Respiratory Medicine

The SVHS Respiratory Medicine Department has adopted the NSW State-wide Referral criteria for selected conditions. Any referrals require the minimum clinical information to enable safe, timely and effective triage. Clinical Prioritisation Criteria are applied to determine how quickly the patient should be seen.

Please refer here for more information.

St Vincent's Hospital's Department of Thoracic Medicine has performed 910 lung and heart/lung transplants since 1989 and is now performing about 60 transplants each year. The Department provides inpatient and outpatient care for a wide range of respiratory conditions including:

• Asthma and allergy
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Sleep disordered breathing
• Respiratory failure
• Lung transplantation
• Tuberculosis
• Dust diseases
• Chronic air flow limitation
• Lung cancer
• Pulmonary Hypertension

The Department provides a state-wide interventional bronchoscopy service which includes laser bronchoscopy, endobronchial stenting with dilatation and Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) diagnostics.

The St Vincent's Hospital Heart Lung Clinic cares for patients with:

• Heart failure
• Lung diseases
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Patients who require or have had a heart and/or lung transplant

Comprehensive lung function testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, asthma provocation testing and measurement of exhaled breath condensate are performed in the Lung Function Laboratory.

Research and the development of new treatments is a core focus of the Department and includes investigator driven trials in immunosuppression after lung transplantation, pulmonary fibrosis and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and Pulmonary Hypertension.

St Vincent's Lung Health Website

For more information visit the St Vincent's Lung Health Website.

Website Resources

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

SVH Lung Health Website

Staff

Prof Emily Stone – Head of Department
Prof Marshal Plit
A/Prof Adrian Havryk
A/Prof Anthony Byrne
A/Prof Benjamin Kwan
Dr David Darley
Dr Rebecca Pearson
Dr Yasmin Al-Hindawi
Dr Alistair Abbott
Dr Claire Thomson
Dr Emma Stumbles
Dr Natalie Belousova
Dr Alexander Brennan
Dr Ji Moon

Heart Lung Program
Level 4, Xavier Building
St Vincent’s Hospital

Phone: 02 8382 3150
Email: SVHS.heartlungclinic@svha.org.au

Monday - Friday
9:00am – 5:00pm