Dermatology
We care for people living with diseases of the skin, scalp, nails and hair.
What we do
Dermatology provides inpatient and outpatient services for people living with skin disorders.
We treat patients with:
- complex skin disease, such as severe eczema/psoriasis
- moderate and severe skin disease unresponsive to first line management
- systemic skin conditions
- skin malignancies – melanoma and NMSC, skin lymphomas
- diagnosis and management of rare acquired or congenital dermatoses
- patients requiring complex drugs for management of dermatological skin disorders
- skin surveillance for high risk patients, such as transplant patients
- acute skin presentations including widespread blistering diseases
- scarring alopecias (3 month wait list)
- severe drug eruptions
- severe skin infections.
Services not offered:
- laser service
- botox treatment for cosmetic or primary axillary hyperhidrosis
- excisions of benign lesions
- routine skin surveillance in non high risk patients
- mild/limited involvement of dermatoses, such as mild eczema/psoriasis/mild acne/limited cutaneous fungal or other infections without attempted confirmation and appropriate treatment for acceptable duration.
Where to find us
Dermatology clinic is located on Level 3 (ground floor) at 3G, Area 6.
Dermatology Day Centre is located on Level 3 (ground floor) at 3C, at the Medical Day unit next to SA Pathology.
Dermatology Surgery is located on Level 4, at either Tech Suite 4B or 4C.
Check your appointment information and screens on arrival at the RAH, for the specific location of your appointment or procedure.
Who we are
Consultants
- Dr Shireen Sidhu - Head of Unit | Medical
- Dr Nick De Rosa | Medical and Surgical
- Dr Aakriti Gupta | Medical
- Dr Emma Haverhoek | Medical
- Prof Shyamala Huilgol | Surgical
- Dr Karen Koh | Surgical
- Dr Kate Newland | Cutaneous Lymphoma and Medical
- Dr Annette Pearce | Medical and Surgical
- Dr Annabel Stevenson | Immunology and Medical
- Dr Sachin Vaidya | Surgical
- Dr Todd Wiadrowski | Surgical.
You need a referral from a GP or medical practitioner to access this service.
Once your referral has been received it will be triaged according to clinical urgency.
If your referral is accepted, you will either:
- receive a letter, phone call or text message confirming your appointment time, date and location
- receive a letter confirming you have been waitlisted for an appointment.
If the referral is declined, your GP or referring medical practitioner will be notified.
Outpatient services
Find out information about specialist outpatient appointments, how to be referred, plus information when attending an outpatient clinic.
Your outpatient appointment
Contact us to:
- change your appointment time
- cancel your appointment
- find out triage status
- general outpatient enquiries.
If you need to cancel or change your appointment time, let us know as soon as possible.
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We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.
eReferrals are preferred.
Use the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) as a referral guide.
To ensure timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details.
The service triages referrals according to clinical urgency.
Urgent and serious referrals
If you are concerned about the appointment being delayed or if the patient's condition is deteriorating, contact the registrar to discuss.
Registrars are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Patients requiring immediate assessment should be sent directly to the Emergency Department.
Discharge guidelines
Patients whose medical condition has stabilised or resolved, and where no further appointment has been made, will be formally discharged.
If medical assessment is required again, a new referral should be made explaining the reason.