Overview
There are currently three full-time specialist general surgeons practicing out of North Coast Surgical Suite; Dr Daniel Bills, Dr Sally Butchers, and Dr Robert Simon; and a urologist - Dr Stephan Strahan. Dr Bliegh Mupunga is a respiratory and sleep physician at the Lismore Base Hospital who consults at NCSS on Wednesdays, Thursdays and alternate Fridays and also offers ambulatory sleep studies out of the rooms.
Below is a table which summarises the procedures which are performed by Dr Daniel Bills, Dr Sally Butchers and Dr Robert Simon.
Dr Butchers, Dr Bills and Dr Simon also offer 'in rooms' procedures, for minor skin surgery which can be performed under local anaesthetic and Dr Strahan offers in rooms cystoscopies where appropriate.
| Dr Robert Simon | Dr Sally Butchers | Dr Daniel Bills | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREAST | |||
| - Lump |
yes
|
yes
|
no
|
| - Mastectomy |
yes
|
yes
|
no
|
| - Reconstruction |
yes
|
no
|
no
|
| PORTACATH |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
| SENTINAL NODE | |||
| - Breast |
yes
|
yes
|
no
|
| - Melanoma |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
| ENDOSCOPY | |||
| - Colonoscopy |
no
|
yes
|
yes
|
| - Gastroscopy |
no
|
yes
|
yes
|
| THYROID |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
| PARATHYROID |
yes
|
yes
|
no
|
| PAROTID |
yes
|
no
|
no
|
| ADRENAL including Laparoscopic |
yes
|
no
|
no
|
| BOWEL RESECTION |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
| LAPAROSCOPIC BOWEL RESECTION |
yes
|
no
|
yes
|
| HAEMORRHOIDS |
no
|
yes
|
yes
|
| HAEMORRHOIDS -STAPLED |
no
|
no
|
yes
|
| CIRCUMCISION- medically necessary |
no
|
yes
|
yes
|
| VASECTOMY |
no
|
yes
|
yes
|
| SKIN CANCER |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
| HERNIA | |||
| - Open |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
| Laparoscopic |
no
|
yes
|
yes
|
| CARPAL TUNNEL |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
|
THORACIC (VATS pleurodesis, wedge lung biopsy, pericardial window) |
yes
|
no
|
yes
|
