Dr Lean-Peng(LP) Cheah
General Surgeon
MBBS(Hons)Melb, MRCS(England), FRACS



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Specializing in Short-Stay Surgery:

Endoscopy - Gastroscopy & Colonoscopy(including Banding of haemorrhoids); Capsule endoscopy

Hernia Repair - Inguinal Hernia repair using mini-incisions(under Local anaesthesia or GA); Anterior abdominal wall/paraumbilical/incisional hernias: usually with Ventralex mesh; Femoral; Spighelian

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy &  cholangiogram

Pilonidal Sinus Surgery - Excision & primary closure with local flap(Cleft lift/Modifed Karydakis); Bascom op

Minor Plastic Surgery for Skin cancers and lumps(cysts, ganglions, lipomas) - using plastic surgical techniques for closure & to minimize scar

Hand surgery - Carpal tunnel release, Dupuytren’s contracture, Ulnar nerve transposition, tendon injury, trigger finger

Haemorrhoid Surgery(Banding, Excision/Ligation) and other colorectal surgery(right hemicolectomy - using short transverse incision)

Ingrown toenails

Breast Surgery - Wide local excision/Mastectomy for breast cancer & Sentinel lymph node biopsy, Correction of inverted nipple, Lumpectomy

Melanoma 

Thyroid Surgery - Hemithyroidectomy, Total thyroidectomy, Completion thyroidectomy

Varicose veins

Vasectomy - Scalpel free technique

Current Appointments & Professional Memberships

Consultant General Surgeon - John Fawkner Private Hospital, Mitcham Private Hospital, Western Private Hospital, Western Gastroenterology, Echuca Regional Health 

Lecturer/Honorary Fellow in Surgery - University of Melbourne[ View from Univeristy of Melbourne's Medical Faculty Website ]

Fellow - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Member - Royal College of Surgeons(England)

Foundation Member - Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand(BreastSurgANZ)

Gastroenterological Society of Australia(GESA) - Conjoint Committee Recognition of Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy(Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy)  

Education and Awards

• MBBS(Hons 1st) University of Melbourne( RMH & Western Hospital Clinical School) 1997 - top medical student, 23 awards and prizes, full scholarship
• MRCS(England) 2000
• FRACS(General Surgery) 2005

Surgical Experience

Registrar - RMH, St Vincent’s, Alfred, Northern, Geelong, Ballarat
Overseas experience - 2 years in England(University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust)
Consultant experience - Ballarat, Melbourne(Footscray, Coburg, Ferntree Gully, Ringwood, St Kilda, Mitcham), Seymour, Echuca; locum - Broken Hill, Batemans Bay & Moruya, Werribee Mercy

Logbook totals (8500+ cases) - 800+ hernia repairs, 500+ laparoscopic cholecystectomies, 3000+ endoscopies, 100+ thyroidectomies, 600+ colorectal/perianal(haemorrhoid) cases, 150+ breast cases, 50+ sentinel lymph node biopsies, 2000+ minor plastic surgery(skin cancers/lesions/cysts/lipomas), 100+ pilonidal sinus surgery

Selected Presentations and Publications

"The Single-visit Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Clinic", "Day Case Abscess Service", "Work-Life Balance in Surgical Training", "Zone I Neck Injuries", "Emergency Abdominal Decompression in Abdominal Compartment Syndrome", "Surgical Training in Private Hospitals", "Improving Communication among doctors - Electronic Handovers","ReducingWastage in Operating Theatres"

Patient Information - Consulting Rooms location

MELBOURNE CITY/INNER CITY/WEST/NORTH - Footscray, Coburg, Caroline Springs, Burnside

EAST/SOUTHEAST MELBOURNE - Mitcham

REGIONAL VICTORIA - Echuca, Seymour

Appointments need to be made in rooms where you want to be seen

FEES

Payment required on day of consult - Cash/EFTPos

Initial consult - $130 - 155(Medicare rebate $72.75)

Review consult - $75 - 85(Medicare rebate $36.55)

Workcover(approved cases) /Veteran Affairs/TAC - no out of pocket expenses if paid on the day

Bulk-billing - at Footscray rooms for low income pensioners, refugees, disadvantaged; Carewise Minor Plastic Surgery Burnside

Privately insured patients treated in a private hospital as an inpatient - Usually no out-of-pocket expenses(Private insurance company billed directly under Gapcover/Ezyclaim/Access Gap Cover/HCF Medicover/Workcover etc)

WAITING TIMES FOR SURGERY

Melbourne - Private patients can usually booked in directly on day of consult

Regional Victoria - generally the waiting lists there is much shorter than in the public hospitals in Melbourne(1-12 weeks wait depending on type of surgery). Some patients from Melbourne can be operated on in the country provided they are not over the weight limit and of reasonable health.

Direct access endoscopy also available - please enquire at rooms. Patients' GP need to fax referral.

Minor procedures performed in rooms with minor operating theatre - The Clinic Footscray, Carewise Minor Plastic Surgery at Burnside & Essendon, and Mitcham Consulting Rooms(limited cases per session) 

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