Austin Health

When 20-year-old Jacob O’Brien went dirt motorbike riding with a mate in August, he didn’t anticipate his life would drastically change in an instant.

Austin Health has announced the appointment of Dr Max Alexander as interim CEO.

Austin Health's 2019 Annual Meeting gave many in the audience 'goosebumps' after inspiring presentations from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Dr Natasha van Zyl and consumer Rodney Vesovic.

Austin Health staff have helped to kick off Australia’s largest 3D medical conference today in Melbourne. #3MedLab19 is showcasing developments in 3D technology that are changing the way we look at delivering healthcare.

Austin Health has released its Annual Report for 2018/19, a year CEO, Sue Shilbury, described 2018/19 as “pivotal” for Austin Health.

Austin Health and Stawell Regional Health have officially opened the new Stawell Austin Radiation Oncology Service (SAROS) at Stawell Hospital.

Austin Health has opened a Victorian-first gym specifically for outpatients receiving cancer treatment at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre.

Mr Graham Starkey, surgeon with Austin Health's Liver Transplant Unit, was part of an international medical team which successfully completed one of Nepal's first liver transplants.

Austin Health has opened a new Blood Borne Virus screening clinic specifically designed for patients dealing with substance abuse or mental illness.

A team lead by Austin Health endocrinologist Dr. Ada Cheung has written the first ever set of guidelines to guide doctors in the care of transgender and gender diverse Australians.

The new Austin Health Gift Shop is now open, with a fabulous range of new products.

A world-first study led by Austin Health and the University of Melbourne has demonstrated how nerve transfer surgery is giving quadriplegic patients life-changing movement back in their hands and elbows.

Surgeons from the Victorian Liver Transplant Unit at Austin Health have saved the life of one-year-old girl, successfully performing Victoria's first living-donor liver transplant between a father and child.

A world-first trial at Austin Health is using Deep Brain Stimulation to reduce both the frequency and severity of seizures for severe epilepsy sufferers.

Half the clients of our community mental health teams based at Hawdon Street have a diagnosis of schizophrenia or a similar disorders, yet the condition is still often misunderstood.

New x-ray therapy equipment has been installed at Stawell Regional Hospital in the lead to the Stawell Austin Radiation Oncology Service (SAROS) commencing in late May

Austin Health is inviting the community to take part in its annual ANZAC Day observance on Wednesday, April 24 at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Ivanhoe

For Kidney Health Week, we spoke to Dr Jason Chuen about the importance of keeping our kidneys healthy.

Austin Health hosted its very first ‘End of Graduate Year Celebration' to recognise our graduate nurses who successfully completed the graduate nurse program last year.

One of Austin Health’s brightest cardiac nurses, Amanda Lynch, has received the Critical Care Nursing prize from the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses.

In an Australian-first study, lead researcher Professor Christopher Rowe is aiming to find out whether repeated blows to the head are linked to controversial degenerative brain diseases.

The Hon Luke Donnellan, Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers, today officially opened a unique wheelchair skills course at Austin Health's Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre that is giving patients the chance to practice the skills they'll need when they return home after rehabilitation.

Staff had an in-depth discussion with the Minister about the work NCASA does promoting prevention and recovery from sexual assault.

Austin Health clinicians have created an app to give medical professionals better access to clinical toxicology guidelines, making it quicker to diagnose and treat patients who present to hospital with common poisonings.

Two Austin Health research projects have received funding from the State Government’s ‘Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund’ this week to enhance patient care.