Endocrinology & Diabetes
Health professional information
Clinical service overview
We specialise in:
- All aspects of general endocrinology (pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, calcium and metabolic disorders and gonadal disease)
- Diabetes - acute and chronic care, and diabetes education
- Endocrine emergencies (diabetes, pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, calcium)
- Foot disease in diabetes: vascular, neuropathic, acute infections and ulceration
- Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease
- Paget's disease evaluation and treatment
- Thyroid nodule and goitre evaluation and therapy including fine needle biopsy
- Thyroid cancer management
- Endocrine hypertension evaluation and therapy in suspected renovascular disease and hyperaldosteronism
- Day bed facility for investigation and treatment of endocrine disease including specialised procedures e.g. adrenal vein sampling, petrosal sinus sampling, IV bisphosphonate therapy of osteoporosis & Paget's disease, testosterone implants for male hypogonadism, oestrogen implants for menopause (HRT)
- Insulin pump therapy commencement and continuous glucose monitoring
Advice & Guidance – Endocrinology & Diabetes
Additional clinical support from a specialist is available via ‘Advice & Guidance.’ You can securely message one of our Alfred Endocrinologists via Consultmed eReferral to ask questions to support management without necessarily requesting an outpatient appointment. A response will be received within 3 working days. Find out more about our Advice & Guidance service here.
Exclusion criteria
This service does not routinely offer treatment for the following:
- Patients who are being treated for the same condition at another Victorian public hospital
- Children under 18 years of age
- Obesity where there is no suspected underlying endocrine condition
- Impaired glucose tolerance only
- Diabetes well controlled on diet alone
- NIDDM with good control and without complications
- Patients requiring dietary and exercise advice, or blood pressure and lipid assessment alone
- Patients whose primary problem is not directly related to their diabetes
Refer your patient via eReferral
- Completed referrals are sent securely to the department or clinic selected
- You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt for each referral
To send an eReferral to Alfred Health you will need to create a free and secure Consultmed account.
For questions, feedback or technical support, visit our eReferral webpage.
eReferrals
We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.
All referrals are triaged by the service according to clinical urgency. Patients requiring immediate assessment should be sent to the Emergency & Trauma Centre.
To refer your patient, please send an eReferral. For urgent referrals, also contact the service Registrar to discuss the case.
To ensure appropriate and timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details as well as relevant investigation results.
If you are concerned about any delay of the appointment or if there is any deterioration in your patient’s condition, contact the service Registrar on call on (03) 9076 2000.
(03) 9076 2460
Special referral instructions
Include any relevant clinical history and copies of tests already undertaken to expediate referral triage. Relevant tests for Diabetes Clinic include: U&E/Creatinine Blood glucose HbA1C Cholesterol HDL-C TG
Our clinics
| Clinic name | Campus | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Clinic | The Alfred | 99 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
| Young Adults Diabetes Clinic | The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
| Pump Clinic | The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
| Endocrinology Clinic | The Alfred | 99 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
| Menopause & Endocrine Clinic | The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
| Women's Endocrinology Health Clinic | The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
| Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Clinic | The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
| Diabetes Connecting Care Clinic For people with type 2 diabetes |
Caulfield Hospital | 260 Kooyong Rd, Caulfield VIC 3162 |
| Endocrinology Clinic - Gestational Diabetes & Endocrine Disease in Pregnancy | Sandringham Hospital | 193 Bluff Rd, Sandringham VIC 3191 |
| Thyroid Nodule & Cancer Clinic Tuesday fortnightly at The Alfred |
The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |