Endocrinology

The Endocrine and Metabolic Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital provides assessment, advice, management and teaching in relation to all aspects of endocrine and metabolic disease. It deals with a wide range of conditions including diabetes mellitus, pituitary, adrenal and thyroid disease, obesity and metabolic disorders, lipid disorders, osteoporosis and the menopause.

Contact numbers:

Phone:	+61 8 8222 5520
Fax:	+61 8 8222 5908

Location

The Endocrine and Metabolic Unit is located on Level 7 of the Emergency Block.

Outpatient Assessment Clinics

New appointments require a referral letter from a general practitioner. Appointments can be made on (08) 8222 5174. For diabetes appointments please ring (08) 8222 5111.

Diabetes Centre

The Diabetes Centre is located on Level 3 Theatre Block in the hospital. It provides a complete educational service for people with diabetes and their families.

Endocrine Test Unit

The Endocrine Test Unit provides complex testing of endocrine conditions under optimum conditions. Most tests are conducted as a Day Patient. The Endocrine Test Unit is located in the Ambulatory Day Care Unit on Level 9 of the Outpatients Block.

Endocrine Bone Densitometer

The Unit operates a private, non-profit Norland Bone Densitometer for clinical and research purposes. This service provides bone mineral density (BMD) at the forearm, hip and spine for private patients referred from inside or outside the hospital. Charges are modest and there is no gap charge for those entitled to Medicare rebates. On sequential measurements, the system reports the mean change at three sites which appears to be more reliable than the change at any single site. We also provide whole-body bone density and body composition measurements by special arrangement. This service is managed by Professor  B E C Nordin, Visiting Consultant Physician. 

Inpatient Services

These are provided in Ward S8 in the North Wing and include inpatient assessment of endocrine disorders and their complications, as well as expert management of endocrine emergencies such as diabetic ketoacidosis.

The Unit also provides a comprehensive consultative service to other units within the hospital. This includes advice about the management of endocrine disorders before, during and after surgery.

Research Interests

• Diabetes and gastrointestinal motility
• Regulation of appetite and body composition
• Osteoporosis.
• Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in critical illness, pregnancy and obesity weight loss.
• Endocrinology of ageing.
• Obesity.

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