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Chatswood Private Hospital’s ACHS Accreditation Success 2024

CPH achieves Accreditation with the ACHS until 2027.


International Women’s Day


Appointment of New CEO


Perioperative Nurses Week 2023


WAEH Visits Chatswood Private Hospital


PresMed Australia welcomes new Chief Financial Officer

PresMed Australia are delighted to announce the appointment of Annette Abrahams as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).


PeriOperative Nurses Week 2022

PeriOperative Nurses Week 2022


How to wear a mask

Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Alison McMillan, explains how to wear a mask properly to ensure it is effective:


Perioperative Nurses Week

Chatswood Private Hospital celebrated Peri-Operative Nurses Week on the 7th October, 2021.


100% Double Vaccination Rate

Congratulations CPH on their 100% Double Vaccination Rate


CPH New Graduates

Congratulations to Chatswood Private Hospital New Graduates


International Nurses Day

Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates International Nurses Day


Administration Professionals Day

Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates Administration Professionals Day


Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary

Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary


COVID-19 and Face Masks

Wearing a face mask in Australia is recommended by health experts in areas where community transmission of COVID-19 is high, whenever physical distancing is not possible.


The Ripple Effect of Success

CPH has partnered with the Medi-Aid program to provide specialist surgical training for ophthalmic registrars, via the Federal Government Specialist Training Program (STP).


Chatswood Private Hospital helps the Solomon Islands

A number of Chatswood Private Hospital’s community, including Kerrie Legg Hospital Director RN, Louise Fowler RN, Dr Christine Younan, Dr Vivek Pandya and A/Prof. Geoffrey Painter, have been involved in providing Ophthalmic care for the people of the Solomon Islands for many years.


Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates International Nurses Day

Chatswood Private Hospital celebrated the occasion with our nursing team and would like to thank all our Nurses for their dedication, care, commitment and for all their hard work and understanding during this difficult time of COVID-19.


COVID-19 and Elective Surgery

On the 27th April, 25% of elective surgery cases were permitted to recommence. The aim is to ensure that people who need surgery or a procedure can undergo it safely, and the hospital system can continue to respond to any rise in COVID-19 cases in the future.


Proposed Changes to Eye Injections

You may have heard that the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce for Ophthalmology, has developed a draft report suggesting changes to Medicare rebates for intravitreal eye injections.


Optometrist Online

Optometrist Online will be adding new modules as of the 1st December, 2019


Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates Perioperative Nurses Week 2019

Chatswood Private Hospital celebrated Peri-Operative Nurses Week on the 7th – 13th October, 2019.


PresMed Australia’s 100,000th Surgery

Congratulations to all the staff and management teams at each of the PresMed Australia Facilities for their contributions to achieving the groups’ collective 100,000th Surgery in September, 2019.


Chatswood Private Hospital Attends Annual ESCRS Conference

In September, Roger Cronin, CEO and Feng Neal, CFO, travelled to Paris to attend the 37th Annual Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS).


Successful Sydney ENT Surgeon Network & Education Group Evening

PresMed Australia, in association with Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH), hosted a Sydney ENT Surgeon Network & Education Group on the 3rd September 2019.


Nurse Training Seminar Report – 2018


Innovative Glaucoma Therapy System Now Available


Chatswood Private Hospital Holds Consumer Engagement Practice Manager’s Lunch

Chatswood Private Hospital Holds Consumer Engagement Practice Manager's Lunch


Chatswood Private Hospital Attends World Association of Eye Hospital Conference

Chatswood Private Hospital Attends World Association of Eye Hospital Conference


Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates International Nurses Day 2019

Chatswood Private Hospital celebrated the International Nurses Day on 14 May 2019.


World Association of Eye Hospital Features CPH

World Association of Eye Hospital Features CPH


Successful PresMed 2019 Optometrist Conference

Successful PresMed 2019 Optometrist Conference


Successful New Graduates

Successful New Graduates


Spotlight on Macular Disease

Spotlight on Macular Disease


Chatswood Private Hospital Reaches 40,000 Surgeries

Chatswood Private Hospital Reaches 40,000 Surgeries


Chatswood Private Hospital, Cutting Edge of Technology

CPH has purchased the ZEISS CALLISTO eye


Christmas Operating Hours

Chatswood Private Hospital will be closed from Friday 21 December and re-open on Monday 7 January 2019.


