Medplus SA Specialist Centre
38 North Terrace P: 7225 6522
KENT TOWN SA 5067 F: 7225 6558
E: reception@medplussa.com.au
w: www.medplussa.com.au __________________________________________________________________ 7 August 2025
Ms Chungsoon Pak
43 Riverbank Circuit
CAMPBELLTOWN SA 5074
Dear Chungsoon,
This letter is to confirm your upcoming appointment.
Doctor: Dr David Yu at 38 North Terrace, Kent Town 5067
Date: 8/08/2025 at 9:30 AM - please arrive 15 mins prior to fill out paperwork.
Preparing for your appointment
To receive a Medicare rebate, you require a current referral from your treating doctor at the time of your appointment. Please bring your medicare card, private health insurance card (if applicable), a list of current medications and any relevant test results including xray results on the day.
Appointment fees (as of 1 July 2025 - fees are subject to change with annual Medicare rebate adjustments) Appointment Type Fee Medicare Rebate Gap/Out of Pocket Cost
Initial Consult
Comprehensive 132 $540.00 $265.60 $274.40
Standard 110 $390.00 $151.90 $238.10
Comprehensive $640.00 $455.60 $184.40
Geriatric Assessment
Full payment is required on the day of your appointment. This can be done via EFTPOS or cash.
Prior to your appointment
● A confirmation SMS will be sent one week prior to your appointment, please respond with "Yes" to confirm, or "No" to cancel, to avoid a late cancellation fee.
● If you are unable to attend your appointment, please call 7225 6522 to reschedule. Cancellations with less than 24 hours notice of your scheduled appointment time attracts a $50 cancellation fee.
● If you secure an earlier appointment elsewhere, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your appointment to other waiting patients.
Finding us - minimal parking is available at the rear. Street parking is available on College Road.
Geriatric Medicine
Our Geriatricians
Dr David Yu MD,FRACP,MHLM
Dr David Yu is a Geriatrician appointed as a Consultant Geriatrician physician with the Department of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and is a clinical title holder at the School of Medicine, University of Adelaide.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and board-certified through the American Board of Internal Medicine.
His career interests include seeking value in the field of geriatric medicine and propagating geriatric values and principles in a personalised way. He currently only offers clinic consults at this location.
Associate Professor Solomon Yu MBBS FRACP FRCP PhD
Dr Solomon Yu graduated from University of Adelaide and completed his postgraduate and specialist training in Adelaide. He completed his PhD in Adelaide with Dean’s commendation on the topic of ‘Sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and function) in Older People’. He is passionate about a holistic approach to managing chronic medical conditions and optimising health status and quality of life. He believed in providing best care for older people regardless of where they live. His special interests include: sarcopenia and frailty in older people, diagnosis and management of dementia, falls assessment, functional decline in older people and rehabilitation potential in older people
Dr Kareeaan Khow MBCHB FRACP
Dr Kareeann Khow is a Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Physician, specializing in Geriatric Medicine. She graduated from the University of Auckland and completed her advanced training in geriatric medicine in Adelaide. Her clinical interests include providing comprehensive geriatric assessment in older adults with geriatric syndromes such as cognitive impairment, falls, bone fragility and malnutrition. She strives to ensure that all older adults, regardless of where they reside receive high-quality care. She is also passionate in improving the care of older people at residential care. She is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and is currently pursuing her research in the area of “Falls and Fractures in Older People”.
Dr Bavand Bikdeli MD FRACP
Dr Bavand Bikdeli is a Consultant Geriatrician and General/Acute care Physician who has been appointed as General and Acute care physician at Lyell McEwin Hospital and Modbury Hospital as well as Senior Clinical Lecturer at The University of Adelaide G-TRAC centre.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and started his medical career in Adelaide in 2008 and. During his specialist training, Dr Bikdeli has gained experience in a variety of fields including geriatric evaluation and management unit, provision of geriatric care to residential aged care facilities, cardiovascular medicine, acute medicine, orthogeriatrics and old age psychiatry. He was the chief medical resident at Lyell McEwin hospital for 6 months in 2015, and received structured training in health leadership under “Leading Clinician’s Program” SA Health.
His research interests include venous thromboembolic disease in older adults and quality improvement in provision of in-patient care. He has collaborated with international researchers and the outcome has been presented in national and international conferences and published in peer reviewed medical journals.
Dr Bikdeli is well aware of psychosocial determinants of health and visits patients both in Medplus and residential care facilities. His special interests include comprehensive geriatric assessment and provision of management plan including in residential aged care facilities, complex medicine in the elderly, dementia and cognitive impairment, falls, frailty and polypharmacy.
Dr Tsung Woo MBBS FRACP
Dr Tsung Woo completed his Geriatric Medicine Advanced Training in Adelaide, and is currently working as Specialist Geriatrician in both the public and private health care settings. Dr Woo has a passion for working with older people with complex medical and geriatric specific syndromes. His area of interests includes older people with frailty and sarcopenia, cognitive impairment, and perioperative care of an older person.His passion is in working collaboratively with patients, their family, and other health care experts, with the ultimate goal of optimising their health status and quality of life. Dr Woo’s passion stems from the belief that all older people must be treated with respect and dignity in their health care journey.
What is Geriatric Medicine?
Geriatric Medicine is a branch of medicine that focuses on medical issues and diseases of aging. More specifically, it is a branch of medicine that focuses in older people aged 65 years and older. However, it is also a branch of medicine that deals with diseases related to aging process even in younger people i.e.young-onset dementia. Through appropriate managing of the multiple complex medica land psychosocial, the goal of management is to prevent further functional decline and optimise healthy aging. Some of the conditions that come under the umbrella of Geriatric Medicine include falls, cognitive impairment/dementia,delirium, polypharmacy, functional decline, frailty and sarcopenia.
