Below is our Register of Physicians
Updated: 19 April 2023
If you are a physician with experience in occupational lung disease who is interested in joining the register or if you require any further details, please feel free to contact TSANZOffice@thoracic.org.au
Dr Allan J Finnimore FRACP
Private practice at Sunnybank and Greenslopes Private Hospitals;
Partner in Greenslopes Lung Function Lab
8/245 McCullough St Sunnybank QLD 4109
Phone: (07) 3216 9511
Email: allfinn@optusnet.com.au
Dr Anthony Johnson
Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician in Private Practice in Liverpool;
8/41-43 Goulburn St, Liverpool NSW 2170
Medical Authority Member: Dust Diseases icare
Phone: (02) 98240949
Email: doctor@anthonyjohnson.com.au
Qualifications:
M.B.B.S. University of Sydney 1990.
F.R.A.C.P. 1996.
M.O.H.S. University of Sydney 1997.
Workcover Trained Assessor of Permanent Impairment
Dr Christopher Zappala
Thoracic and Sleep Physician
Queensland Respiratory and Sleep
Suite 24, Level 2 at The Wesley Medical Centre –
40 Chasely Street, Auchenflower QLD 4066
Phone: (07) 3371 0500
Email: chris.zappala@qldrespiratorysleep.com.au
Telehealth Services: Yes
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Thoracic Medicine Department, Level 3 of the James Mayne Building,
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Phone: (07) 3647 0104
Email: chris.zappala@health.qld.gov.au
Telehealth Services: Yes
Professor Daniel Chambers
Thoracic & Transplant Physician
Wallace Street Specialist Centre
Phone: (07) 3188 0211
Email: daniel.chambers@health.qld.gov.au
Fax: (07) 3188 5285
A/Professor David Bryant
St Vincent’s Clinic
Suite 705B, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Phone: 02 8382 6776
Email: bryantreception@stvincents.com.au
Dr Farzad Bashirzadeh
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (public)//Wesley (private)
Staff specialist thoracic and sleep physician
Phone: 0403494329
Email: farzad.bashirzadeh@health.qld.gov.au
Telehealth Services: Yes
Expertise: Interventional pulmonologist, Sleep physician, general respiratory, Occupational lung disease.
Professor Fraser Brims
Consultant Respiratory Physician | Head of Department
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Hospital Ave, Nedlands WA 6009
Phone: (08) 6457 3333
Mobile: 0478598648
Email: fraser.brims@health.wa.gov.au
Dr Graham Simpson
Cairns Hospital (The Esplanade),
Cairns QLD 4870
Phone: 07 4226 0000
Email: fgsimpson@iig.com.au
Fax: 07 40310742
Prof Hubertus Jersmann
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Royal Adelaide Hospital and Alice Springs Hospital
Phone: 0408 440 604
Email: hubertus.jersmann@sa.gov.au
Telehealth services: yes
Expertise: Bronchiectasis, Asthma, COPD, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis
Dr John Armstrong
Medconsultants
Silverton Place, 101 Wickham Terrace
Brisbane 4000
Telephone: (07) 38394788 or 0419379265
Email: bookings@medconsultants.com.au or armstrongresp@gmail.com
Expertise: All areas of Occupational Lung Disease but specifically: Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis, Silicosis including disease due to engineered stone, and Occupational Asthma
Telehealth Services: Yes
Dr Justin Travers
Respiratory Physician
Te Whatu Ora, Hutt Hospital and Wakefield Heart Centre, Wellington
Telephone: +54 4 5666999 or +64 4 3818115
Email: Justin.Travers@huttvalleydhb.org.nz
Expertise: I’m a NZ respiratory physician with experience in occupational lung disease. I was a member of the National Asbestos Medical Advisory Panel, have contributed to WorkSafe’s Workplace Exposure Standards and have given conference presentations on occupational lung disease topics.
Telehealth Services: Yes
Dr Katherine Semple
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Pulmedica Suite 6a, Administration building,
Newdegate St Greenslopes QLD 4120
Phone: (07) 3847 8890
Email: admin@pulmedica.com.au
Fax: (07) 3847 8891
Dr Mahmoud Abdulazem H Alkhater
Respiratory Specialist
GCUH, GCPH, Premier Specialist Clinic, Mackay Private Hospital
Suit 1/4 Jowett Street, Coomera 4209
Phone: (04) 3401 3043
Email: mahmoud.alkhater@health.qld.gov.au
Dr Philip Masel
Respiratory Physician Medical Director of Respiratory Investigations Unit / Associate Professor, University of Queensland
MBBS FRACP Grad Cert Ed
The Prince Charles Hospital
Rode Road, Chermside, QLD, 4032
Phone: (07) 3139 4042 / (07) 3139 4510
Email: Philip.masel@health.qld.gov.au
Dr Robert Edwards
Wesley Medical Centre,
Level 2, Suite 26, 40 Chasely Street, Auchenflower QLD 4066
Phone: (07) 3870 4511
Email: bob.edwards@wesley.com.au
Fax: (07) 3371 3677
Health Point Precinct,
Level 1, 93 – 101 Willets Road, North Mackay QLD 4740
Phone: (07) 4965 4640
Telehealth Services: Yes
Expertise: Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease, Silicosis, Occupational Asthma, and Asbestosis
Dr Samuel Kim
Thoracic Physician,
Integrative Pulmonary Care & Medical Pty Ltd
33 North Street, Ground Floor, Suite 287-288,
Spring Hill QLD 4000
Phone: 0417 628 286
Email: sam@pulmonarycare.com.au
Telehealth Services: Yes
Expertise: Medicolegal Assessment, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and General Occupational Lung Disease diagnostics and management
Dr Sean Tolhurst
Thoracic Physician
Sleep and Lung Centre
Suite 6, Greenslopes Specialist Centre
Greenslopes Private Hospital,
121 Newdegate St, Greenslopes QLD 4120.
Phone: (07) 3324 1699
Email: manager@tolmed.com.au
Fax: (07) 3324 1688
Dr Stephen Vincent
FNQ Thoracic Services,
Suite 4b, Flecker House, 5 Upward Street, Cairns QLD 4870
Phone: (07) 4051 1100
Email: admin@fnqthoracic.com.au
Fax: (07) 4051 1962
Professor Tamera Corte
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,
50 Missenden Rd, Camperdown NSW 2050
Phone:
Email: tameracorte@mac.com
Note – this list is comprised of Medical Professionals who have said they have experience in Occupational Lung Disease. TSANZ has not vetted each individual and does not take any responsibility for the Professional’s experience.