IMPORTANT NEWS 21st September 2023 – CLOSURE OF MEDICAL PRACTICE:

Dear Patients,

PLEASE NOTE THAT DR STEPHEN O’CALLAGHAN WILL BE CLOSING HIS PRIVATE OBSTETRIC PRACTICE AT THE DARWIN PRIVATE HOSPITAL (DPH) ON THURSDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2023 AND LEAVING DARWIN. THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF DR ALIA VEMURI, IN THE SAME ROOMS AT DPH, WILL THEN CONTINUE.

TO ALLOW FOR CONTINUATION OF CARE, AND ONLY WITH EACH PATIENT’S PRIOR CONSENT, DR O’CALLAGHAN WILL ALLOW DR VEMURI TO ACCESS HIS MEDICAL RECORDS FOR PATIENTS SEEN WITHIN THE LAST FIVE (5) YEARS. ONCE AGAIN, THIS WILL ONLY HAPPEN WITH EACH PATIENT’S PERMISSION GIVEN AT THE TIME. ANY PATIENT CAN, OF COURSE, DECLINE PERMISSION FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. ( A SMALL NUMBER OF PATIENTS, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROCESS).

IF YOU DO NOT WISH FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, PLEASE CONTACT THE ROOMS IN THE NORMAL FASHION ON (08) 8927 0108, OR IN WRITING TO THE ROOMS ADDRESS IN DPH, OR DISCUSS THIS WITH DR VEMURI.

ALL INPATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS, FOR EXAMPLE RELATING TO CARE IN THE DPH BIRTH SUITE OR OPERATION THEATRE, WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD BY THE DARWIN PRIVATE HOSPITAL MEDICAL RECORDS OFFICE IN THE USUAL MANNER.

Thank you.

Dr Stephen P. O’Callaghan.

IMPORTANT NEWS 23rd May 2022:

Dear Patients,

As you may know, this Obstetrics practice has been conducted for the last fourteen years here at Darwin Private Hospital by Dr Stephen O’Callaghan, Obstetrician and his wife Mrs Judy O’Callaghan, Midwife.

Unfortunately Mrs O’Callaghan has suddenly developed a major health issue and will need to cease her work as Midwife here at once. Dr O’Callaghan will continue to work here, as far as is possible, but he will need time off work to care for his wife at times and also for other reasons as needed.

Another new Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Dr Alia Vemuri, has just commenced working here and she will be providing care for new patients booked under her own name at Darwin Private Hospital – and she will also be providing cover for Dr O’Callaghan and help care for his patients when necessary.

All patients will continue to be cared for safely.

Thank you for your understanding in this difficult time for us.

With best wishes,

Stephen and Judy O’Callaghan.

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Dr Stephen O’Callaghan

MBBS (UNSW), FRANZCOG, FRCOG, CMFM (1997 – 2014), DDU.

Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Dr Stephen O’Callaghan is a Specialist Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Darwin Private Hospital. He moved to Darwin in 2009 after working in Newcastle, NSW in the John Hunter Hospital (a major University teaching hospital) as Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and then Director of Obstetrics.

Dr O’Callaghan grew up in Sydney and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney in 1982. He then trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in England, Iceland and Australia (in Newcastle and Adelaide). He has been a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists since 1993, obtained his Diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound in 1994 and he was certified as an R.A.N.Z.C.O.G. Subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine in 1997.

Dr O’Callaghan has a wide expert experience in Prenatal Diagnosis, the management of normal, high risk & complicated pregnancies and Obstetrical Ultrasound. He was an Examiner for the R.A.N.Z.C.O.G. in Maternal-Fetal Medicine for more than a decade and he introduced First Trimester Screening for chromosomal disorders (using the risk analysis software developed by the Fetal Medicine Foundation in London) into Newcastle, NSW in September 1997. He was a member of the NSW Department of Health High Risk Obstetric Advisory Group and the NSW Department of Health Expert Advisory Group on Fetal Intravascular Transfusion while in NSW.

Dr O’Callaghan conducts his private practice in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine (including Obstetrical Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis) at Darwin Private Hospital together with his wife Judith, who is a Midwife & Neonatal Nurse.

Please note Dr O’Callaghan does not currently practice Gynaecology.

As with any Specialist practice in Australia, you will need a valid referral from your GP to see Dr O’Callaghan for medical care.

Dr O’Callaghan takes leave at times, with cover then provided by his colleague at Darwin Private Hospital, Dr Jenny Mitchell and Dr Alia Vemuri – or in an emergency (such as illness or quarantine, for example) staff from the adjacent Royal Darwin Hospital.