Gastroenterology (including Hepatology) at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Contact details
Department: (02) 9845.3999 | Fax: (02) 9845.3970
Office Hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday
Appointments: Bandaged Bear Outpatients (02) 9845.2525
The Gastroenterology Department at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead provides a multidisciplinary consultative inpatient and outpatient service for general gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatology, liver transplant, cystic fibrosis, non-CF pancreatic disease, clinical nutrition, parenteral nutrition and developmental disability associated dysphagia for paediatric patients from around NSW.
Service delivery extends to additional patients with liver disease and/or requiring liver transplantation from the ACT and Western Australia.
All referrals are triaged due to our inability to satisfy demand. Some referrals may be declined or redirected if appropriate. Patients may be seen by the Gastroenterology Fellow.
Clinics
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| Appointments | Bandaged Bear Outpatients: Tel: (02) 9845.2525 | ||||||||||||
| Consultants | Dr Edward O’Loughlin (Head) Dr Shoma Dutt Dr Annabel Magoffin Dr Susan Siew Dr Michael Stormon Dr Kunal Thacker Dr Eric Cheah (Honorary MO) Dr Cheng Hiang Lee (Honorary MO) | ||||||||||||
| Clinics | OUTPATIENT CLINICS: Monday mornings: Dysphagia/Developmental Disability Clinic Tuesday mornings: Liver/Liver Transplant Clinic Wednesday mornings: Gastroenterology Clinic; Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic; Gastro/Cystic Fibrosis Clinic; Viral Hepatitis C Clinic PRIVATE PRACTICE ROOMS: Listed are the Gastroenterologists who work at The Children's Hospital at Westmead but also have Private Practice Rooms at various locations in Sydney. The consultation fees vary at each Practice. Contact directly.
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| Method of referring | Tertiary referral service, from Paediatricians only. Detailed written referral required, addressed personally to the Gastroenterologist. Some referrals may be declined, or redirected if deemed appropriate. | ||||||||||||
| Function of the clinic | To provide gastroenterology, liver and nutritional consultations for children and adolescents | ||||||||||||
| Urgent cases | Directed to Emergency Dept, or discussed by phone with the On-call GI Consultant | ||||||||||||
| Special interests or sub-specialty clinics | Dr Ted O'Loughlin: Liver Disease | Liver Transplantation | Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Nutritional and GI disorders in developmental disability Dr Shoma Dutt: Inflammatory Bowel Disease | General Gastroenterology | Cystic Fibrosis Dr Annabel Magoffin: General Gastroenterology | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr Susan Siew: Liver Disease | General Gastroenterology Dr Michael Stormon: Liver Disease | Liver Transplantation | Chronic viral hepatitis Dr Kunal Thacker: General Gastroenterology | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr Eric Cheah: Inflammatory Bowel Disease | General Gastroenterology | Cystic Fibrosis Dr Cheng Hiang Lee: Inflammatory Bowel Disease | General Gastroenterology |
How to make an appointment
Tertiary Referral accepted from Paediatricians only. Referrals may be declined.
New referrals must be addressed personally to the Consultant and faxed, posted or emailed to the Department for triage.
Department Fax: (02) 9845 3970 | SCHN-CHW-GastroReferrals@health.nsw.gov.au