Thank you for engaging with us at Monash Women’s.
Overview
Monash Women’s cares for the health of women and girls through all life stages who live in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, a catchment area that is diverse, vibrant and ever-growing.
We also provide higher level care for those with more complex needs from across Victoria, both in pregnancy related matters and in gynaecology care and women’s health as a tertiary/quaternary referral centre.
Monash Women’s is a recognised leader in the provision of complex pregnancy care, fetal diagnostics, endometriosis care, treatment of complex pelvic floor disorders, gynaecological cancer care and research and development bringing fresh clinical ideas, innovation and developments to the bedside and the wards.
Monash Women’s provides over 14,000 outpatient gynaecology appointments, almost 95,000 maternity appointments, over 4,600 gynaecology and over 3,600 maternity surgeries and cares for 16,500 inpatients across five hospitals and community settings every single year and are proud to do this with a relentless pursuit of not only excellence but best evidence based care and considering each person and their individual needs.
Monash Women’s is affiliated with Monash University and a number of other universities for research and training. We provide training and clinical placement for trainee doctors and midwives as part of their university requirements.
Why Monash Women’s
At Monash Women’s, we strive to provide the highest standard of maternity care possible for all women. Our aim is for all women to have care that is woman-centred with a positive and supported birth experience. We take pride in caring for over 10,000 women and their families each year and consider every pregnancy and birth important and individual.
We uniquely integrate in one organisation primary, secondary and tertiary health services, as well as world renowned research and teaching facilities. Monash Health has a role in specialist care for greater Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate.
Our maternity sites include Monash Medical Centre (Clayton), Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Pakenham Health Centre, and Sandringham Hospital. Learn more about our sites.
We also have dedicated Perinatal Care Centre (PCC) in Monash Medical Centre (MMC) to provide care for women with complex and high risk pregnancies.
Our integrated maternity service provides one of Australia’s safest levels of maternity care for you and your baby.
As a research-active hospital, Monash Health is committed to advancing maternity care through research, and you may be invited to consider participating in research studies during your pregnancy; participation is completely voluntary and will not affect your care.
Meet the team
Women’s and Newborn Program
Prof Ryan Hodges
Program Director, Women’s and Newborn | Monash Health
Nicole Carlon
Operations Director / Director of Nursing and Midwifery – Women’s and Newborn | Monash Health
Monash Women’s Maternity
Karen Sawyer
Clinical Midwife Consultant | Practice Enhancement
Kerrie Papacostas
Midwife Coordinator
Dr Rebecca Fradkin
Maternity GP Liaison Officer
Sancha O’Donoghue
Clinical Nurse | Midwife Consultant | Breastfeeding Services
Jo Forsey
Senior Quality Improvement Partner – Women’s and Newborn
Bronwen Grigg
Quality Partner – Women’s and Newborn
Monash Medical Centre
Dr John Regan
Service Medical Director – Obstetrics
Maddy Lang
Operations Manager Womens
Amethyst Team
Elizabeth Georgiev
Midwife Manager
Dr Pete Neil
Obstetric Consultant
Opal Team
Hannah Oppy Midwife Manager
Dr John Regan
Obstetric Consultant
Topaz Team
Leanne Cox
Acting Midwife Manager
Dr Ravi Kashyap
Obstetric Consultant
Amber Team
Nereda Hand and Jemma Rawlins Midwife Manager (job share)
Prof Kirsten Palmer
Obstetric Consultant
Emerald Team
Emily Whelan
Acting Midwife Manager
Dr Heather Wark
Obstetric Consultant
Birth Suite
Lisa Sutton
Midwife Manager
Dandenong Hospital
Dr Mark Tarrant
Service Medical Director – Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Turquoise Team
Bridie Mills
Midwife Manager
Dr Chee Kuan Chew
Obstetric Consultant
Jade Team
Natasha Thornburn
Acting Midwife Manager
Dr Michelle Schlipalius
Obstetric Consultant
Quartz Team
Lauren Hunter
Midwife Manager
Dr Gagan Kaur
Obstetric Consultant
Casey Hospital
Dr Mark Tarrant
Service Medical Director – Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Jacquie Meija
Operations Manager Womens
Sapphire Team
Laura Griffiths
Midwife Manager
Dr Mark Tarrant
Obstetric Consultant
Ruby Team
Karen Brown
Midwife Manager
Dr Jörg Kemper
Obstetric Consultant
Diamond Team
Tania Sharrock
Midwife Manager
Dr Marziya Kadir
Obstetric Consultant
Sandringham Hospital
Dr Elske Posma
Director of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Sandringham
Maddy Lang Operations Manager Womens
Coral Team
Dr Elske Posma
Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sandringham
Ashlee Northway & Samantha Peddle
Midwife Manager – job share
Continuity of care – how do our maternity teams work?
Research shows that continuity of care and carer improves women’s experiences and outcomes. All women are allocated to a maternity team at booking.
All teams have a shared leadership (midwife and obstetrician) to provide a comprehensive collaborative approach to pregnancy, birth and postnatal care. For a woman experiencing a pregnancy where there is no anticipated problem this may mean that most of that care is provided by a primary level care provider (i.e., midwife or GP). If complications arise the obstetrician or other specialist medical staff from your team will provide consultation and advice. If a woman experiences a pregnancy where there are maternal or fetal complications the majority of care will be with specialist team medical staff, with midwives providing midwifery care as required.
Continuity of care within teams will enable women greater consistency in care throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal stay. Women will have increased opportunity to see clinicians they have met before (doctor, midwife and allied health) during their pregnancy visits at the hospital, in labour, birth and postnatal period.
If you have other queries, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions section of this website.