Dr. Sujith Hattotuwa
Dr. Sujith Hattotuwa
Dr. Hattotuwa is a senior consultant Physician. He works at various private hospitals.
Dr. Hattotuwa is local graduate from the University of Adelaide. He is a fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
His special interests include Endocrinology and Cardiovascular medicine.
Dr. Mohammad Ahmedullah
Dr. Mohammad Ahmedullah
Dr. Ahmedullah is a senior consultant Physician at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. After graduating from Bangladesh, Dr. Ahmedullah worked in various capacities in the UK, Middle East and South Africa before moving to Australia. Dr. Ahmedullah is a fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians as well as Royal College of Glasgow.
His special interests apart from General Medicine include Gastroenterology and Rheumatology.
Dr. Ravi Ruberu
Dr. Ravi Ruberu
Dr. Ruberu is a general physician with training in geriatric medicine. He has strong interests in research, teaching and medical communication. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and Society for Neuroscience (USA). His special interests include Peri-operative care, Management of complex medical conditions and Neurodegenerative disorders.
Dr. Narsing Laddipeerla
Dr. Narsing Laddipeerla
Dr Laddipeerla is a Senior Consultant Endocrinologist at the The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Dr Laddipeerla completed his Endocrinology training from one of the most prestigious medical institutions in India. Dr Laddipeerla is exploring oppurtunities with managing endocrinology patients in private and is most interested in providing assistance with complex clinical problems including diabetes, thyroid disorders, pituitary disorders, osteoporosis and sexual disorders in men.
He is a Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Dr. Sunil Singh
Dr. Sunil Singh
Dr Sunil Singh is a Consultant Breast, Endocrine and General Surgeon at Lyell McEwin Hospital.
Dr Sunil Singh graduated from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana INDIA in 1980.Subsequently he did his surgical training there and later worked as Consultant after obtaining his MS in General Surgery in 1986.
He is a fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. His special interests apart from General Surgery include Breast and Endocrine Surgery.
Dr. Sanjiv Lath
Dr. Sanjiv Lath
Senior Consultant Physician at Lyell McEwin Hospital.
After graduating from India, he has worked in Mauritius as a Consultant Physician before moving to Australia.
Dr. Lath is a fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physician & Member of American College of Physician.
His special interests include
– Management of complex medical conditions.
– Cardiovascular medicine and Endocrinology.
Dr Thanuja R De Silva
Dr. Thanuja R De Silva
Dr. De Silva is qualified as a Consultant Physician and a Geriatrician; she currently works at the Lyell McEwin hospital. She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, a member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom and a fellow of the Ceylon College of Physicians.
She has been working in Australia since 2006 and completed her basic and advanced training in Adelaide and Brisbane. Her special interests include management of complex medical conditions, cognitive impairment, falls, frailty and polypharmacy.
Dr Michael Waters
Dr Michael Waters
Dr Michael Waters is a General Physician primarily based at Calvary Wakefield Hospital where he is involved in inpatient care , with a focus on perioperative medicine.
Dr Adel Pajaro
Dr Adel Pajaro
Dr Adeloisa Pajaro is a qualified geriatrician and general medicine physician who completed her training in Adelaide. She is a staff specialist /geriatrician at the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (Flinders Medical Centre and Noarlunga Hospital) and Repat Health Precinct.
She is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in Geriatric and General Medicine and a member of the Australian & New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine.
She is a strong advocate of healthy ageing and is passionate about addressing all medical conditions affecting older adults. Her areas of interest include comprehensive geriatric assessment, cognitive impairment, dementia, falls assessment, complex medicine polypharmacy and advanced care planning.
Dr Naveen Agarwal
Dr Naveen Agarwal
Dr Naveen is a general and laparoscopic surgeon with over 12 years’ experience who provides specialist care in elective and emergency general surgery and has a special interest in upper GI and hernia surgery.
Initially trained as a general surgeon in India he attained a fellowship at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and accreditation with RACS-GESA committee for adult endoscopy and colonoscopy.
