This page lists contact details for Blood Matters staff, and for Victorian and interstate transfusion nurses, trainers, safety officers and quality officers.
The Subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIg) community of practice contacts are also included on this page.
For group network emails please use the most recent email contact list.
Blood Matters Program staff
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Name Contact details Linley Bielby
Program ManagerEmail: lbielby@redcrossblood.org.au
Telephone: 03 9694 0102
Mobile: 0412 035 410Chris Akers
Transfusion NurseEmail: cakers@redcrossblood.org.au
Telephone: 03 9694 3523
Mobile: 0417 388 996Kaylene Bastin
Patient Blood Management Education CoordinatorEmail: kbastin@redcrossblood.org.au
Telephone: 03 9694 3515
Mobile: 0417 144 483Bridget Glazebrook
Data and Information Management OfficerEmail: bglazebrook@redcrossblood.org.au
Telephone: 03 9694 0261Peter Beard
Data and Information Management OfficerEmail: pbeard@redcrossblood.org.au
Telephone: 03 9694 0261Raewyn French
Blood Matters ScientistEmail: rfrench@redcrossblood.org.au
Telephone: 03 9694 3524Anne Graham
Project NurseEmail: angraham@redcrossblood.org.au
Telephone: 03 9694 0126
Victorian metropolitan contacts
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Name Contact details Chris Akers,
Leanna Pickles,
Ruby Garland and
April Haberfield (Transfusion Safety Officer, on leave)The Alfred Hospital
Telephone: 03 9076 2965 or 03 9076 2000
Pager: 5357
Email: c.akers@alfred.org.au
Email: l.pickles@alfred.org.au
Emails: r.garland@alfred.org.auAndrew Motley
Austin Health
Telephone: 03 9496 3497
Pager: 3291
Email: andrew.motley@austin.org.auJanine Carnell and Petra Spiteri
Eastern Health
Mobile: 0402 478 389
Email: janine.carnell@easternhealth.org.au or petra.spiteri@easternhealth.org.auKaylene Bastin
Melbourne Health
Telephone: 03 9342 5506
Email: kaylene.bastin@mh.org.auNatalie Gaffy
Melbourne Health
Telephone: 03 9342 5505
Email: natalie.gaffy@mh.org.auTina Leong
Mercy Health Services
Mobile: 0434 198 758 or 0420 775 069
Email: Tina.Leong@mercy.com.auBetty Dumayas
Northern Health
Telephone: 03 8405 8176
Pager: 706
Email: betty.dumayas@nh.org.auClaudia Castro
Peninsula Health
Telephone: 03 9784 7018
Email: ccastro@phcn.vic.gov.auJo Main and
Michelle EdwardsPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Telephone: 03 8559 5373
Pager: 1110104
Email: jo.main@petermac.org or michelle.edwards@petermac.orgAnne Kinmonth
Royal Children's Hospital
Telephone: 03 9345 5281
Email: anne.kinmonth@rch.org.auJess Smith
Royal Women's Hospital
Email: jess.smith@thewomens.org.auPratima Chebrolu
Monash Health
Telephone: 03 9594 6039
Pager: 433
Email: pratima.chebrolu@monashhealth.orgSlav Curcic, and Cassie Carnovale
Western Health
Mobile: 0466 453 585 or 0411 102 722
Email: slavica.curcic@wh.org.au
Email: cassie.carnovale@wh.org.auAdrienne Wynne
St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Telephone: 03 9288 2682
Pager: 293
Email: adrienne.wynne@svha.org.auAngelo Aberin
Western Private Hospital, Quality and Risk Consultant
Email: aaberin@westernprivate.com.auRachael Palmer St Vincent's Private Hospital, Quality and Risk Consultant
Email: rachel.palmer2@svha.org.au
Victorian regional and rural transfusion nurse/trainer contacts
