Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Public Hospital
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital is a public hospital located in Hornsby.
This hospital provides some cancer surgery.
Location and contact details
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Types of treatment
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital provides some cancer surgery.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Treatment for some cancers can be complex and patients should be treated at a hospital which meets agreed criteria for managing this type of cancer. These centres are known as specialist cancer centres. Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital is recommended for:
- colon cancer.
Cancer care teams
Specialists at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital participate on the multidisciplinary cancer care teams (MDT) listed below. The teams meet regularly to coordinate care for people with these types of cancers:
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- Bowel cancer
- Upper gastrointestinal cancer
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- Endocrine cancer
- Head and neck cancer
- Skin cancer
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- Gynaecological cancer
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- Lung cancer
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- Skin cancer
- Soft tissue sarcoma
Cancer specialists
The following cancer specialists work at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital:
Surgeons
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Dr Ahmed Saeed Goolam Urologist
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Dr Andrew Pearson General Surgeon
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Dr Julian Ip Colorectal Surgeon, General Surgeon
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Dr Kylie Snook Breast Surgeon, General Surgeon
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Dr Mark Liu Urologist
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Dr Matthew McNamara Colorectal Surgeon
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Dr Max Dias Urologist
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Dr Peter Loder Colorectal Surgeon
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Dr Philip Bergersen Urologist
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Dr Philip Middleton General Surgeon
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Dr Rafael Gaszynski General Surgeon
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Prof Stanley Sidhu Endocrine Surgeon
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Dr Stuart Pincott Colorectal Surgeon
Additional information
General information about fees
Most treatments are available in both the public and private systems but the costs can be very different. Also, a specialist can work in the public system, private system or both.
It is important to ask about fees before any doctors' visits, tests or treatments. Ask what the fees will be and how much you will get back from Medicare or your private health fund. You will have to pay any remaining costs (the gap payment).
Interpreting and translating services
Patients, their families and carers who do not speak English as a first language or who are Deaf have the right to free, confidential and professional interpreters when they use public health services.
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