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