Riverina Urological Multidisciplinary Team

Services

A multidisciplinary team of specialists, nurses and allied health professionals providing specialist care in the treatment of urology cancer. This team has regular multidisciplinary care team meetings, where specialists can present patient cases for multidisciplinary discussion of all available treatment options.

The multidisciplinary team meeting is run out of the Riverina Cancer Care Centre with both public and private patients discussed. The urologists, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists consult and treat both public and private patients, thus refer all of these patients for discussion at the urology multidisciplinary meetings.

Access to services such as physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy and speech pathology can be facilitated by the local oncology unit and/or the cancer care coordinator or oncology social worker contact: Wagga Community Health Centre, Ph: (02) 6938 6411, Fax: (02) 6938 6410.

To contact the Multidisciplinary team coordinator, contact the Riverina Cancer Care Centre on (02) 6932 1000.

Multidisciplinary Team

This team comprises of the following cancer specialists and allied health professionals.

• Dr Steven Sowter
  Chairperson, Urological Surgeon
• Dr Robert Thomas
  Urological Surgeon
• Dr James Symons
  Urological Surgeon
• Dr Jane Hill
  Medical Oncologist
• Dr Renuka Chittajallu
  Medical Oncologist
• Dr David Palmieri
  Medical Oncologist
• Dr Chloe Khoo
  Medical Oncologist
• Dr Martin Berry
  Radiation Oncologist
• Dr Noel Aherne
  Radiation Oncologist

This MDT may also draw expertise from professionals specialising in the following roles as required on a case-by-case basis.

• Clinical Trials Nurse
• Genetic Counsellor
• Pathologist
• Radiologist
• Registered Nurse
• Social Worker

Contact and Meeting Times

Meeting times
First Wednesday of the month.

Riverina Cancer Care Centre
31 Meurant Avenue
Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

• Telephone
  (02) 6932 1000
• Fax
  (02) 6925 4848 
• Email
  riverina - at - riverinacancercare.com.au
• Web
  www.riverinacancercare.com.au