Annual Presmed Optometrist Conference 2019

PresMed Australia and in association with the Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH), Epping Surgery Centre (ESC) and new Madison Day Surgery invites you once again to the PresMed Australia Optometrist Conference.


Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates Perioperative Nurses Week 2018

Chatswood Private Hospital celebrated Perioperative Nurses Week 2018, Sunday 7 October - Saturday 13 October.


CPH Attends Annual ESCRS Conference

CPH attends the 36th Annual Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)


CPH Attends Annual WAEH Conference

CPH Attends Annual WAEH Conference


Chatswood Private Hospital New Affiliation with The University of Sydney

On Friday 12th January 2018, Chatswood Private Hospital proudly became an affiliated Hospital of The University of Sydney and welcomed its first medical student the following Monday.


Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates International Nurses Day 

Chatswood Private Hospital celebrated the International Nurses Day on 14 May 2018


Chatswood Private Hospital Announces First Ophthalmology Professor: Professor John Grigg

Chatswood Private Hospital is proud to announce and congratulate our first doctor successfully obtaining Professorship in; Professor John Grigg. 


Chatswood Private Hospital Trials of LenSX

Chatswood Private Hospital has been conducting trial tests of the Alcon LenSX Femtosecond Laser for Cataract surgery.


Successful 2018 Presmed Optometrist Conference

We would like to thank our presenters, our sponsors and of course all of the optometrists in attendance for helping make the 2018 Presmed Optometrist Conference a huge success.


CPH Partnering with Consumers

Presmed Australia has implemented systems within each Facility to support the much valued partnering with patients, carers and other consumers to improve the safety and quality of care.


Chatswood Private Hospital Welcomes New DON

Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH) would like to congratulate Wendy McLean on her successful appointment as Director of Nursing (DON)/Clinical Manager.


Chatswood Private Hospital Successful Accreditation Outcome June 2017

Chatswood Private Hospital has achieved an outstanding accreditation result from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) in June 2017.


CPH Trials: LenSX Femtosecond Laser

Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH) is committed to continually research and obtain the latest cutting edge technology that the Ophthalmic industry has to offer to that end a  6/12 month trial of the Alcon LenSX Femtocataract Laser commenced in November 2017.


Celebrating our 2nd Year Anniversary!

Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH) is proud to celebrate its 2nd year anniversary since its inception on January 11 2016.


ESCRS Conference 2017

Roger Cronin, our Chief Executive Officer, recently engaged with the latest clinical research, information and technology in Ophthalmology at the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons Conference (ESCRS) in Lisbon 2017.


Patient Profile: Mrs Carol Lippey

Mrs Carol Lippey was a patient at the Hospital on 8th December 2017 for cataract surgery under Dr. Yohendran. Previously one of the founding nurses for the OSC (Opthalmology Surgery Centre, 1997-2007) which was the private Ophthalmic Day Surgery from which CPH developed, it was our honour and pleasure to care for Carol during her admission.


Chatswood Private Hospital Welcomes New Hospital Director

Chatswood Private Hospital is proud to welcome Kerrie Legg to our management team, serving as the new Hospital Director. The move comes following a pleasing surge in hospital activity, necessitating an experienced director to help manage the growth in operations.


Successful Dentist Education Evening at Chatswood Private Hospital

Chatswood Private Hospital hosted its annual Dentist Education Evening last night on the 17th of August. The event was a huge success, with 33 dentists attending to learn the recent developments in dental and ENT surgery.


Director of Nursing, Michelle Remington Steps Down From Leadership Position

Last Friday, the 28th of July marks the day that Michelle Remington, Chatswood Private Hospital’s Director of Nursing for the past 10 years, stepped down from her position and the demands of leadership.


Successful Ophthalmic GP event

Chatswood Private Hospital hosted the second of its annual in-house events on the 13th of July. Coinciding with RANZCO's Jul-EYE awareness month, the event invited GPs across Sydney to the hospital for an evening of the recent developments in the field of Ophthalmology.


