Prince of Wales Hospital

Training Positions

Core: 1

 

Current Trainee/s

Dr Katherine Nguyen

 

Patient Services per Standard Week

Rheumatology inpatients: Daily ward rounds with RMO support.

Rheumatology consults for Prince of Wales Hospital and Royal Women's Hospital.

Outpatient weekly clinics x 4: i) New patient general rheumatology, ii) Follow-up general rheumatology, iii) Vasculitis or autoinflammatory diseases, iv) Post-discharge

Outpatient fortnightly clinics x 1: Paediatric rheumatology (at Sydney Children’s Hospital)

Optional outpatient fortnightly clinic x 1: Inflammatory eye/uveitis (at Sydney Eye Hospital)

Multidisciplinary clinical meetings: Interstitial lung disease, dermatology/rheumatology, uveitis, pulmonary hypertension, vasculitis

 
 

Requirements for On Call / Afterhours (including weekends)

Participate in the after-hours medical registrar roster

No rheumatology after-hours on-call

 

Education Activities

“Friday Group” clinical case meeting combined with St George Hospital, Wollongong Hospital and consultant rheumatologists in private practice - weekly

Department paper round / case discussion - weekly 

Radiology meeting - monthly

Journal club – monthly

Prince of Wales rheumatology AT teaching program – monthly

Musculoskeletal ultrasound

Multi-disciplinary meetings: Vasculitis, ILD, pulmonary HTN, uveitis, dermatology/rheumatology

Grand rounds – weekly (presentations twice per year)

NSW ARA monthly teaching and clinical meetings
 

Teaching Responsibilities

Participate in the UNSW medical school teaching programme including delivering tutorials and bedside teaching

Participate in the Basic Physician Trainee tutorial program, including supervising short cases and organising the rheumatology short case night

Emergency department registrar teaching

Supervision of Junior Medical Officers and Medical Students

 

Research Interests of Unit

Prince of Wales Hospital has research interests in vasculitis, medical education, complex autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases and obstetric rheumatology. We are keen to tailor research projects to trainee interests.   

Recent projects have included:

  • Diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT scan for giant cell arteritis
  • Aortic monitoring in GCA
  • Post-operative outcomes of patients with aortitis
  • Relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and the incidence of ANCA associated vasculitis
  • Steroid complications in patients admitted for gout
  • The First Nations experience of rheumatology services in a metropolitan hospital
  • Prevalence of neuropsychiatric SLE in psychosis patients with a positive ANA
  • Review of biologic and other DMARDs exposure in pregnant patients contacting the Royal Women’s Hospital for advice

 

Head of Unit

Name: A/Prof Anthony Sammel

Phone: 02-9382-4602

Email: anthony.sammel@health.nsw.gov.au

 

Staff

Dr Jim Bertouch (spondyloarthritis)

Dr Hugh Caterson (autoinflammatory diseases)

A/Prof Arvin Damodaran (medical education)

Dr Amel Katrib (general rheumatology, medical administration)

A/Prof Anthony Sammel (vasculitis, inflammatory eye disease)

 

Recruitment

Centralised recruitment for NSW/ACT training positions