Due to the ongoing Police operations and resulting exclusion zone in place in the Sydney CBD, Central Sydney Dermatology will remain closed until Wednesday 17th December.
Practice staff will contact persons who had appointments booked for Tuesday 16th December on Wednesday 17th or Thursday 18th December to rebook their appointments.
Please be patient, Dermatologists and staff at Central Sydney Dermatology are working to organize alternative times for your appointments.
A/Prof Stephen Shumack is currently on leave and will return to the practice on 9th October 2014. If any of his patients have queries about their treatment in the next week, one of our other Dermatologists or Registered Nurses’ will be happy to assist
Dr Jo-Ann See is on sabbatical leave until the 21st July. All other Dermatologists in the practice can attend to her patients in her absence.
A/Prof Stephen Shumack is a regular contributor to Prevention Magazine.
Dr Terence Poon, our Laser and Cosmetic Dermatologist was recently interviewed about the growing area of tattoo laser removal by the international news agency Bloomberg News. Of particular interest was the latest Picosure picosecond laser which you can read about here – http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-01/no-pain-no-gain-as-tattoo-regret-fueling-laser-removals.html
Our Dermatologists will be attending the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists. Clinical Associate Professor Stephen Shumack will be opening the conference as the current President of the Australasian College of Dermatologists. He will chair the first session on Genetic Disorders, HIV Dermatology and the Addiction of Tanning. Dr Jo-Ann See will be chairing two breakfast sessions. The first on acne treatments and the second on pre-cancer treatments.
Dr Jo-Ann See has just chaired the Australian Consensus meeting for photodynamic therapy of precancerous solar keratosis. This treatment hopefully will be a future treatment for pre-cancers of the face and scalp rather than liquid nitrogen.
Associate Professor Stephen Shumack has just attended the American Academy of Dermatology scientific meeting, in Denver Colorado. This is one of the largest and most informative meetings in the dermatology world.
Central Sydney Dermatology is able to transmit patient information electronically with Healthlink or Argus.
Please call the practice on 02 922 11477 for our details.
