Obesity Multidisciplinary Management Clinic

Clinical service overview

The clinic will provide a goal-directed multidisciplinary obesity management service to patients of Alfred Health with obesity-related health conditions to improve their health and treatment outcomes.

Eligibility criteria

Eligible patients:

• Are current patients of Alfred Health
  and 
• Are aged 18 years and over
  and
• Have body mass index of 35 kg/m2 or greater
  and 
• Have an obesity-related medical disease or functional impairment
  and
• Have at least one of the following:
  • Weight loss is likely to improve the control or symptoms of obesity-related disease
  • Obesity is a barrier to a procedure/surgery
  • Recent potentially preventable obesity-related hospital admission or Emergency Department presentation

Exclusion criteria

• If BMI is less than 35kg/m2 
• If treatment goals are unlikely to be achieved with medical management of obesity
• If patient is unsuitable for a 12 month time-limited service (refer externally to long term obesity management service) 
• Pregnant or breastfeeding 

We are unable to accept referrals from outside Alfred Health.

Clinic times

Clinic consultants

• A/Prof Priya Sumithran: Endocrinology
• Dr Daniel Fineberg: General Medicine