When you come for your first appointment, please remember to bring:

• Medicare or Veterans’ Affairs card
• Referral from your GP, family physician or other doctor
• Health fund membership card
• X-rays and any other scans
• A list of all your medications
• If you have seen a physiotherapist, please bring a progress letter from the therapist
• If you have had surgery elsewhere, please bring a copy of your operation report
• Dress appropriately so he can easily examine your knee.

If you need to cancel an appointment

Please telephone the office as soon as possible so that we can offer your appointment time to someone else.

There is a fee for your consultation that needs to be paid on the day. Part of this fee can be claimed through Medicare, usually directly into your bank account.

During your first visit, Dr Dao will ask you several questions regarding your condition, activities and general health. He will perform a physical examination of your knee and any other related joints. He will assess any diagnostic images that you have available. Sometimes further tests such as full length X-rays or MRI scans may need to be arranged. Dr Dao will discuss in details your condition and establish a treatment plan.

We recognise that your time is valuable and make every effort to be punctual, however occasionally emergencies occur or complex cases require a little more time. Dr Dao strives to make every patient experience comfortable and efficient.