Dr Sundhar Balu
MBBS, FRACP
Services
- Geriatric Medicine
About
Dr Balu's geriatric practice focuses on treating the individual person with holistic approach rather than just their complaint. In addition to being compassionate and empathetic, Dr Balu strongly feels that patient education plays a vital role in their journey of wellness. He works toward building trust and rapport with patients and their families through open communication and actively involving them to make a joint informed decision in their long-term management.
Dr Balu accepts admissions directly from GPs to Wollongong and Nowra Private Hospitals for investigations and management of recurrent falls, elderly Parkinson’s Disease, general medicine, chronic disease management and any acute medical issue.
Services include:
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Driving assessment
- Cognitive assessment
- Chronic disease management with multiple disease comorbidities
- Falls assessment and management
- Capacity assessment
- Dementia assessment and management
- Management of polypharmacy
- Telehealth consultation
- Behaviour management associated with dementia
- Management of Parkinson's Disease and parkinsonism
Professional Affiliations:
- Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- Australian & New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM)
Educational Qualifications:
- MBBS – The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical Universty, Chennai, India
- FRACP (Geriatric Medicine) – Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney
- Perioperative Medicine Certificate – Monash University, Melbourne
Accepting referrals for outpatients, residential aged care facility visits, home visits and private hospital admissions at Wollongong and Nowra Private Hospitals.
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