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DR VANESSA TEE - MBBS, FRACP

Respiratory and Sleep Physician

Director of CompCare Specialist Centre


Dr Vanessa Tee is a Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine. She completed her Respiratory training at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital followed by a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She is multi-lingual and can consult in English, Mandarin, Hokkien and Cantonese.

She has a wide variety of interests which includes:

Respiratory Medicine

  • Interventional pulmonology

    • Radial EBUS for lung nodule

    • Linear EBUS for lymph node biopsy, mediastinal staging

    • Pleural procedure – pleural biopsy, pleural fluid aspiration

    • Interstitial lung disease - transbronchial cryobiopsy

    • Lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves for severe emphysema

    • Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma

    • Cryo-resection of intraluminal tumour/granulation tissue

    • Balloon dilatation

    • Indwelling pleural catheter insertion

    • Removal of foreign body

  • Lung cancer

  • Pleural disease including pleural effusion

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

  • Asthma

  • Interstitial lung disease

  • Bronchiectasis


Sleep Medicine

  • Sleep apnoea – obstructive sleep apnoea, central sleep apnoea

  • Nocturnal hypoventilation syndrome - neuromuscular disorder, obesity hypoventilation syndrome

  • Insomnia

  • Narcolepsy and hypersomnolence syndrome

  • Restless leg syndrome, periodic limb movement disorder

  • Parasomnia – REM behaviour disorder


Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of. Surgery (MBBS), University of Adelaide 2008 

  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), 2017

  • Member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, The European Respiratory Society, Australasian Sleep Association


Hospital Accreditation

  • Calvary Adelaide Hospital

  • Calvary North Adelaide Hospital

  • Ashford Hospital

  • Memorial Hospital

  • St Andrew's Hospital

Dr Vanessa Tee : Team
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