Northern Respiratory

07/08/2024

Did you know our director Dr Michael Chia visits monthly at Victor Harbor?

Operating from Encounter Bay Dental at 5/66 Victoria Street, Dr Chia can provide consultation for sleep disorders, CPAP therapy initiation and review, and general respiratory disorders.

Appointments can be made by calling Respiratory SA on 83644422 between 9am-4pm, Mon-Fri.

08/12/2023

🎄🎅🏻2023/2024 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CLOSURE🎅🏻🎄

Our last day is Friday the 22nd of December until 5pm.

Administration staff will return on Monday the 8th of January to take phone calls and book appointments.

Technical staff return on Wednesday the 10th of January and the labs will reopen for testing from this date.

From all the staff at Northern Respiratory, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

19/12/2022

🎄🎅🏻CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CLOSURE🎅🏻🎄

Our last day of trading is Thursday the 22nd of December until 5pm.

Both administration and technical staff return on Monday the 9th of January 2023 and the labs will reopen for testing from this date.

From all the staff at Northern Respiratory, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

20/06/2022

Do you have COPD or ILD?

Recruitment is now open for a new clinical trial, Sinfonia, for people living with COPD or ILD to participate in 12 weeks of online singing classes.

If you're on stable treatment, with breathlessness, and are not currently enrolled in pulmonary rehab classes, you're invited to participate in this clinical trial. Carers are also able to participate.

For more information contact Catherine Buchan at c.buchan@alfred.org.au.

07/04/2022

The growing use of e-cigarettes, or vapes, in Australia poses a "serious public health risk" and threatens to introduce a new generation to smoking, according to the authors of a major new government report.

23/12/2021

🎄🎅🏻CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CLOSURE🎅🏻🎄

Our last day of trading is today, Thursday the 23rd of December 2021.

Administration and technical staff will return on Wednesday the 5th of January 2022 with the labs reopening for testing from this date.

From all the staff at Northern Respiratory, we wish you all a safe and Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

23/12/2021

11/11/2021

UPDATE: Now estimated at 12:15pm

PLEASE NOTE: We are currently without power, including our phone lines

SA power networks estimate this to return at 10:15am. Sorry for the inconvenience

31/05/2021

Did you know the use of among young Australians aged 18-24 has doubled over the past 3 years?

Today is (31 May), a global campaign aimed to empower millions of to***co users to make a quit attempt. Over the last decade, we have seen a dramatic rise in the number of young people engaging in e-cigarette smoking with the to***co industry employing strategic marketing tactics to promote these products to children, including making products available in over 15,000 attractive flavours. Lung Foundation Australia recognises that Australian parents and school children are being bombarded with flavoured e-cigarettes and we are developing tools and resources with nib foundation to support parents and young Australians.

This , we ask the Australian Federal Government:
- Increase taxes on flavoured e-cigarettes and liquids
- Regulate and monitor online and social media marketing of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 18.
- Support empowerment and education for young people to be critically curious of the direct marketing towards them.

E-cigarettes pose known and unknown risks to human health and act as a gateway to traditional smoking, placing a new generation at heightened risk of lung disease and lung cancer. To sign up to receive communications from Lung Foundation Australia to stay up to date on this issue, visit: https://www.tfaforms.com/4701664

24/05/2021

[Health Alert]
The Bureau of Meteorology has advised that strong winds have raised dust in South Australia which is likely to persist for some time.

People with chest conditions, such as asthma, and heart conditions are advised this could exacerbate their condition.

While all people may feel discomfort, people with these conditions are advised to:
🔴 Avoid exposure to dust by staying indoors
🔴 Take medication as usual
🔴 Follow asthma management plan
🔴 Avoid exercising outdoors until the dust clears.

For more information about ways to protect yourself: https://bit.ly/3bLTfha

13/04/2021

[ Health Alert ]
The Bureau of Meteorology has advised that strong winds have raised dust over the Adelaide area which is likely to persist for some time. Conditions are worse to the north of Adelaide with multiple reports of significant visibility reductions.

People with chest conditions, such as asthma, and heart conditions are advised this could exacerbate their condition.

