |
| New referrals | Referring letter from the GP or other specialist to the Endocrinologist by name. |
| Urgent referrals | For urgent referrals, the referring doctor should contact the Endocrinology Fellow or the Endocrinologist on-call via the switchboard by phoning (02) 9845 0000 |
Staff
Paediatric Endocrinologists:
Professor Geoffrey Ambler – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Clinical Associate Professor Paul Benitez – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Professor Maria Craig – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Clinical Associate Professor Ann Maguire – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Dr Yoon Hi Cho – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Dr Myra Poon – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Clinical Associate Professor Shubha Srinivasan – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Associate Professor Andrew Biggin – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Dr Lara Graves – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Other Staff:
Bin Moore – Clinical Nurse Consultant in Endocrinology and Growth. Ph: 02 9845 3154, email: bin.moore@health.nsw.gov.au
Monica Curry – Clinical Nurse Consultant in Endocrinology and Growth. Ph: (02) 9845 3154, email: monica.curry@health.nsw.gov.au
Kelly Stewart– Clinical Nurse Consultant and Coordinator of the Endocrine Testing Unit. Ph: 02 9845 1826, email: kelly.stewart@health.nsw.gov.au
Fellows and registrars are doctors in specialty training who are also an important part of the healthcare team and will be involved in patient care.