He then completed a fellowship in acute surgical unit and general surgery for two years and a fellowship in upper GI surgery for two years in South Australia. He is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide.
He believes in providing an ethical and patient centric practice. Dealing with surgical problems is a team effort with availability and communication with patients and primary care providers being the key to a successful outcome.
He offers professional services in all general surgical conditions and believes no surgery is minor.
His scope of practice includes:
Elective general Surgery:
Lap cholecystectomy, lap, open and complex hernia repair (inguinal, femoral, recurrent, ventral, incisional), laparoscopic antireflux surgery and hiatus hernia repair, skin cancers, carpal tunnel syndrome, vasectomy, circumcision, pilonidal sinus, muscle biopsy, temporal artery biopsy, lymph node biopsy, ingrown toe nails and infusaport placement.
Benign colorectal conditions:
Perianal sepsis and fistula, fissure and skin tags, haemorrhoids.
Emergency surgery:
Appendicitis, perforated bowel, intestinal obstruction, incarcerated and strangulated hernia, acute
cholecystitis and surgical infections.
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy:
Diagnostic, therapeutic and surveillance.
Dr Tahera Khanom
Dr Tahera Khanom
Dr. Tahera Khanom is an Australian trained Rehabilitation Medicine Physician with more than 14 years of working experience as a doctor. She is currently working at the Central Adelaide Local Health Network including Royal Adelaide Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. She has completed her specialist Rehabilitation Medicine training in South Australia working at all the major hospital services to become a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (FAFRM), a faculty of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).
She has expertise in assessment and management of patients who have ongoing physical impairment/disability and associated functional impairments.
She has been leading the multidisciplinary team working towards patients’ rehabilitation goal and she has recently obtained Associate Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Medical Administration (AFRACMA).
Dr Khanom has experience with all areas of rehabilitation including stroke rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, orthogeriatric rehabilitation, musculoskeletal medicine, amputee rehabilitation, brain and spinal injury rehabilitation, pain rehabilitation and reconditioning.
Dr Khanom is keen to keep working with adult patients of all ages, who have conditions including neurological disorders, spinal cord injury, brain injury, musculoskeletal injury, amputation, chronic disease, non-complex chronic pain, deconditioning and orthopaedic trauma.
Dr Shanka Karunarathne
Dr Shanka Karunarathne
Dr Shanka Karunarathne
MBBS, FCCP, MMed (Sleep Medicine), FRACP
Respiratory, Sleep Physician and Interventional Pulmonologist
Dr Shanka Karunarathne completed advanced training in Respiratory and Sleep medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and obtained his fellowship from Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2012.
Then, he undertook a fellowship in Lung Cancer and Pleural Disease at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital – Perth in 2013. Following that, Shanka undertook training in several international centres which allowed him to specialise in both Lung Cancer and Pleural disease, with a particular focus on advanced Bronchoscopic and complex Pleural procedures. This includes training within the St. Mariana Hospital (Japan), the National Cancer Centre (Japan), Aix – Marseille University Hospital (France). He trained in Rigid Bronchoscopy and other complex Bronchoscopic procedures at Thoraxklinik in Heidelberg (Germany).
Shanka completed a Master of Medicine (MMed) in Sleep Medicine from the University of Sydney.
Shanka is the Head of the Respiratory Department at NALHN and Director of Thoracic Procedure Unit and Lung cancer service. He is a senior Clinical Lecturer in The University of Adelaide.
He has ongoing involvement in Education, Research and Teaching in the fields of Respiratory, Sleep medicine and Interventional Pulmonology. He has presented his research projects at national and international conferences.
He provides care for patients with:
• Lung Cancer and Pleural disease
• Respiratory conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Shortness of Breath and Chronic Cough.
• Sleep disorders such as Sleep apnoea, Snoring, Restless Leg Syndrome, Parasomnias and Insomnia.
Shanka provides Bronchoscopy, EBUS (Endobronchial Ultrasound), Pleural procedure and other complex Interventional Pulmonology services in both the public and private sector. He also organizes Home Based/ In lab Sleep Studies and NIV titration in the public and private sector.
