Residents of East Gippsland can access experienced, professional skin cancer care close to home at East Gippsland Skin Cancer Clinic in Metung, which is now taking new patients.
Located at 3 Hardys Road, Metung, the clinic provides comprehensive skin cancer assessments in a friendly, professional and patient-focussed environment.
Their aim is to make skin checks as straight forward, comfortable and reassuring as possible.
Regular skin checks play and important role in the early detection of skin cancer.
The experienced doctors at East Gippsland Skin Cancer Clinic carefully assess your whole skin, using modern dermoscopic technology and can arrange further investigations when required.
The clinical team includes general practitioners Dr Tom Alwyn and Dr Jamie Croft, experienced General Practitioners with training in skin cancer medicine, together with Dr Ali Baqar, Consultant General Surgeon at Bairnsdale Regional Health Service and an accredited Skin Cancer Doctor with The Skin Cancer College Australasia.
Where further investigation is required, the clinic can provide on-site diagnostic biopsies and minor surgical procedures under local anaesthetic, with specimens sent for formal pathology testing.
Where specialist care is required referral pathways to major Melbourne centres, including Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre are available.
New patients are welcome, and no doctor’s referral is required.
Appointments can be made directly by calling East Gippsland Skin Cancer Clinic during business hours.
Clinic hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am–4.30pm. The clinic is closed on Wednesdays.
Standard consultation fees are $120, (or $90 for concession card holders), with applicable Medicare rebates.
If you have a noticed a new or changing spot, have concerns about your skin, or are due for a skin check, please contact East Gippsland Skin Cancer Clinic to arrange an appointment, before the summer rush.
Experienced skin cancer care, close to home.
