We are pleased to announce that Melbourne ENT Group now offers in-office intra-tympanic steroid injections. This is a therapeutic technique that has evidence for some benefit in ear conditions such as: Sudden Sensori-neural hearing loss. Endolymphatic Hydrops (e.g. Meniere’s Disease) Auto-immune inner ear disorders. Candidacy for such a technique will be assessed by our ENT surgeons, and performed by our Otology fellowship sub-speciality trained surgeons – Dr Guillermo Hurtado, and
Dr Fiona Hill returns to the Melbourne ENT Group (MEG) in 2020, having spent 2018-2019 in London working at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust and Evelina Children’s Hospital, which are some of The United Kingdom’s leading centres for adult and paediatric cochlear implants and ear disease. While in London Dr Hill performed hundreds of surgeries for auditory implants and complex ear disease for both adults and children. Dr Fiona Hill
MEG Regional & Rural are pleased to announce, in collaboration with Country Hearing Care, our inaugural ENT Workshop for GPs. Focusing on the ‘E’ in ENT, we will be holding a whole day workshop with lectures, hands on demonstrations of examinations, equipment and techniques that are aimed at GPs in their own daily practice. This will be held at the Mercure Hotel in Mildura on the 10th November. If you
We are now consulting within the Audiology rooms of Country Hearing Care. Our new address is: 21 High St, Swan Hill, 3585 Our Phone and fax numbers are unchanged. We gladly accept referrals from all practices, and continue to work with all local and regional audiology services. Our regular operating service at Swan Hill District Health also remains unchanged.
We are excited to welcome Kay Perkins, as our new practice manager. Kay is a highly experienced Practice Manager who joined Melbourne ENT Group in the early part of 2019. She had previously worked tirelessly in General Practice, for 11 years managing a busy clinic that maintained 12 doctors, 3 nurses and 7 reception staff. Kay’s skill sets have ranged from personnel management to handling all the administrative systems, to