General Surgeon
Dr Jane Cross MA(Cantab) MBBS MRCS FRACS
Dr Cross is a specialist surgeon consulting and operating on the North Coast of NSW.
OFFICE HOURS
| ROUTINE APPOINTMENTS Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm 0266217796 |
Urgent Private Admissions 0477889938
Consultations available in Lismore or Ballina, NSW
Welcome to the practice
Choose from the links below to learn more about our practice
Referring doctors can find more information about referring patients to Dr Cross here
Patients can learn more about referrals, Medicare rebates and appointment waiting times by following this link
Our schedule of practice fees
More information about St Vincent’s Private Hospital can be found here
PROCEDURES PERFORMED
Dr Cross is a full-time specialist general surgeon. She operates at the Lismore Base Hospital and privately at St Vincent’s Private Hospital, both located in Lismore, NSW. In addition she performs minor skin surgery procedures, ‘minor ops’, under local anaesthetic at her practice at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Lismore.
BREAST – Lump; Mastectomy; Reconstruction
PORTACATH
SENTINEL NODE – Breast; Melanoma
THYROID
PARATHYROID
PAROTID
ADRENAL
BOWEL RESECTION
LAPAROSCOPIC BOWEL RESECTION
HAEMORRHOIDS
HAEMORRHOIDS – STAPLED
CIRCUMCISION
VASECTOMY
SKIN CANCER
HERNIA – Open; Laparoscopic
CARPAL TUNNEL
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
THORACIC – VATS pleurodesis; wedge lung biopsy; pericardial window
URGENT REFERRALS
Referring doctors who have a privately insured patient with an urgent SURGICAL problem and who would prefer an admission to St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Lismore, instead of via the Emergency Department of the Lismore Base Hospital, in other words you have an urgent private SURGICAL admission. In these instances please call the practice 24/7 on the following number 0477889938 immediately. If you fail to reach the practice on this number, please send the patient to the Lismore Base Hospital where they can still request Dr Cross and be transferred to St Vincent’s Private Hospital if appropriate.
EMERGENCY SURGICAL CARE
Dr Cross provides emergency surgical care.
COMMITTED TO PATIENT CARE
Dr Cross provides an individual patient-tailored approach and is committed to personal pre, peri, and post-operative optimisation.
CLINICAL SCIENCE
Dr Cross is committed to adhering to the latest evidence-based scientific guidelines to promote patient safety and confidence. See the section on Publications for articles and conferences that she writes, contributes to or attends.
