Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Sleep Physician
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Deputy Director, Monash Medical Centre
Respiratory Physician
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Respiratory Physician
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
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Vision
• To establish the Department as a leader in the delivery of high quality
tertiary care to improve health outcomes for children and adults with
respiratory diseases and sleep disorders.
• To promote clinical and laboratory research to ensure that the Department
remains at the cutting edge of respiratory science.
History of the Department
Prince Henry’s Hospital
The respiratory unit at Prince Henry’s Hospital was first founded early in the
1960s when a lung function unit was established under the direct care of Dr.
Murray Maxwell and Dr. Douglas Gauld. Initially only spirometry was performed
until receipt of a diffusing capacity machine which enabled more comprehensive
measures of lung function.
In 1968 Dr. Edmund Tai joined the unit from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in
Sydney. His appointment as a full time staff physician saw the respiratory
consultative service develop and a respiratory ward was established in Ward 4
south. In the early 1970s Dr. Doug Gauld purchased one of the first fiberoptic
bronchoscopes which led to the establishment of a diagnostic bronchoscopy
service. During this time thoracic surgical services were provided by Dame Joyce
Daws and Mr. Eric Cooper. Notable registrars in these early days included the
late Professor Ludwig Engel, and Professor Richard Ruffin the current President
of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.
In the late 70s under the direction of Dr. Edmund Tai, respiratory services were
provided by Dr. Douglas Gauld, Dr. Murray Maxwell, Dr. Ray Chapman, Dr. Peter
Holmes, and Dr. Peter McLaughlin.
Monash Medical Centre
Monash Medical Centre was established in 1987 following the amalgamation of
Prince Henry's Hospital and the Queen Victoria Medical Centre. It is the
tertiary referral hospital for the Southern Health network that provides medical
care for approximately 1 million people in the southeast region of Melbourne and Gippsland.
Since the retirement of Dr Edmund Tai in 1995, the Department of Respiratory and
Sleep Medicine has been under the directorship of A/Prof Nicholas Freezer. The
department has grown considerably in the last 10 years, and is now one of the
largest respiratory and sleep medicine centres in Australia. It is well
recognised for the very high standard of clinical care it provides and for the
excellence of the clinical and laboratory research. At present the department
employs 96 staff.
The Department in partnership with the Department of Respiratory Medicine at the
Royal Children’s Hospital, provides tertiary paediatric respiratory care under
the umbrella of the Victorian Paediatric Respiratory Service (VPRS). The VPRS
also provides a clinical referral service to the children of southern New South
Wales, Tasmania and South Australia.
The department provides a very comprehensive clinical service for adults and
children with respiratory diseases and sleep disorders. It employs adult and
paediatric respiratory and sleep physicians, scientists and nurses to provide
clinical, sleep and diagnostic services. It is one of the three Victorian cystic
fibrosis centres and the only one offering care to children and adults including
infertility (Monash IVF) and obstetric services . The only Victorian paediatric
sleep service is located at MMC.
It has close affiliations with Monash University and provides undergraduate
teaching for the Faculty of Medicine. It is also recognised by the Royal
Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) for post graduate education for
doctors who to train as adult or paediatric respiratory and sleep physicians.
A Monash research precinct was recently established by the Federal Government in
2001 and opened by the Minster for Health, Michael Woolrich. The Department of
Respiratory Medicine has a Director of Research and close links with the
research precinct through the Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR), the
Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research and the Monash Cardiac Research Centre.
Staff
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| A/Prof Nicholas Freezer
Director of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Respiratory and Sleep Physician |
Dr Margot Davey Director of
Melbourne Children’s Sleep Unit Sleep Physician |
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| A/Prof Peter Holmes Senior
Adult Physician Respiratory and Sleep Physician Deputy Director, Monash Medical Centre |
Dr Judith Morton Director of
Adult CF Services Respiratory Physician |
Dr Michael Ho Director of Adult Sleep Services Respiratory and Sleep Physician |
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| A/Prof Phil Bardin Director
of Respiratory Research Respiratory Physician |
Dr Peter Solin Respiratory and Sleep Physician |
Dr Peter McLaughlin Respiratory Physician |
Dr Ngoc Tran - Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Dr. David Armstrong - Director of Paediatric CF ServicesDr Xun Li - Respiratory Assessment Unit
Respiratory Physician
Dr Michael Farmer – Deputy Director Dandenong and Casey Hospital.
Respiratory Physician
Dr Gill Nixon – Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician,
Melbourne Children's Sleep Unit
Dr Darren Mansfield - Respiratory and Sleep Physician.
Staff by site:
Monash Medical Centre:
A/Prof Nicholas Freezer
Dr Margot Davey
A/Prof Peter Holmes
Dr Judith Morton
Dr Michael Ho
A/Prof Phil Bardin
Dr Peter Solin,
Dr Peter McLaughlin
Dr Ngoc Tran
Dr David Armstrong
Dr Xun Li
Dandenong:
Dr Michael Farmer
Dr Ngoc Tran
Dr Darren Mansfield
Casey:
Dr Michael Farmer
Contact us
Appointments
Medical Appointments (at MMC) Ph 9594 2900
Fax 9594 6311
Breathing Tests (MMC and Dandenong) Ph 9594 2278
Fax 9594 6021
Sleep Study Bookings
Paediatric (0-18 yrs)
Melbourne Children’s Sleep Unit Ph 9594 5656
Fax 9594 6224
Adults (19 yrs +)
Monash Sleep Centre (public) Ph 9594 2280
Fax 9594 6080
Jessie McPherson Sleep Centre (private) Ph 9594 2280
Fax 9594 6080