While all people may feel discomfort, people with these conditions are advised to:
🔴 Avoid exposure to dust by staying indoors
🔴 Take medication as usual
🔴 Follow asthma management plan
🔴 Avoid exercising outdoors until the dust clears.

ℹFor more information about ways to protect yourself: https://bit.ly/3e3TxAm.

15/12/2020

🎄🎅🏻CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS CLOSURE🎅🏻🎄

Our last day of trading is Wednesday the 23rd of December.

Both administration staff and technical staff return on the 4th of January and the labs will reopen for lung function testing from this date.

From all of the staff at Northern Respiratory, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!

16/11/2020

If you have been to any of these locations please contact us on 82872040 and reschedule your appointment.

⚠ COVID-19 Health Alert 16 November 2020 (11.00am)⚠

Please visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/covidcontacttracing for the latest COVID-19 health alerts.

SA Health is contacting everyone who was in the Emergency Department at Lyell McEwin Hospital between 5:30pm Friday 13 November and 4:00am Saturday 14 November who may have been in close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case.

However, if you visited this location during this time, and have not been contacted by SA Health, you should self-quarantine immediately and call the SA COVID-19 Information line 1800 253 787.

ℹ ADVICE ℹ
If you visited any of the below locations duration the listed times, you do not need to self-quarantine but you should monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if symptoms appear:

Bus 500 from Salisbury Bus Interchange
• Friday 13 November 6.30am – 7.40am
• Thursday 12 November 6.30am – 7.40am
• Wednesday 11 November 6.30am – 7.40am
• Tuesday 10 November 6.30am – 7.40am
• Monday 9 November 6.30am – 7.40am

Bus 502 from Internode Adelaide bus stop on Grenfell Street
• Friday 13 November 4.15pm – 5.30pm
• Thursday 12 November 4.30pm – 5.30pm
• Monday 9 November 10.30am – 11.30am

Bus (GA1/GA2/GA3) from bus stop near train station
• Tuesday 10 November 5.30pm – 6.30pm
• Saturday 7 November 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Bus 411 from Salisbury Bus Interchange
• Monday 9 November 11.30am – 11.45am

Salisbury Bus Interchange
• Monday 9 November 11.30am – 12.00pm

Elizabeth Shopping Centre
• Sunday 8 November 11.00am – 12.30pm

Harris Scarf, Elizabeth Shopping Centre
• Sunday 8 November 11.00am – 12.30pm

Hollywood Plaza Surgery
• Saturday 14 November 10.00am – 11.00am
• Friday 13 November 7.15am – 7.20am

Woolworths, Hollywood Plaza
• Saturday 14 November 10.00am – 11.00am
• Friday 13 November 10.00am – 12.00pm

The Aquadome,1 Crockerton Rd Elizabeth
• Saturday 14 November 11.00am – 1.30pm

Hungry Jacks, 321 Commercial Rd Port Adelaide
• Saturday 14 November 12.00am – 2.30am
• Friday 13 November 7.30pm – 12.00am

Mantra on Frome
• Friday 13 November 7.40am – 3.45pm
• Thursday 12 November 7.30am – 4.00pm

Salisbury City Fruit Bowl, Salisbury (location updated)
• Friday 13 November 10.00am – 10.15pm

Ekam Indian Groceries, Enfield Plaza
• Friday 13 November 1.30pm – 4.30pm

Parafield Plaza Supermarket
• Thursday 12 November 10.30am – 11.30am

To find a location to get a COVID-19 test visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/covidtesting

03/08/2020

DR CARISSA YAP
MBBS FRACP
Respiratory & Sleep Physician.

CLINIC TIMES
Consults alternate Fridays 10am - 5pm
****Please note Dr Yap is currently on maternity leave****

Dr Carissa Yap graduated with distinction from Monash University (MBBS) in Melbourne in 2009. She then completed physician training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and, subsequently specialised in respiratory medicine at Flinders Medical Centre with emphasis on a wide range of lung disorders. She also specialised in sleep medicine at Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AISH), which is renowned nationally as a leading tertiary centre for sleep medicine.

Dr Yap is an award winning researcher and is active in clinical research to advance the field of respiratory and sleep medicine. She recently completed an extensive prospective research study at AISH in collaboration with CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) and FHBHRU (Flinders Human Behaviour & Health Research Unit) to achieve weight loss in overweight patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.

