The TOP 10 BEST Doctors—specialists in Kamarah NSW

Dr Kurtzer has trained in the areas of Obstetrics and Anesthetics. In addition he has undertaken Postgraduate training in Paediatrics, Family Planning and Musculoskeletal Medicine. He has an active interest in minor surgery, acute sports injuries and counselling in personal crisis

Libby Jones is the principal Podiatrist and has a keen interest in sports and children's foot problems. A member of the Australian Podiatry Association and Sports Medicine Australia. Libby has competed in Athletics at a national standard for several years and understands the demands of training, injury management and the importance of correct footwear to optimise performance.

Established in 2011, Trail Street Medical Centre provides a range of quality general practice and allied health services to the residents of Wagga Wagga in a caring, friendly and non-judgemental environment, providing both patients and staff with the utmost care and respect at all times. Our general practice services include child health checks, aged health checks, ATSI health checks, chronic care management, women’s health services, and employment and licensing medicals. Our allied health team is available to provide mental health and dietitian services, as well as diabetes education, while our professional nursing sisters can assist with childhood and travel immunisations, dressings, ECGs, spirometry and minor procedures. Our practice endeavours to make quality healthcare both accessible and affordable to the local community. Ample parking is available at our location adjacent to the cinemas, including disabled parking with ramp access at the back of the building.

Dr Howard provides a comprehensive range of orthopaedic services to the Riverina including surgery for the shoulder, knee and hip. Dr Howard is the only regional member of the Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australasia in New South Wales providing a full range of arthroscopic and open procedures for the shoulder for degenerative and sports-related conditions.

Our mission is to provide quality, compassionate health care to the most vulnerable, including those reaching the end of their life.

Prof Carroll is a St Vincent’s trained cardiologist with over twenty eight years experience as a consultant physician and cardiologist. He has expertise in the sub-specialties of general and interventional cardiology; and complex internal medicine. He is recognised as a leader in regional medical service delivery and is the principal of Riverina Cardiology, and a co-principal of Cardiology at the Mater in Sydney. He has been director of Cardiac Services at the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory at Calvary Hospital, Wagga Wagga, for 20 years. Prof Carroll has also enjoyed a long-running involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and holds conjoint professorial appointments with the University of New South Wales and the University of Notre Dame Australia. He is a longstanding member of the National Examination Panel of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. He has a longstanding interest in the expansion of specialist services in regional Australia. Prof Carroll was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2005 for “Service to medicine as a cardiologist and as a general physician, particularly through the provision of health services to regional and rural areas, and to medical education".

After doing his general surgical training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, he spent another year there as the Senior Registrar in Colorectal Surgery. He maintains a close working relationship with RPAH Colorectal Unit in management of more complex cases. He then worked for almost 2 years as a rural surgical locum in places as varied as Cairns, Orange, Wollongong and Wagga Wagga, first coming to Wagga Wagga as a locum in 1992. He commenced full time work in Wagga Wagga in 1994 and at around that time, was the only member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand working in rural New South Wales. His surgical interests are in the major aspects of colorectal surgery – colorectal malignancy (bowel cancer in all its forms), inflammatory bowel disease and colonoscopy – as well as the general surgical components of abdominal surgery, in particular, hernia repair and abdominal wall surgery. Away from purely clinical interests, Henry has always had an interest in being involved in medical politics to promote rural medical services. He was the Federal AMA Councillor representing the craft group of Surgeons for 6 years before being the NSW AMA Councillor representing Southern NSW for almost 10 years. Mainly for his advocacy for rural issues, he was admitted to the AMA Roll of Fellows in 2012. Henry has been married to Helen for over 25 years and they have 2 sons attending university in Sydney. Helen and Henry were very involved in the equestrian sport of eventing for most of their first decade or so in Wagga, managing to get 2 horses in to Olympic squads, but not quite in to the team. Both are also keen rugby followers, with Henry in his 15th season of refereeing rugby locally…when the body holds up!

Dr Littlejohn is currently the Vice President of BreastSurg ANZ and a founding member of Breast Surgeons NSW and BreastSurgANZ. He is the immediate past chair of the BreastSurgANZ Oncoplastic Committee. Dr Littlejohn is a member of the International Society of Endocrine Surgeons. He is heavily involved in education and training of advanced oncoplastic breast surgery and is recognised by his peers as a leader in his field. He is a senior lecturer for UNSW Rural clinical school.

Dr Vinny Mamo is a specialty trained Orthopaedic Surgeon with special interests in Hip Replacement (both Direct Anterior Approach and Posterior) and Knee replacement and Shoulder replacement and rotator cuff repairs. As well he specialises in Knee arthroscopy- meniscal repair and joint preservation procedures, and Sports Injuries and Knee ligament reconstruction. Dr Mamo was born and bred in Sydney and graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree in 1988 . He worked in Sydney, Canberra, Wagga Wagga ,Griffith, Albury prior to commencing orthopaedic training under the Australian Orthopaedic Association. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Orthopaedics in 1997. He undertook a Fellowship (post specialist training) at Wrightington Hospital, England in 1998. He returned with his family to Wagga Wagga in in 1999 and commenced his orthopaedic specialist practice at 30 Docker Street where he has worked continuously.

Peter Street Medical Centre The general practitioners in the Centre specialize in a number of fields including skin cancer, women’s health, respiratory disease, adolescent health, prenatal care & pregnancy management, preventative medicine, paediatrics & family planning, anesthetics, men’s health, diabetes, mental health, and pre-employment medicals.

Dr Andrew Redgment has over 25 years experience as a general Orthopaedic surgeon in New South Wales covering a wide range of conditions and in particular the elective care of osteoarthritis and the more acute care of traumatic and sporting injuries. Dr Andrew Redgment’s primary areas of interest are hip and knee replacement sugery and knee reconstruction following sporting injuries. Dr Andrew Redgment’s surgical practice is based in Wagga Wagga and regular visits to Griffith to ensure easy access for patients living in the Riverina.

The Centre has been established to offer patients in the Riverina & Beyond excellence in cancer care whilst eliminating the need to travel long distances. This allows patients in the region to receive the best possible cancer treatment available whilst remaining close to their home, family and friends. The Riverina Cancer Care Centre not only makes Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy services accessible but also acts as a catalyst to improve medical services in the region, particularly Oncology, Neuro-surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery and ENT.