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Name Contact details Lisa Stevenson and Anissa Yttrup Barwon Health – Geelong
Telephone: 03 4215 2782
Pager: 149
Email: transfusionnurse@barwonhealth.org.auLisa Stevenson St John of God Geelong Hospital
Telephone: 03 5215 0961
Email: lisa.stevenson@sjog.org.auCaroline Polack South West Healthcare
Telephone: 03 5563 1562
Email: cpolack@swh.net.auRachel Clarke Western District Health Service
Telephone: 03 5551 8390
Email: rachel.clarke@wdhs.netMelodi Litowschenko Portland District Health
Telephone: 03 5521 0615
Email: mlitowshenko.pdh@swarh.vic.gov.auElizabeth Roe Colac Area Health
Telephone: 03 5232 5236
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Name Contact details Debbie Regester and Rosemary Parker Latrobe Regional Health Service
Telephone: 03 5173 8528
Email: dregester@lrh.com.au or
rparker@lrh.com.auMaddison Ghellar Huysman Bass Coast Health, Wonthaggi Hospital
Telephone: 03 5671 3333
Email: maddison.ghellar-huysman@basscoasthealth.org.auNicole Smith Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
Telephone: 03 5150 3653
Email: nicole.smith@brhs.com.auHayley Smyth Central Gippsland Health Service
Telephone: 03 5143 8924
Email: hayley.smyth@cghs.com.auLinda Fiddelaers Gippsland Southern Health Service
Telephone: 03 5667 5502
Email: linda.fiddelaers@gshs.com.auKiona Smith West Gippsland Health Care Group
Telephone: 03 5624 0580
Email: kiona.smith@wghg.com.auVanessa Jenkins South Gippsland Hospital
Telephone: 03 5683 9714
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Name Contact details Ash Falla Ballarat Health Service
Telephone: 0437 784 509
Email: ash.falla@bhs.org.auKatherine Pitcher East Grampians Health Service
Telephone: 03 5352 9589
Email: katherine.pitcher@eghs.net.auRoxanne Tucker Wimmera Health Care Group
Telephone: 03 5381 9376
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Name Contact details Jessica Alford Goulburn Valley Health
Telephone: 0428 164 177
Email: jessica.alford@gvhealth.org.auJane Howell Albury Wodonga Health Service
Telephone: 03 6058 4444
Email: jane.howell@awh.org.auKelly Barton Alpine Health
Telephone: 03 5751 9321 or 03 5751 9322
Email: kelly.barton@alpinehealth.org.auSue Wallace Benalla & District Memorial Hospital
Telephone: 03 5761 4222
Email: sue.wallace@benallahealth.org.auWilliam Wallace Northeast Health - Wangaratta
Telephone: 03 5722 5826 or 03 5722 0111
Pager: 611
Email: william.wallace@nhw.org.auAmy O’Brien, Education Manager Seymour Health
Telephone: 03 5735 8098
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Name Contact details Meryanda Jodoin Bendigo Health
Telephone: 03 5454 9091
Email: mjodoin@bendigohealth.org.auNatalie Green / Deb Matricardi
Blood Management Portfolio ManagersCastlemaine Health
Telephone: 03 5471 1472 or 03 5471 1683
Mobile: 0419 322 132
Email: ngreen@castlemainehealth.org.au
Email: dmatricardi@castlemainehealth.org.au
Email: blood@castlemainehealth.org.auAnnie Fowler Kyneton District Health Service
Email: afowler@kynetonhealth.org.auKerry Schroder Echuca Regional Health
Telephone: 03 5485 5497 or 03 5485 5365
Email: kschroder@erh.org.auHaylee Wellard Kerang District Health
Mobile: 0437 539 907
Email: hwellard@kerhosp.vic.gov.auMeredith Hodder (Director Clinical Services) / Sara Pettifer (Quality & Education Manager) Kyabram & District Health Service
