Headache Clinic

How to access this clinic

Referral from your GP

You need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service.

Your doctor will need to fax your referral letter to us. We will be in contact with you in clinically recommended times, depending on waiting list length. If there is no waiting list, you will receive an appointment booking letter or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time.

What to bring

Every time you come

• Medicare card
• Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
• Private health insurance card (if applicable/if you want to use it)
• Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
• Previous X-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results or reports
• Medicines you need to take while you are here
• List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins
• Glasses, hearing aid(s) and/or walking frame if needed

For a clinic appointment

• Your appointment letter
• Any special items listed on your letter
• TAC or WorkCover claim number (if relevant)

Headache appointment history

Details from any medical appointment since your previous headache appointment.

Headache clinic diary

Your completed Headache Diary

Clinic times

Clinic consultants

• Dr Elspeth Hutton: Head of Headache Service, Consultant Neurologist
• Dr Trudy Cheng: Neurology Consultant
• Dr Jason Ray: Neurology Consultant
• Dr Emma Foster: Neurology Consultant
• Dr Subahari Raviskanthan: Neurology
• Dr Gabrielle Tse: Neurology Consultant
• Ms Josephine Baker: Senior Headache Specialist Nurse
• Dr Lakshini Gunasekera : Specialist Headache Fellow
• Ms Linda Buchholz: Senior Neurology Service Coordinator & Headache Service Administrator