Dr Sameer Kaul is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians having specialised in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine. He started his basic physician training at Frankston Hospital which he completed at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne. He is adept at various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including flexible bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound and intercostal catheter insertion. His interests include all facets of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine with particular interests in management of chronic lung diseases, assessment of lung nodules and cardiovascular effects of sleep.

Dr Amir Zangiabadi is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Interventional Pulmonologist. He currently holds public appointments in Respiratory Medicine at Frankston Hospital. He gained experience in the field of lung cancer and pleural diseases by completing a Clinical Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, UK. His special interests are in pleural disease and interventional pulmonology with skills in minimally invasive methods of diagnosing and staging lung cancer.

Mr Sergei Mitnovetski is a Melbourne based Cardiothoracic Surgeon with an extensive experience gained at Monash Medical Centre, St. Vincent’s, Austin, The Alfred and Royal Children’s Hospitals (Melbourne, Australia), John Hunter Hospital (Newcastle, Australia), Bristol Heart Institute (Bristol Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom), Toronto General Hospital (Canada), The Townsville Hospital and Gold Coast University Hospital (Queensland, Australia).

Mr Mitnovetski performs cardiac and thoracic surgical operations and, in the past, he was heavily involved in transplantation surgery/ECMO support and congenital cardiac surgery. He is expert in using minimally invasive techniques (VATS) to treat conditions associated with lung cancer.

Radiation Oncology

Provided by genesis care at Frankston, with full range of definitive, stereotactic, and palliative radiotherapy services.

Dr Ashwin Subramaniam is an Intensivist and General Physician with special interests in perioperative patient care. After completing his physician training at Eastern Health, he has worked at The Alfred Hospital, Austin Health and Peninsula Health. This broad exposure has consolidated his experience before he commenced employment as a specialist in Peninsula Health Intensive Care Unit. He is the Director of the Acute Admission and Assessment Unit (AAA) for Peninsula Health, Frankston, and the founding director of the Intensive Care Unit at The Bays Hospital.

Anaesthesia Team

Dr John Lau MBBS, B Med Sci (Hons), FANZCA

John is an experienced anaesthetist and pain specialist in Mornington Peninsula

In addition to providing anaesthesia for a wide variety of surgical specialties, Yoshi has a special interest and ongoing involvement in anaesthetic care for medically complex patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery, major orthopaedic surgery, bariatric surgery and emergency surgery, both in public and private sectors. He is also a researcher and teacher of ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia techniques, which improve patient comfort after surgery and reduce the requirement for other forms of pain killers.

In addition to providing anaesthesia for a wide variety of surgical specialties, Yoshi has a special interest and ongoing involvement in anaesthetic care for medically complex patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery, major orthopaedic surgery, bariatric surgery and emergency surgery, both in public and private sectors. He is also a researcher and teacher of ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia techniques, which improve patient comfort after surgery and reduce the requirement for other forms of pain killers.

Imaging Services

On-site i-med imaging provides:

• Ultrasound, CT scan and MRI imaging
• CT guided biopsies
• Pleural aspiration
• Lymph node biopsy and fine needle aspiration

Support Staff & Allied Health Professionals

Access to on-site day infusion, dietetics, social worker and other allied health services.

Multidisciplinary Thoracic Conference

Patient’s clinical history, pathology, imaging, and diagnostic studies are reviewed fortnightly by the multidisciplinary team to coordinate evaluation and treatment strategies.