Dr Anne

19/10/2025

Super excited to share details of my new appointment as a women’s health specialist GP at the legendary Jean Hailes Melbourne CBD clinic. I’ll be working at the dedicated Thursday vulval clinic, where my twin professional passions of skin cancer and women’s health intersect.

I will continue to provide skin cancer and women’s health services from Sherbourne Road Medical Clinic, Montmorency Vic 3094 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

18/10/2025

Today is world menopause day.
The post menopausal years now number 20 to 30 for many of us.
Let’s live them the best we can.
MHT won’t be right for everyone, but we all should be having have a conversation about it in the early post menopausal years.

See me at Sherbourne Road Medical Clinic, Montmorency VIC 3094
or at Jean Hailes Melbourne CBD Clinic (Thursdays).

17/10/2025

Basal cell cancers create their own special ‘jelly’ to grow in. This jelly adds ‘translucency’ to the skin and also makes it abnormally soft so that it ulcerates and bleeds easily.

These features make BCCs the easiest of the skin cancers to spot. But you have to know what to look for.

See me at Sherbourne Road Medical Clinic, Montmorency VIC 3094.

12/10/2025

Have you hit your extended Medicare Safety Net (EMSN) yet this calendar year?
If so, it’s a great time to get any episodic healthcare needs attended to.

Because you’ll get 80% of your out-of-pocket costs back from Medicare.
So, if you’re due a skin check or other interval review, now is the financially savvy time to do it.

Don’t know what I’m talking about ? Dr Moz and I did a whole podcast on the EMSN. DM ‘safety net’ and I’ll send you a link to that episode.

You can see me at Sherbourne Road Medical Clinic, Montmorency VIC 3094 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for either skin cancer or women’s health concerns.

And (from 6 November 2025), I’ll be consulting at the Jean Hailes Melbourne CBD clinic on Thursdays (women’s health concerns only at this site).

10/10/2025

What a sneaky little cancer this one was!
Hiding right in her hairline.
If we don’t look, we don’t find…
Make sure whoever does YOUR skincheck checks your scalp.

You can see me at Sherbourne Road Medical Clinic, Montmorency VIC 3094

07/10/2025

Seems the season for squamous cell cancers!
Fortunately this lady was on the ball. It’s her first skin cancer but she knew to be concerned when it appeared out of nowhere and just kept growing. Without knowing it, she applied the ‘4 week rule’. Which says that any skin thing that is continually growing or changing for 4 weeks or more needs to be checked out by a skin doctor.

You can see me at Sherbourne Road Medical Clinic, Montmorency VIC 3094



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05/10/2025

Sunscreen hit the headlines again this week. The list of those not providing the promised SPF cover grows longer by the day 😩.
Watch this reel for all the deets.
And let’s make sure not to throw the baby out with the bath water 😅.

03/10/2025

This scalp spot set off alarm bells.

It’s lonely, it has a pink base and its thick cap of keratin is wider than it’s tall.
It was also tender when I squeezed it.

It was of course a squamous cell cancer.

PLEASE wear a hat.
And please make sure to choose a SkinDoc who checks your scalp. Around 1 in 13 squamous cell cancers arise on the scalp.

22/07/2025

Squamous cell cancers can be impressively speedy growers. The faster growing ones are often tender. If you have a fast growing and TENDER scaly spot, there is a fair chance it’s a squamous cell cancer. Get it checked out by an accredited skin cancer Dr!

02/07/2025

A reminder why we have to check under hair. Skin cancers can hide anywhere. This is why we check your scalp, between your fingers and toes and beneath your un**es.

23/06/2025

This week's pod is already out and we think it’s JAM packed full of great info on the new changes on breast density reporting for women undergoing screening mammography through breast screen.

We are joined by the very smart and gracious breast surgeon Mr Sunny Jassil who is full to the brim with key info for patients to take home.

We really hope you enjoy this week's episode and if you liked it then share the episode with someone you think may benefit and give the Podcast page a follow on your favourite social platform!!

Out now on:
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/7bFYIAe056dayGagBp0T9x?si=n4wgfUvLTHiQ-_35YqUzaQ
Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-medical-minute-2025-episode-12-in-the-thick-of/id1758298601?i=1000713890764

20/06/2025

Part 2 of our breast density explainer podcast has just dropped! And helping us out this time is Mr Sunny Jassal, a much loved and highly respected local breast surgeon. Listen in to hear Sunny’s approach to breast density.

Sunny Jassal

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7bFYIAe056dayGagBp0T9x?si=WUerQaZcQumJUOEzxpiTGQ

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-medical-minute-dr-anne-and-dr-moz/id1758298601?i=1000713890764

Podcast Episode · The Medical Minute: Dr Anne and Dr Moz · 20/06/2025 · 37m