Telephone: 03 5857 0200
Email: hodderm@kyhealth.org.au
Email: spettifer@kyhealth.org.auLauren Cain Mildura Base Hospital
Telephone: 03Â 5022 3884
Email: lcain@mbph.org.auJayne Stead Swan Hill Hospital
Telephone: 03 5033 9310
Email: jstead@shdh.org.au
Interstate and Lifeblood (formerly Blood Service) transfusion nurse contacts
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Name Contact details Jessica Viney Tasmania – North West Regional Hospital Burnie
Telephone: 03 6430 6965
Pager: 007
Email: jessica.j.viney@ths.tas.gov.auRebecca Davis Tasmania – Launceston General Hospital
Telephone: 03 6777 6691
Mobile: 0418 990 190
Email: rebecca.j.davis@ths.tas.gov.auMichelle Britton & Nicole Elliot Tasmania – Royal Hobart Hospital
Telephone: 03 6222 8549
Pager: 6940
Email: rhh.transfusion@dhhs.tas.gov.auAlisha Finnegan Tasmania – Mersey Community Hospital
Telephone: 03 6426 5111
Email: nw.pbmcnc@ths.tas.gov.auSusan Dalkie Northern Territory – Royal Darwin Hospital
Telephone: 08 8922 6954
Mobile: 0475 969 546
Email: susan.dalkie@nt.gov.auMaria Burgess ACT – The Canberra Hospital
Telephone: 02 6244 4092
Email: maria.burgess@act.gov.auLouise Wadsworth Kangaroo Island Health service
Telephone: 08 8553 0417
Mobile: 0438 023 720
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Name Contact details Tamla Tait, Tatum Nitsis Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (formerly Blood Service) – Vic/Tas
Telephone: 03 9694 0201 or 03 9694 0171
Email: vtatn@redcrossblood.org.au
SCIg community of practice contacts
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Nursing staff working in SCIg programs can be a great resource for each other. This section contains the contact details of the nurses supporting hospital based SCIg programs.
Institute Name Email Telephone Blood Matters
Project NurseAnne Graham angraham@redcrossblood.org.au 03 9694 0126
0432 632 489Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Vic/Tas – Transfusion NursesTamla Tait,
Tatum Robinsonvtatn@redcrossblood.org.au 03 9694 0201
03 9694 0171Monash Medical Centre Terri Dunstan terri.dunstan@monashhealth.org Royal Children’s Hospital Ben Van Dort ben.vandort@rch.org.au Northern Health Kaylene Probst
Teresa Woodkaylene.probst@nh.org.au
teresa.wood@nh.org.auPeter McCallum Cancer Centre Erica Phillips Alfred Health Eddie Weber e.weber@alfred.org.au Austin Health Emily O'Leary emily.oleary@austin.org.au St Vincent’s Health Corina Bakhos
Meg Kelliher03 9231 4768 Northeast Health - Wangaratta Kerrin Elliot 03 5722 6194 Ballarat Health Colleen Deppeler South west Healthcare Caroline Polack cpolack@swh.net.au Barwon University Hospital Jaquie Waymouth jacquiew@barwonhealth.org.au 03 4215 1530 East Grampians Health Service Deborah Bennett 03 5352 9439 Eastern Health Kristy Whittle Albury Wodonga Health Jane Howell
Karen Carlisle02 6051 7499 LaTrobe Regional Hospital Debbie Register
Amy Lowater03 5173 8528 Royal Melbourne Hospital Sylvia Tsang shukyin.tsang@mh.org.au 03 9342 8796 Peninsula Health Justine Bradley
Laura Tummminelloinfusioncentre@phnc.vic.gov.au National Home Nurse SCIg Coordinator referrals@nationalnurse.com.au 1800 941 001 Bendigo Health Kim Dalton krdalton@bendigohealth.org.au Trudy Haines thaines@bendigohealth.org.au Grampians Health Horsham Carmel O'Kane carmel.okane@whcg.org.au
Reviewed 21 March 2023