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  Dr Megan Cornere

  Respiratory Physician

If you have any concerns about your lungs or breathing or complain of any of the above symptoms then you may require a specialist opinion.  Your diagnosis and management plan will be discussed with you and a comprehensive letter will be sent to your GP and yourself if you so request.

Please be sure to bring to your appointment:

1. Letters or reports from your doctor or hospital
2. X-rays, CT(computer tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) films and reports.  Old X-rays can be very helpful
3. All medication you are currently taking.  Please include any natural or herbal remedies
4. If English is not your first language please bring someone who can speak on your behalf.

An initial consultation fee applies and costs for any surgery or treatments will be discussed with you in your consultation.

I welcome enquiries from patients with medical insurance, as well as ACC eligible and WINZ approved.  

Please contact me during business hours, Monday to Friday to arrange an appointment. My consulting times are typically on Monday & Tuesdays 8am to 5pm, and Wednesdays 1pm to 6pm

Also available for urgent referrals and times above can be flexible in terms of urgent appointments after 5 or 6pm on those days.

• Asthma

  
  Asthma symptoms include coughing, wheezing, a tight feeling in the chest and difficulty in breathing.… More

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

  
  This term is used to describe lung disease where the breathing tubes become blocked and the surrounding tissue and air sacs inside the lungs become damaged.… More

• Lung Cancer

  
  This is when abnormal "malignant" cells divide and grow in an uncontrolled fashion in the lung tissue.… More

• Adult Bronchiectasis

  Bronchiectasis comes from the Greek words Bronckos (airway) and ektasis (widening).… More

• Chronic Cough

  Chronic cough is a common and distressing symptom which is defined as a cough lasting more than 8 weeks.  It is surprisingly common.… More

• Chest X-ray

  A chest X-ray (CXR) is often the first test performed to investigate a chronic cough, breathlessness or chest pain.  A CXR can visualise the chest wall lungs and heart.  If you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant you should advise your doctor before an XR is undertaken. More

• Computer Tomography (CT) Scan

  
  With CT you can see much more detail than with a normal X-ray.… More

• Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)

  Following your CT scan sometimes a test known as an FNA is required.  Whilst taking pictures with the CT scanner a small needle is inserted into your chest and cells sucked up into the needle.  This is then sent to the lab to look for cancer cells.… More

• Bronchoscopy

  During this test a thin fibre optic tube is inserted into your breathing tubes, through the nose, to view the tubes and take a biopsy (remove cells or tissue) to see if there are cancer cells present.… More

• Lung Function Tests

  You may be required to undergo lung function tests to find out how much air moves in and out of the lungs as you breathe.… More

• Expired Nitrous Oxide

  This is a test performed on your breath whilst breathing out,  If these levels are high (>30ppb) this may mean that you have asthma.  If these levels are elevated whilst you are taking inhaled steroids this may suggest that control of your asthma is not optimal. More

• Induced Sputums

  This is a method of extracting cells from your breathing tract.… More

• Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)

  This is similar to a blood test but instead of a needle going into a vein it is inserted briefly into a small artery in your wrist.  A small amount of blood is taken and sent to the laboratory for information about the oxygenation of your blood and other gases.… More

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PUBLICATIONS

• Chronic cough : A respiratory viewpoint. MM Cornere. Otolaryngology Dec 2013

• OX40 Ligand fusion protein delivered simultaneously with the BCG vaccine provides superior protection against murine mycobacterium TB infection.  RJ Snelgrove, MM Cornere, L Edwards, DB Young, G Stewart, T Hussell.  J Infect Dis  7 Feb 2012

• Prevalence of asthma and atopy in sarcoidosis.  Wilsher M, Hopkins R, Zeng T, Cornere M, Douglas R.  Respirology 22 Sept 2011

• TGF-Beta prevents eosinophilic lung disease but impairs pathogen clearance.  Williams AE, Humphreys IR, Cornere MM, Edwards L, Rae A, Hussell T.  Microbes Infect 2005  March; 7(3): 365-74

• TGF-B prevents T cell mediated eosinophilic lung responses in the lung but not virus induced immunopathology.  I Humphreys, A Williams, M Cornere, A Rae, T Hussell.  Immunology 2002

• B Lymphocyte function in patients with bronchiectasis determined by in vivo response to tetanus and pneumococcal vaccines.  MM Cornere, J Kolbe, AU Wells , W Fergusson, R Douglas.  JACI Oct 2001

• Characteristics of patients with lung cancer under the age of 45:  A case control study.  MM Cornere, W Fergusson, J Kolbe, TI Christmas.   Respirology 2001

• Prevalence of atopy in sarcoidosis.  MM Cornere, R Hopkins, ML Wilsher.  Aust NZ J Med 2000

• Mycobacterium xenopi lung infection.  CGS Wong, AC Harrison,  MM Cornere,  AJ Morris.   Aust NZ J Med Dec 1999 (112): 476

• Lung cancer in patients under the age of 45 years.  MM Cornere, TI Christmas, AM J Critical Care Med. 1999; 159, abstract.

• ACE Inhibitor related angiodema – short review. M Cornere  Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy.  Newsletter Issue 23 June/July 1999

• A practical guide to the administration of immunotherapy.  M Cornere, R Douglas, P Fitzharris.  New Ethicals Sept 1999; 62-72

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