Pain Management and Research Centre - Royal North Shore Hospital

We provide treatment for long term persistent pain including complex cancer related and chronic pain.

• Relevant Images/scans/blood test results
• Relevant test results
• List of current medications and drug allergies 
• Your referral letter from your GP/Specialist 
• Your Medicare/DVA Card 

Your GP or non-GP specialist is always your first step in seeking treatment for any condition. You will be referred to our service if your treating doctor feels that your treatment requires the input of a pain specialist. Once we receive the referral it will be reviewed by a doctor and one of our bookings secretaries will contact you to arrange your appointment. At this time you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire about your pain – please use the link provided, which will be sent via email, to return this questionnaire so that we can finalise your appointment.

Usually we cannot allocate you with an appointment time until we have received the completed questionnaires. 

We do offer appointments via telehealth, this is usually for follow-up appointments after your initial assessment appointment. Please discuss this ahead of time with our staff.

Your appointments will be in the morning, after which our team will meet to discuss your case before a feedback session in the early afternoon. 

Please see referral criteria here.

Your referral from your GP or Specialist must be addressed to one of our Pain specialists and contain:

• Your name
• Address
• Phone/mobile number
• Date of birth
• Details of your pain history
• Reason for referral
• Diagnosis and investigations relevant to the pain, and
• Functional impact the pain is having on the patient – e.g., sleep, mood, work, relationships.

Please submit referrals using the eReferral system through HealthLink, which can be accessed through most clinical software systems 

Can transport be organised for people to attend?

Transport can be discussed with our booking staff.

Is there a cost to patients to attend the clinic?

No. Clinic appointments are free of charge for eligible Medicare card holders.

Our Team 

• A/Prof Charles Brooker - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
• Dr Jodi Cartoon - Psychiatrist

• Dr Katherine McQuillan - Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

• Dr Supriya Chowdhury - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician​

• Professor Paul Glare - Professor of Pain Medicine, Northern Clinical School and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
• Dr Rebecca Martin - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician and Head of Department
• A/Prof Allan Molloy - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
• Professor Chris Peck - Orofacial pain specialist
• Dr Sally Preston - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician and Rheumatologist
• Dr Andrew Singer - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician and Psychiatrist
• Dr Jane Standen - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
• Dr Nathan Taylor - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
• Dr Andrew Weiss - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
• A/Prof Paul Wrigley - Specialist Pain Medicine Physician and Supervisor of training for Faculty of Pain Medicine 

• ACI Pain Management Network
• Pain Australia
• Chronic pain Australia