The Brien Walder Department of Dermatology - Information for Health Professionals

Our clinics are located in the Adult Outpatient Department, Level 2, Campus Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick. Phone: (02) 9382 0400.

Clinic Name	Clinic Day	Clinic Time
Surgical Clinic	Monday	2.00-5.00pm
Registrar Treatment Clinic	Tuesday	9.30-11.00am
General Dermatology, Photodynamic Therapy	Tuesday	2.00-5.00pm
General Dermatology	Thursday	11.00am-1.00pm
General Dermatology, Biologics, Vascular Laser	Thursday	2.00-5.00pm
Registrar Clinic	Friday	9.30-11.00am
General Dermatology and Surgical Clinic	Friday	2.00-5.00pm
Patch Test Clinic	Once per month (Friday)	2.00-5.00pm

The following clinic is at the Albion Centre, Ground Floor, 150-154 Albion Street, Surry Hills. Phone: 02 9332 9600. 

Clinic Name	Day of the Week	Time
Surgical Clinic	First Friday of the month	10.00am-12.00pm

Name	Subspecialty
Dr Glenda Wood	General Dermatology, Photodynamic Therapy, Phototherapy
Dr David Wong	General Dermatology, HIV/AIDs
Dr Annette Wegman	General Dermatology
Dr Rebecca Saunderson	General Dermatology, Patch Testing
Dr Burcu Kim	General Dermatology, Vascular Laser, Biologics
Dr Alicia O’Connor	General Dermatology, Biologics
Dr Adam Harris	General Dermatology, Patch Testing, Dermatology Surgery

Inclusion criteria 

We also provide outpatient clinic appointments for adults (>18 years of age) living in South Eastern Sydney.

We care for and treat people with skin cancers and other skin problems such as:

• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Acne
• Dermatitis
• Hair and nail disorders
• Skin infections.

Exclusion criteria 

We do not provide:

• General skin checks
• Cosmetics
• Removal of seborrhoeic keratosis.

Urgent referrals

• Suspected or non‑invasive melanomas requiring urgent biopsy or wider local excision
• Rapidly evolving skin cancers or growths
• Severe flare up of dermatologic disease i.e. psoriasis, eczema with secondary infection
• Erythrodermic disease involving significant amount of total body surface area
• Toxic epidermal necrolysis or Stevens‑Johnson syndrome
• Acute cutaneous drug syndromes.

Prince of Wales Hospital Outpatient Department is using electronic referrals. eReferrals are electronic SmartForms that can be sent directly to the hospital facility from your practice system or the MyHealthLink Portal. An eReferral is an electronic document that can be sent securely, replacing other methods such as faxing or posting paper referrals. The above solutions enable referrals to be sent, received, and managed electronically. Referrers and patients will also receive notification of referral outcomes.

If your patient is eligible for treatment, please read this information on how to submit your referral.

Private referrals (bulk-billed through Medicare)

All patients have the right to choose to be treated as a public or private patient for outpatient attendances. If your patient chooses to be treated privately and bulk-billed through Medicare, your referral must meet the following criteria:

• You must address the referral to one Consultant from our Specialist team, not the hospital, clinic, outpatient department or JMO
• You must sign and date the referral, and include your provider number and practice address
• You must state the period of referral in months, or refer “indefinitely”
• You must provide this referral on or prior to the appointment date.

Please note that it is inappropriate for our Administration team to recommend a Consultant for your patient. We have listed the names and specialties of our Consultants above to help you decide on the most appropriate practitioner. 

Urgent referrals 

If your patient needs to be seen urgently, please call the Prince of Wales Hospital switchboard on (02) 9382 2222 and ask to speak with the Dermatology Registrar. 

Who will contact your patient to schedule an appointment?

Once the eReferral has been received and accepted a notification will be sent to the referrer and patient. Appointment details will be provided via letter to the patient and GP. Patients will receive an SMS reminder 3 days before their appointment. If an appointment cannot be made, we will send patients a letter confirming that they are on the outpatient waiting list for the next available appointment.

Who can you contact to follow up on a referral? 

You can call the Dermatology department on (02) 9382 0784 to follow up on your referral.

What is the process if a patient misses or cancels their appointment?

If your patient needs to change or cancel their appointment they should telephone (02) 9382 0784 or (02) 9382 0400.

We are a Medicare service. You must provide a referral that is addressed to one of our Specialist team if your patient wishes to be bulk-billed.