Chatswood Private Hospital Celebrates International Nurses Day

Chatswood Private Hospital recently celebrated International Nurses Day with the help of the Australian College of Nursing. Our nursing staff were treated to a well-earned morning tea as a token of thanks for all of their hard work.


Chatswood Private Hospital is hosting a Community Open Night

Chatswood Private Hospital is excited to announce a community education evening and tour. Tour this state-of-the-art facility, meet the staff, learn about our services and provide us with your feedback.


Enrolled Nurse Scholarships – Two positions

NSW TAFE (The Northern Sydney Institute, St Leonards) in partnership with Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH) is offering a Diploma of Enrolled Nursing program with a hands-on operating theatre nursing experience through clinical placement at CPH as part of their training.


Successful 2017 Presmed Optometrist Conference

Our Sydney facilities, Chatswood Private Hospital and Epping Surgery Centre recently held an extremely successful Optometrist Conference on 2 April 2017.


Chatswood Private Hospital has joined the World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH)

Presmed is proud to announce that Chatswood Private Hospital has joined the prestigious World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH), making it the first private member to join the organisation in Australia.


Successful ENT GP Night At Chatswood Private Hospital

Chatswood Private Hospital hosted its first in-house event of the year last night to host a series of talks on the latest in ENT, head and neck developments. We had a fantastic turnout with 24 GP's in attendance at our event taking place at the hospital itself.


Upcoming Optometrist Event at Chatswood Private Hospital With Evian Eyecare

Chatswood Private Hospital in association with Evian Eyecare will be hosting a free optometrist event on Wednesday the 22nd of March from 6:30 to 8:30 pm with hospital tours starting at 6:00 pm.


New technology at Chatswood Private Hospital

Chatswood Private Hospital proudly remains on the forefront of technology.


Chatswood Private Hospital GP Seminars


Celebrating Chatswood Private Hospital’s One Year Anniversary

Chatswood Private Hospital celebrates its one year anniversary.


Interactive Optometry CPD event for 2017 at Chatswood Private Hospital

Chatswood Private Hospital in association with Northern Sydney Cataract Retina and Glaucoma hosted its first live optometry CPD event in Sydney for 2017. 80 optometrists attended to watch our ophthalmic surgeons, Dr Jay Yohendran and Dr Dov Hersh give educational talks and live surgical demonstrations.


iStent Educational Evening

Chatswood Private Hospital sponsored Glaukos iStent educational evening in October. The event was attended by our physician community and increased education about mirco incision glaucoma surgery and iStent.


ESCRS Conference 2016

Roger Cronin, our Chief Executive Officer, recently heard the latest clinical research, knowledge and technology in Ophthalmology at the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons Conference (ESCRS) in Copenhagen.


Presmed Optometrist Conference 2017

Presmed Australia and in association with the Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH) and Epping Surgery Centre (ESC) invites you once again to our Optometrist Conference.


We are 8 months old and going strong

Since the official opening by Health Minister Jillian Skinner in February 2016, Chatswood Private Hospital (CPH) has steadily grown in activity and developed to bring together leading clinicians.


A/Prof Ian Francis Retires from Surgery

Colleagues farewelled A/Prof Francis at a get together held in Chatswood, the evening was enjoyed by all and it was a bittersweet experience to see him retire. Read more..


2016 General Practitioner Education Evening

Chatswood Private Hospital, once again held an extremely successful GP ENT and Ophthalmic Education Dinner on Thursday 16 June 2016 and 14 July 2016, respectively, at the Quest Apartment Hotel, Chatswood.


Dr Kim Frumar’s Legacy Continues In Cambodia

The recent advances in ophthalmic philanthropy by Cambodian International Sight Association (CISA) is a testament to the continued efforts of Australian doctors in Cambodia. Their educational approach in under-served communities has had a lasting impact on health and sustainability.