Dr Yap is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) as well as the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA). She consults in a wide range of respiratory and sleep disorders, in particular: chronic cough and breathing difficulties including asthma and COPD, lung infections and malignancies as well as narcolepsy and restless legs syndrome. Her special interest is in the investigation of the causes of sleepiness such as sleep apnoea and insomnia.

Dr Yap takes priority in meeting the individual well-being needs of her patients and constantly considers their preferences in managing their illnesses. She is known for her good rapport with her patients at comprehensive consultations, taking time to address her patients’ concerns and queries as well as providing optimal follow up.

24/07/2020

MEET OUR TEAM

DR NUR SULAIMAN
MBBS, FRACP
Respiratory & Sleep Physician

CLINIC TIMES
Consults every Wednesday 9am - 3pm

Dr Nur Sulaiman graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the University of New South Wales in Sydney before moving to Adelaide in 2011. She did her internship and basic physician training at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH), Woodville. She started her Advanced Training in Respiratory at TQEH in 2015 before being continuing on as a sleep fellow at the Sleep Health Services at Repatriation General Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre. She is passionate about chronic lung diseases such as COPD, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. Her other passion is of complex sleep disordered breathing and Circadian rhythm disorder. She is currently consulting in Northern Respiratory weekly and at QE Specialist Centre fortnightly. She has admitting rights to all the Calvary-based hospitals in South Australia, Flinders Private Hospital, The Memory Hospital and Ashford Hospital.

In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking and doing amateur photography of beautiful landscapes.

17/07/2020

MEET OUR TEAM

DR MADHU CHANDRATILLEKE
MBBS, FRACP
Respiratory & Sleep Physician

CLINIC TIMES
Consults Alternate Thursday 10am - 5pm (some Monday evenings as required).

Dr Madhu Chandratilleke graduated in Medicine from the University of Colombo in 2001. Then she completed her MD in Medicine and was board certified as a Respiratory Physician in Sri Lanka in 2007.

After migrating to Australia in 2007, she worked in the Royal Brisbane Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital (world recognised centres for clinical care and research in Respiratory Medicine). She passed the FRACP exams in 2008 and completed her advanced training in The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide and was awarded the Fellowship of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians in December 2011.

She completed her sleep training in Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health at the Repatriation General Hospital which is a highly regarded sleep service.

Her main research interests include non-medical management options for chronic air ways disease and ambulatory care models for diagnosis of OSA

She provides consultation services for all respiratory and sleep related issues and performs bronchoscopy and pleural procedures.

Some of her interests include evaluation and management of:

Chronic air ways disease
Lung cancer
Parenchymal lung disease
Obstructive sleep apnoea

10/07/2020

MEET OUR TEAM

DR AARON OH
MBBS FRACP
Respiratory and Sleep Physician

CLINIC TIMES
Consults alternate Fridays 9am - 5pm


He graduated from the University of Adelaide, and completed his Respiratory training at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he was also the Chief Medical Resident. He went on to complete his Sleep fellowship at the Australian Institute of Sleep Health (AISH).

Dr Oh has served on the SA/NT Executive Board of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and is a current member of the Australasian Sleep Association’s Advanced Trainee Education subcommittee.

His interests include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease (lung fibrosis), and the full range of sleep disorders: snoring, sleep apnoea, parasomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, and narcolepsy.

02/07/2020

MEET OUR TEAM

DR PAROMA SARKAR
MBBS, FRACP
Respiratory & Sleep Physician

CLINIC TIMES
Consults every Thursday 12pm - 5pm

Dr Sarkar is a medical graduate from the University of Adelaide. She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and also a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, European Respiratory Society and Australian Sleep Association. She is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician who did her respiratory advanced training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and her sleep fellowship at the Adelaide Institute of Sleep Health which is a centre of research excellence in association with Flinders Medical Centre. She has been awarded the Mark Jolly award and the Allan Kerr Grant excellence in teaching award for her contribution to junior medical staff training. Dr Sarkar takes a particular interest in interstitial lung disease, lung cancer and sleep disorders.