Cystic Fibrosis
| Phone: | 98450719 |
| Fax: | 98453396 |
| Email: | peterc@chw.edu.au |
| Location: | Suite 4, Ground floor,CHW Medical Centre | Cystic Fibrosis is the most common life threatening genetic disease affecting Australian children. Through newborn screening most babies are diagnosed within the first few weeks of life. Advances in treatment have seen improved quality of life and life expectancy for those with CF, but there is no cure. Our CF service provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient CF services to children and adolescents in NSW. Services are provided by a multidisciplinary team including Physicians, Clinical Nurse Consultants, Dieticians, Physiotherapists and Social Work professionals. The Children's Hospital at Westmead CF service is actively involved in CF research. The service we provide includes: - Inpatient services
- CF outpatient Treatment Centre
- New diagnosis education,ongoing management and support
- Outreach service including school and home visits, community liaison
- Weekly CF outpatient clinic - age related
- Clinical research
- Outpatient CF telephone service(office hours)provided by CNCs
- Facilitation of CF family support groups
- Education evenings for families
- Education of medical and allied health professionals providing care for CF patients.
How to make an appointment Newly Diagnosed CF patients can be referred to the CF service by contacting the CF CNC via the hospital switchboard in office hours 9845 0000 Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Centre appointments are made by contacting the CF CNC via the hospital switchboard in office hours 9845 0000 Out Patient Department CF clinic appointments can be made by patients already in the care of our CF service by contacting the CF Clerk on 98452292 or OPD on 98452525 CF Staff include: - Dr Peter Cooper, Staff Specialist(Respiratory), Head of CF service
- Prof Peter Van Asperen
- Prof Kevin Gaskin(Dept Head Gastroenterology)
- Associate Prof Dominic Fitzgerald, Staff Specialist(Respiratory/Sleep)
- Dr Hiran Selvadurai, Staff Specialist(Respiratory)
- Dr Sue Towns, Staff Specialist(Adolescent Medicine)
- Dr Shoma Dutt(Gastroenterology)
- Dr Craig Munns(Endocrinology)
- Dr Karen McKay, Coordinator Children's Chest Research Centre
- Dr Chetan Pandit, JLT CF Respiratory Fellow
- Edith Weatherall, CF Clerk
- Sharon Hunt, Clinical Nurse Consultant
- Brooke Harris, Clinical Nurse Consultant
- Sharon Simonds, Clinical Nurse Consultant
- Sam Forbes, Research Nurse
- Jenny Follett, Physiotherapist, Department Head
- Anna Middleton & Alison Elliott, Physiotherapists
- Samantha Nguyen, Social Worker
- Christie Graham & Katie Stevens, Dietitian
- Mary Corbett, CF Clinic Coordinator
See also: Respiratory Medicine
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Last updated: Wednesday, 1 April 2009
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