What is a Geriatrician?
Geriatrician is a doctor who has completed specialist training in the care of older people. In Australia, after completing medical school and internship training, a doctor is required to undergo a further 6 years of specialist training with the Royal Australasian College of Physician. Geriatrician is physician who is experts in assessing, diagnosing and treating older persons with medical issues and diseases of aging. Geriatrician is an expert in how medical conditions impacts one another, how medication affects the multiple medical comorbidities and the complex interaction between medical diseases, physical function, cognitive performance, and emotional and social domains.
What do Geriatricians do?
- Work to help older people to optimise their physical, psychological and medical health
- Work towards enabling and empowering an older individual to continue to lead a fulfilling life and maintain the activities.
- Assess, diagnose and manage geriatric syndrome such as falls, incontinence, memory problems/cognitive impairment, depression and adverse effect from use of multiple medications, frailty and sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and strength)
- Are comfortable in discussing about end of life issue with patients, family and carer
- Are skilled in evaluating one’s social situation and help individual to decide which living arrangement best suit older people who are struggling to manage themselves.
- Preoperative assessment, especially those with geriatric syndrome (usually in conjunction with other discipline as such anaesthetist and cardiologist if required)
- Post operative management
When should I see a Geriatrician?
- Geriatric syndrome: Recurrent falls, memory problem, incontinence, adverse effects from use of multiple medications
- Having 4 or more medical co-morbidities or 4 or more medications
- Frail older people (see frailty screening tool)
- Loss of muscle mass and strength
- Functional decline
- Going for a surgery and have multiple medical issues, especially if there is co-existing geriatric syndrome – preoperative assessment
- Complex care needs with chronic medical issues
Medplus SA Geriatric Service
There are currently five geriatricians offering their service at Medplus SA.
Geriatric clinic:
Monday PM
Tuesday PM
Thursday PM
Friday AM
What is involved in a Geriatric Consultation?
A geriatric consultation usually start off with filling out a detailed questionnaire about your medical history and can involve any of the following: physical exam, review of medical history and current medication list, cognitive testing, osteoporosis screening, discussion of advanced directives and living will, vision and hearing test, social work consult, and family meeting. After the consultation, the geriatrician communicates findings and suggestions to the patient’s primary doctor.
How long is the first consultation?
45 -60 minutes
How do I get to see a Geriatrician?
Referral letter from General Practitioner (GP) is required to secure an appointment. GP can forward the referral to fax number (08) 7225 6558.
Is there a fee involved?
Referral request by General Practitioner stating comprehensive geriatric assessment will attract lower gap fee in the first consultation. There may be a small gap for subsequent consultation.
For GP, please visit http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/mbsprimarycare-chronicdisease-geriatrician
Useful weblink for Older People
Please note that the link below is intended for general information. It does not reflect or represent the view of Medplus SA. Medplus SA is not responsible for the content of the website.
Service based
- My Aged Care
- Advanced Care Directives South Australia
- Aged Right Advocacy Service
- Translating and Interpreting Service
- COTA SA for Older Australian
- Active Ageing Australia
Condition based
Dr Ishita Batta
MBBS, FRACP, Grad Dip (Geriatric Oncology), G ChPOM (Periop Medicine)
Dr. Batta is a Geriatrician with special interest in Memory disorders, Perioperative care, and Geriatric oncology. She completed her Basic physician training from Tasmania, her Specialist Geriatric training here in Adelaide and has experience working across different health networks. She works as a Staff Specialist and is the Head of the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She is also a Clinical Investigator at the RAH Memory trials unit and is passionate about Dementia research. Dr Batta has accreditation with Calvary North Adelaide hospital and provides private perioperative services.
Outside of work, her two kids keep her busy and she loves to read and paint.
Available Hours:
Mon 1.00 pm – 5.00pm Tues 8.30am – 12.30pm Fri 8.30am – 5.00pm
Dr Tanaya Singh
MBBS, MD, FRACP,
M (Clinical Education)
Dr. Singh completed her Graduate and Postgraduate studies in General Medicine in India and then completed her Specialist Geriatric Medicine training in Australia to become one of specialised the Geriatricians in Adelaide. She has been practicing medicine in Australia since 2007 and has been a Staff Specialist at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals since 2017. She does assessments for memory, falls, polypharmacy and multi-morbidity. Her special interests also include Perioperative Medicine and Medical Education.
Available Hours:
Wednesday 9.00am – 1.00pm Friday 9.00am – 4.30pm
Dr. Shoba Iyer
MBBS, FRACP
Geriatrician
Dr Shoba Iyer graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1997. She completed her basic physician training in 2002 at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. She moved to Sydney after this to complete her geriatrics training. She was based at Concord Hospital in Sydney. On returning to Adelaide, she worked from 2011 to 2014 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Shoba started working in private practice in 2013, and entered full-time private practice in 2014.
Shoba has over 10 years of experience in private practice in geriatrics and has worked in a number of medical centres. Her areas of interest include memory disorders in the elderly, treatment of dementia, delirium in the elderly, polypharmacy and rehabilitation in the elderly.
Dr David Yu is a Geriatrician appointed as a staff specialist with the Department of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and is a clinical title holder at the School of Medicine, University of Adelaide. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine.
His clinical interests include comprehensive geriatric assessments addressing complex geriatric syndromes and providing holistic and personalised management plans in various settings. His career interests include seeking value in geriatric medicine and propagating geriatric values and principles.
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