Dr Anuk Kruavit
Dr Anuk Kruavit
Dr Anuk Kruavit (MBBS, BMedSci, FRACP)
Respiratory & Sleep Medicine and General Medicine Physician
He moved to Australia from Thailand in 1996 and completed his medical training at the University of Melbourne (MBBS, BMedSci) in 2007. He spent his early years of physician training in Melbourne, Victoria, before gaining further experience in the Northern Territory and eventually moving to Flinders Medical Centre, where he was awarded dual FRACP in both General Medicine and Respiratory Medicine in 2017. He later completed his Sleep Medicine fellowship at Flinders Medical Centre the following year.
Dr. Kruavit is an active member of several national and international respiratory/sleep and internal medicine societies. He has several scientific publications and continues to be actively involved in research activity. His many interests include airways disease, pleural disease, lung cancer, interventional pulmonology, obstructive sleep apnoea and complex respiratory sleep disorders, obesity and metabolic syndrome and Indigenous health.
Dr. Kruavit has combined his training and is currently practicing as a Consultant Physician in both fields of General Medicine and Respiratory & Sleep Medicine. He is also involved in the Bariatric Management and Intervention program within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, and currently offers respiratory management service to Indigenous patients at Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Health Service. Apart from consulting at the Elizabeth Specialists Suite, he also manages inpatients at the Calvary Wakefield, Flinders Private and Stirling Hospitals.
Dr Zoe D Scounos
Dr Zoe D Scounos
Dr Zoe D Scounos (BMedSci (Hons), MBBS, FRACP)
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Dr Zoe D Scounos underwent her undergraduate training at the University of Adelaide and completed
the like in 1995. She completed specialty training in Respiratory and Sleep medicine at the nationally
and internationally acclaimed chest hospital, The Prince Charles Hospital, in Brisbane, Queensland.
Experience in all sub-specialties in Thoracic and Sleep medicine was obtained. In 2008, she was
awarded her fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).
This was followed by locum work as a Thoracic and Sleep Consultant within the Thoracic Department
of the Prince Charles Hospital combining private work at the Holy Spirit Northside Hospital on adjoining
campuses. Combined public and private work were had for 6 years before focusing on sole private
practice in the last 4 years. Over the last 10 years she maintained her clinical appointment as a Senior
Lecturer for the northside medical school of the University of Queensland, along with being an
associate partner in one of the largest and longest standing private sleep services of the state,
Queensland Sleep. Furthermore, in the last few years she pursued medico-legal work for asbestos
related lung/pleural disease.
Dr Zoe D Scounos relocated back to Adelaide in early 2019. She has joined with Elizabeth Specialists
Suites (ESS) in order to build on the service given her clinical interests.
Her special interests include:
• General thoracic medicine, including asthma, chronic airways disease, bronchiolar disease, along with the evaluation of chronic cough.
• Sleep disorders in general, along with sleep apnoea and complex sleep disordered breathing.
• Bronchoscopy
• Medico-legal work for asbestos related lung/pleural disease.
Dr Chris Langton
Dr Chris Langton
Dr Chris Langton (MBBS, FRACS)
Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician
Dr Langton is a Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician. He was born in Canada and migrated to Australia in 2006 where he completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Flinders Medical School in 2009. He attained his FRACP in 2018 after finishing Advanced Training in respiratory medicine, including a year with special interests in lung cancer and pleural diseases, at Flinders Medical Centre. He subsequently completed an interventional pulmonology fellowship at the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) in Vancouver, Canada in 2019. Upon returning back to Adelaide, he completed a second fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2020.
Dr Langton is a member of several national and international respiratory and sleep medicine societies. He enjoys the opportunity to be involved in education, research and teaching in the fields of respiratory and sleep medicine. He has presented clinical research at national and international conferences.
His many interests include interventional pulmonology, specifically bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), lung cancer, pleural disease and the emerging field of lung cancer screening. Additional interests include airways disease, complex sleep related disorders and non-invasive ventilation as well as obstructive sleep apnoea, parasomnias, restless legs and narcolepsy.