Macular Degeneration Awareness Week

Over 50? You're at risk of Macular Degeneration. This Macular Degeneration Awareness week (22–28 May) we encourage people over 50 to have their eyes tested regularly as early detection and treatment have long-term visual benefits


General Practitioners Education Dinner

Chatswood Private Hospital cordially invites you to attend ENT and Ophthalmology education evenings on 16 June and 14 July 2016 from 7pm to 9pm at the Quest Apartment Hotel, 38 Albert Avenue, Chatswood. Register now.


Successful 2016 Presmed Optometrist Conference

Our Sydney facilities, Chatswood Private Hospital and Epping Surgery Centre recently held an extremely successful Optometrist Conference on 13 March 2016. We had 122 Optometrists attend and 4 Sponsors, 16 staff and Ophthalmologists 30 making a total of 172 attendees.


Chatswood Private Hospital Grand Opening

Chatswood Private Hospital was officially opened by Health Minister, the Hon Jillian Skinner on 1 February 2016. More than 120 individuals were in attendance to celebrate the hospital’s opening.
In addition to hospital tour and plaque unveiling ceremony, attendees heard remarks from Marc Resnik, Managing Director of Presmed Australia (PMA) Group and Roger Cronin, Chief Executive Officer of PMA.


Mayor Hails New Facility

In last weekend’s edition of the North Shore Times, Willoughby Mayor Gail Giles-Gidney hailed the boost to the North Shore’s reputation as a national leader in the treatment of patients with eye, ear, nose and throat conditions.


Chatswood Private Hospital Construction Update

Work continues to move at a rapid pace. Scaffolding has been removed from the facade and lifts have been installed. With walls complete and windows in place, the internal rooms and corridors are increasingly taking shape.


New Chatswood Eye & ENT Hospital To Be National Benchmark

Presmed Australia (PMA), is a Sydney based healthcare company specialising in the establishment and management of Ophthalmic and ENT day hospitals. PMA is partnering with local Ophthalmologists and ENT Surgeons to open a new private Eye and ENT hospital in one of the leading greenfield sites in Chatswood, on the corner of Albert and Archer Streets. The new hospital will have 6 operating theatres, 1 procedure room, 14 first stage anaesthetic and recovery trolleys, 16 second stage day surgery recliner chairs and 4 overnight beds. Building works commenced in April 2014 with the hospital opening scheduled for January 2016.


Purchase of Sydney ENT and Facial Day Surgery Centre

Presmed Australia recently announced the purchase of Sydney ENT and Facial Day Surgery Centre (SENT) in Chatswood. This building is located in the same building as Ophthalmic Surgery Centre. SENT is recognised as one of the top dedicated ENT facilities in Sydney with 15 surgeons currently operating there.


2015 General Practitioner Ophthalmic Education Evening

The Ophthalmic Surgery Centre (OSC), once again held an extremely successful GP Ophthalmic Education Dinner on Thursday 16 July 2015 at the Rocket restaurant, Chatswood.


Chatswood Private Hospital Construction Update

The tender process for the construction and fit-out of Chatswood Private Hospital has been finalised with Elite Project Services (EPS), the successful builder. EPS have a long track-record of delivering successful health projects and have completed our ESC and CCDH facilities in the past.


Successful 2015 Presmed Biennial Optometrist Conference

Our Sydney facilities, Ophthalmic Surgery Centre and Epping Surgery Centre recently held an extremely successful Optometrist Conference on 08 March 2015. 104 Optometrists attended and heard from 28 industry-leading Ophthalmologists on their very latest ophthalmic knowledge and surgery techniques conducted at both of these centres of excellence.


New Alcon Centurion PHACO Technologies Introduced at PMA Centres

‘Centurion Vision System’ a new advanced technology that enhances the efficiency and outcome of cataract surgery has been introduced at Ophthalmic Surgery Centre and Epping Surgery Centre.


Chatswood Private Hospital Construction Update

A recent visit to the construction site has revealed a lot of exciting progress. The slab for level one has been completed, with level two due for completion this month.


Purchase of Sydney ENT and Facial Day Surgery Centre

Presmed Australia recently announced the purchase of Sydney ENT and Facial Day Surgery Centre (SENT) in Chatswood. This building is located in the same building as Ophthalmic Surgery Centre. SENT is recognised as one of the top dedicated ENT facilities in Sydney with 15 surgeons currently operating there.