Dispatches

The next meetings of AMA(SA) Council will be held on Thursday, 3 August, and Thursday, 7 September, at 7 pm. Members may attend Council meetings as observers. If you are a member and wish to attend the May or June meeting, please call 8361 0100 or email admin@amasa.org.au

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When you log into the portal you will be greeted by an onboarding process that allows you to update your details, choose how you would like to present yourself to other members, and indicate which networking and other experiences you are interested in.

Once you’ve had some time to get to know the portal, we hope you’ll share your feedback with us at www.ama.com.au/mp

Please note that annual memberships of the AMA expired on 31 December 2022. If you wish to renew your membership or discuss details with our team, please email membership@amasa.org.au or call 8316 0108 before the office closes at noon on Wednesday, 21 December 2022.

A reminder that you can access your tax receipt by logging into your member portal on the AMA(SA) website (www.ama.com. au/sa) using your email address and password. Alternatively, please call us on 8361 0108 and our team will help you.

The latest AMA Fees List is available and can be accessed by AMA members at no cost at https://feeslist.ama.com.au/ using your login details.

If your place of employment, employment status or contact details have changed recently, perhaps because you’re no longer a student, you’re working part-time, or you’ve recently retired, please let us know so we can update your details.

If you’ve been a student member but are no longer a student, please let us know so we can upgrade you to a doctor’s membership. You’ll then have access to a range of additional state and federal benefits, including the Medical Journal of Australia (valued at more than $230) and the AMA List of Medical Services and Fees (valued at $499), which are not available to student members.

If you have any questions about your membership, please contact us at membership@amasa.org.au

RICHARD HAMILTON MBBS, FRACS, plastic surgeon, wishes to notify colleagues that his private clinic Hamilton House Plastic Surgery is fully accredited under the rigorous Australian National Standards (NSQHS) for health care facilities and also by the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities International (www.AAAASF.org).

Richard Hamilton continues to practise plastic and reconstructive surgery at Hamilton House, 470 Goodwood Road, Cumberland Park with special interests in skin cancer excision and reconstruction, hand surgery and general plastic surgery. He also conducts a ‘see and treat’ clinic for elderly patients with skin cancer. Convenient, free, unlimited car parking is available.

Richard also consults fortnightly at Morphett Vale and McLaren Vale, and monthly at Victor Harbor and Mount Gambier/Penola. He is available for telephone advice to GPs on 8272 6666, and readily accepts emergency plastic and hand surgery referrals. For convenience, referrals may be faxed to 8373 3853 or emailed to admin@hamiltonhouse.com.au

For all appointments phone Richard’s friendly staff at Hamilton House 8272 6666. www.hamiltonhouse.com.au

Expressions of interest are sought from an Endocrinologist wishing to provide clinical services in Stirling on a sessional basis. You will have access to a modern, fully furnished consulting room located alongside the Stirling Central Health Clinic. The number of sessions and days of the week are negotiable.

For all inquiries, please contact Warren Glasspool, Practice Manager on 8370 9777.

CHRISTOPHER WURM, MB BS FRACGP FAChAM, Addiction Specialist advises that he will consolidate his consulting to Sefton Park from July 2023 and continue facilitating workshops with the Black Dog Institute.

He has limited scope to see privately referred patients at CALHN Hospital Avoidance & Supported Discharge Service, Shop 5, 221 Main North Road, Sefton Park, Tue/Wed: Tel. +61 8 8342 8600, Fax +61 8 8342 0053.

He will leave Paragon Medical Centre and no longer offer driver’s licence assessments