Gastroenterology is an area of medicine that focuses on the health of the digestive system, or the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Gastroenterologists can treat everything from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to hepatitis C. Digestive system disorders may affect the oesophagus (swallowing tube), stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), rectum, liver, gallbladder, or pancreas.
The study of medicine that relates to the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. Hormones are chemical messengers produced by glands and sent into the bloodstream to the various tissues in the body for a wide range of functions such as metabolism and weight management, growth, reproduction, and sexual development. Conditions that can result from hormone imbalance include diabetes, thyroid disease, menopause, metabolic disorders, osteoporosis, pituitary diseases, infertility and growth disorders among others.
Ophthalmology is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the eye and peri-orbital region. Common conditions include cataracts and cataract surgery, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, pterygium, glaucoma, kerataconus and laser eye surgery. Our eye surgeons are all trained in Sydney and have completed international subspecialty fellowships at leading global health care facilities. Find out more here
Oculoplastic surgery deals with a variety of surgical procedures that deal with the orbit (eye socket), eyelids, tear ducts, and the face. Oculoplastic surgeons are specifically trained in ophthalmology (medical and surgical conditions of the eye) before undertaking further surgical training in oculoplastics surgery. Common conditions include skin cancers of the eyelid area, droopy eyelid surgery (ptosis), excessive eyelid skin (dermatochalasis), inward and outward turning eyelids (entropion and ectropion), cosmetic eyelid surgery and thyroid eye disease. Oculoplastics surgeons are also specialists in surgery involving the lacrimal system, which can often present with watery eyes (epiphora).
