Kidney Surgery

We provide elective, emergency and kidney transplantation surgery for people with kidney disease or those wanting to donate a kidney.

Key points

Our kidney surgery team performs procedures for both general surgery and kidney care
Our team comprises four dedicated surgeons
We are happy to provide a second opinion for patients.

Patients need a referral from their GP or healthcare provider. Access referral information

What we do

Our kidney surgery team performs procedures for both general surgery and kidney care, including:

General surgery, including cholecystectomy and hernia repairs
Endocrine surgery, including parathyroid surgery
Peritoneal dialysis surgery
Kidney donor surgery
Living and deceased donor kidney transplant recipient surgery
Vascular access surgery with arteriovenous fistulae, grafts and long-term dialysis catheters, including fistula revision work

Our team comprises four dedicated surgeons. All donor surgery is performed as laparoscopic hand assisted surgery, to maximise the safety for the donor, and results have been excellent.

We are happy to provide a second opinion for patients.

Outreach clinics

We provide outreach clinics in Ballarat, Mildura, Wodonga, Launceston and Hobart to assess patients for either donor or transplant surgery and also for dialysis access surgery. In these clinics, patients are seen in joint consultations with a nephrologist, transplant nurses and a renal (kidney) social worker. This obviously saves patients a lot of travel to Melbourne for assessment or re-assessment.

Our clinics

Clinic name	Location	Options
Nephrology Surgery Clinic	The RMH Parkville

Our clinics

Nephrology Surgery Clinic

The RMH Parkville

For patients

For health professionals

Need to change or cancel your appointment?

Do one of the following:

Access Health Hub to change the appointment yourself
Complete our online form and we'll change it for you
Call Specialist Clinics (Outpatients) on (03) 9342 7393 and we'll help you over the phone

What to bring

Every time you come

Every time you come in for a test, day procedure, surgery or treatment, you should bring:

Medicare card
Health Care card (if you have one)
Concession card (if you have one)
Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
Medications you are currently taking, including any that you have bought without a prescription
X-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results you have which are related to your procedure
Private health insurance card (if you want to use it)
Aids (glasses, hearing aid, walking frame)