About Dr Mason
I am a specialist General Practitioner and I have worked in Melbourne for over 20 years. I see all age groups and I have experience in paediatrics, aged care, chronic disease including diabetes, women's health, family planning including implanon insertions, immunisation, mental health and minor skin excisions. I provide comprehensive long term family care and aim to build ongoing relationships to help individuals gain optimal health outcomes.
Education and Experience
Medical School - Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK- degree MBChB
Specialist Qualifications-
Membership Royal College General Practitioners MRCGP
Fellowship of Royal Australian College General Practitioners FRACGP
After my internship in Scotland I worked in hospitals both in Australia and UK in the areas of Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
My GP training included a registrar year in a semi rural practice in East Lothian in Scotland. This was followed by work as a GP locum in Scotland before I moved back to Australia in 2000 to work as a specialist GP in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. I also worked part time for 5yrs in a specialist niche mobile aged care practice which provided care to elderly residents living in Aged Care Facilities.
I have being consulting from Briar Hill since July 2022.
Resources
The following resources may be useful to download or explore.
Mental Health
Scales-
Child Health Continuum
ASRS-adult ADHD Self Report Scale
Jasper Goldberg ADD Screening Tool
Vanderbilt Initial Parent Questionnaire
Vanderbilt Teacher Questionnaire
SDQ-parents completion 4-10 age group
SDQ-teacher completion 4-10 age group
SDQ-self completion 11-17 age group
SDQ-teacher completion 11-17 age group
SDQ-parent completion 11-17 age group
Websites-
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/
https://www.emhprac.org.au/resources/fact-sheets/
ADHD
https://www.additudemag.com/category/adhd-professionals/
Parenting Resources
https://raisingchildren.net.au/
https://tuningintokids.org.au/parents/
Urgent Mental Health Supports
Lifeline 24/7 support call 13 11 14
Austin Psychiatric Triage-
24/7 crisis assessment 1300 859 789
Women's Health and Menopause Resources
Menopause fact sheets
Self collect Cervical screening fact sheet
Websites-
https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/
https://acpcc.org.au/screening/
https://www.healthyhormones.au/
Migraines
Lifestyle management advice for migraines
Patient Migraine diaries
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis fact sheet
Diet and Nutrition
Fructose diet restriction advice
VLED- very low energy diets
Dietary iron advice
Guide to taking iron tablets
Sleep Apnoea and Sleep resources
screening scales
Epworth sleep score
STOP BANG
OSA 50
Dementia and Ageing
Try this app out for monitoring memory - https://www.dementia.org.au/braintrack
Dr Mason's consulting hours-
Monday-Thursday by appointment: 8am-6pm
I use Lyrebird an AI transcriber to assist in note taking in the consult,. Please let me know if do not want this used.
PH 03 4210 0696
FAX 03 9960 7500