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Complex medicine, diagnosis & healthy ageing

Dr Vivian Fernandes

Consultant General, Nuclear Medicine & Diagnostic Physician

A broad medical view for people with complex, unexplained or multisystem health presentations.

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About

Experience connected to purpose.

Dr Vivian Fernandes considers interacting medical conditions, investigations, medications, functional changes and other contributing factors, bringing the information together into a clear and coordinated management plan.

She graduated in medicine from the University of Sydney with First Class Honours and completed physician training at Sydney Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Further nuclear-medicine experience included Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Dr Fernandes has served the Macarthur community for more than 25 years. At Harmony she can work closely with Specialist Pain Medicine Physicians, Clinical Psychologists, Exercise Physiologists and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Clinical interests

  • Complex or multisystem medical presentations
  • Persistent or unexplained symptoms
  • Osteoporosis and bone health
  • Healthy ageing and functional decline
  • Medical factors affecting pain and rehabilitation
  • Coordination across treating specialists

Qualifications

  • Consultant General Physician
  • Nuclear Medicine Physician
  • Diagnostic Physician
  • Senior medical education and academic appointments
  • Medical degree, University of Sydney — First Class Honours

Awards & recognition

  • Medical degree, University of Sydney — First Class Honours
  • Director of Camden Nuclear Medicine and Campbelltown Nuclear Medicine for more than 25 years, helping build vital diagnostic infrastructure in the Macarthur region before the clinics integrated with Lumus Imaging
  • Former Director of Nuclear Medicine and Director of Physician Training at Wollongong Hospital
  • Former Senior Lecturer at Western Sydney University, with an academic appointment in the University of Wollongong’s Physics Department

“I am passionate about working together so that people in our community, especially older people and young workers, can remain healthy, function well and live with purpose, with pain reduced or effectively managed wherever possible.”

— Dr Vivian Fernandes

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