Dr Lean-Peng(LP) Cheah
General Surgeon
MBBS(Hons)Melb, MRCS(England), FRACS



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Special Interest in Short-Stay Surgery:

Endoscopy - Gastroscopy & Colonoscopy; Banding of haemorrhoids

Day Case Hernia Repair - Inguinal Hernia :Open tension-free mesh repair(under Local anaesthesia or GA); Anterior abdominal wall/paraumbilical/incisional hernias: usually with Ventralex mesh

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy & operative cholangiogram

Pilonidal Sinus Surgery - Excision & primary closure with local flap

Skin cancers and lumps(cysts, ganglions, lipomas) - inc plastic surgical techniques for closure & to minimize scar

Hand surgery - Carpal tunnel release, Dupuytren’s contracture, Ulnar nerve transposition, tendon injury

Haemorrhoid Surgery and other colorectal surgery

Ingrown toenails

Breast & Endocrine Surgery - inc Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Varicose veins

Vasectomy

Current Appointments
Consultant General Surgeon - John Fawkner Private Hospital, Mitcham and Waverley Private Hospital, Western Private Hospital, Western Gastroenterology, Echuca Regional Health, Seymour Hospital and Kilmore Hospital
Lecturer/Fellow in Surgery - University of Melbourne(Hon)[ View from Univeristy of Melbourne's Medical Faculty Website ]

Education and Awards
MBBS(Hons 1st) University of Melbourne( RMH & Western Hospital Clinical School) 1997 - top medical student, 23 awards and prizes, full scholarship
MRCS(England) 2000
FRACS(General Surgery) 2005

Surgical Experience
Registrar - RMH, St Vincent’s, Alfred, Northern, Geelong, Ballarat
Overseas experience - 2 years in England(University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust)
Consultant experience - Ballarat, Melbourne(Footscray, Coburg, Ferntree Gully, Ringwood, St Kilda, Mitcham), Seymour, Echuca; locum - Broken Hill, Batemans Bay & Moruya, Werribee Mercy

Logbook totals to 2008(5000+ cases) - 500+ hernia repairs, 500+ laparoscopic cholecystectomies, 1500+ endoscopies, 100+ thyroidectomies, 500+ colorectal/perianal cases, 150+ breast cases, 50+ sentinel lymph node biopsies, 1000+ skin lesions

Selected Presentations and Publications
"The Single-visit Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Clinic", "Day Case Abscess Service", "Work-Life Balance in Surgical Training", "Zone I Neck Injuries", "Emergency Abdominal Decompression in Abdominal Compartment Syndrome", "Surgical Training in Private Hospitals", "Improving Communication among doctors - Electronic Handovers","ReducingWastage in Operating Theatres"

Patient Information - Consulting Rooms location

MELBOURNE CITY/INNER CITY/WEST/NORTH - Footscray, Coburg

EAST/SOUTHEAST MELBOURNE - Mitcham, Waverley

REGIONAL VICTORIA - Echuca, Seymour, Kilmore

Appointments need to be made in rooms where you want to be seen

FEES

Payment required on day of consult - Cash/EFTPos/cheque

Initial consult - $125(Medicare rebate $68.75)

Review consult - $70(Medicare rebate $34.55)

Workcover/Veteran Affairs/TAC - no out of pocket expenses

Bulk-billing - only at Footscray rooms for low income pensioners, refugees, disadvantaged; in the Seymour/Kilmore - for those who have lost their homes in the 2009 bushfire

Privately insured patients treated in a private hospital as an inpatient - Usually no out-of-pocket expenses(Private insurance company billed directly under Gapcover/Ezyclaim/Access Gap Cover/HCF Medicover/Workcover etc)

WAITING TIMES FOR SURGERY
 

Melbourne - Private patients can usually booked in directly on day of consult

Regional Victoria - generally the waiting lists there is much shorter than in the public hospitals in Melbourne(1-8 weeks wait depending on type of surgery). Some patients from Melbourne can be operated on in the country provided they are not over the weight limit and of reasonable health.

Direct access endoscopy also available - please enquire at rooms. Patients' GP need to fax referral.

Minor procedures performed in rooms with minor operating theatre - The Clinic Footscray, Mitcham and Waverley Consulting Rooms(hospital charges small fee to cover equipment, anaesthetic and material costs, limited cases per session - please enquire ahead) 

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