Respiratory and Sleep Medicine

Respiratory and Sleep manage a range of general and complex disorders including cystic fibrosis, lung disease and tuberculosis. 

We are a multi-disciplinary inpatient, ambulatory and outreach respiratory and sleep service. 

Services

• COPD
• Complex sleep and Respiratory Failure services
• Lung Cancer and Pleural disorders
• Interstitial lung disease
• Asthma
• Complex lung disorders
• Thoracic physiotherapy
• Lung function testing
• Sleep Studies
• Pulmonary rehabilitation  

Specialised clinics

• Tuberculosis SA (TB SA)
• Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
• Lung Transplant Unit
• Interventional Pulmonology and Pleural services
• Respiratory Failure service

Thoracic Medicine and Sleep Medicine Unit, Level 3D (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, Lung Transplant Unit, Tuberculosis SA (TB SA) and Lung Function Laboratory, Level 3E Wing 2 (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Consultants

• Prof Paul Reynolds – Heart and Lung Medical Lead
• Prof Phan Nguyen – Head of Unit
• A/Prof Arash Badiei
• Dr Simone Barry – Head of Tuberculosis service
• Dr Sally Chapman
• Dr Dien Dang
• Dr James Geake
• Prof Mark Holmes – Head of Lung Transplant service
• Prof Chien-Li Holmes-Liew
• Dr Emily Hopkins
• Prof Hubertus Jersmann
• Dr Emily Lawton
• A/Prof Judith Morton – Head of Adult Cystic Fibrosis service
  Dr Alice Sawka
• Dr Paroma Sarkar
• A/Prof Aeneas Yeo – Head of Respiratory Failure and Sleep Medicine Services

Senior clinicians

• Dr Sonya Johnston – Scientific Director, Lung Function Laboratory and Scientific Lead, Sleep Disorders Service
• Dr Nathan Ward – Advanced Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, Cardiorespiratory Medicine.

You need a referral from a GP or medical practitioner to access this service.

Once your referral has been received it will be triaged according to clinical urgency.

If your referral is accepted, you will either:

• receive a letter, phone call or text message confirming your appointment time, date and location
• receive a letter confirming you have been waitlisted for an appointment.

If the referral is declined, your GP or referring medical practitioner will be notified.

We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service. 

See all our clinics and services with the relevant referral information for each service.

All services triage referrals according to clinical urgency.

eReferrals are preferred.

Use the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) as a referral guide.

For clinical advice, contact the unit Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Referrals can be emailed or faxed. 

For clinical advice, contact the unit Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation is treated at both Hampstead and Royal Adelaide Hospital. 

Use the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) as a referral guide. 

Phone the relevant location for clinical advice. All referrals go through Thoracic Medicine email and fax. 

The Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program within Respiratory and Sleep has a dedicated registrar on call. 

Use the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) as a referral guide. 

For clinical advice phone the service, Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.