The “Patients” page is a useful resource for all our patients – old, new or potential. It contains a wealth of videos, animations, links and information regarding the conditions, treatment and outcomes of many of the vascular and vein conditions managed by Ponosh Vascular.
Many of these resources will provide insights into your management, reinforce the information provided by Mr Ponosh and show you the amazing medical technologies available at Ponosh Vascular providing you faster recovery and better outcomes.
For written information regarding many of the conditions Ponosh Vascular treats please see our “What We do” page.
These patient information sheets are provided to you at your consultation with Mr Ponosh but are also available below to review or print for your reference.
Angiogram or Venogram Endovascular Intervention Information Sheet
Angiogram or Venogram Discharge Information Sheet
Varicose Vein Surgery Information Sheet
Radiofrequency Ablation Information Sheet
Sclerotherapy Information Sheet
Topical Laser Information Sheet
Pelvic Venous Congestion Syndrome Information Sheet
Geniculate Embolization Information Sheet
Infusaport or PICC Line Information Sheet
Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Insertion & Retrieval Information Sheet
This is a video of Mr Ponosh explaining, as he would to you in his office, how and why varicose veins form and what problems they can cause.
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This video is a series of before and after images of several patients following their varicose vein treatment by Mr Ponosh.
Please note that full informed patient consent and permission has been provided for the use of these images by Mr Ponosh’s patients in these video’s. Not to be reproduced or otherwise used.
This section contains a number of video’s of Mr Ponosh conducting minimally invasive sclerotherapy or injection treatment of spider and varicose veins with foam sclerotherapy. This is conducted as as a simple walk in & out procedure in his rooms.
Please note that full informed patient consent and permission has been provided for the use of these images by Mr Ponosh’s patients in these video’s. Not to be reproduced or otherwise used.
ClosureFast™ is a minimally invasive treatment for Varicose Veins. The ClosureFast™ procedure using radiofrequency or microwave technology has been rigorously tested and proven across multiple studies and patients and has treated over 900,000 patients in 100 countries.
Hollywood Private Hospital & St John of God Hospital Subiaco are Perth’s premier private hospital’s. Mr Ponosh has a developed a close working relationship with both of these hospital’s over many years.
For further information regarding these hospitals and your admission please refer to the information below :
Main Entrance : Gate 2, 115 Monash Avenue Nedlands 6009
Phone : 08 9346 6000
Website : www.hollywoodprivate.com.au
The hospital will require some additional information and documentation for your admission. This can be done via Hollywood’s MyCare page. Please click on the link to access.
The below video will take you through a step by step process on your admission to Hollywood Private Hospital.
Click here for further information regarding your admission to Hollywood.
Main Entrance : 12 Salvado Road, Subiaco 6008
Phone : 08 9382 6111
Website : www.sjog.org.au
The hospital will require some additional information and documentation for your admission. This can be done via St John’s MyAdmission page. Please click on the link to access.
Click here for further information regarding your admission to St John’s.
Ponosh Vascular is focused on providing you the best quality and most up-to-date vascular care available. Whilst private health care is expensive, we are here to look after you and make your experience as “pain-free” as possible in every sense of the word.
As a result we provide a NO GAP service (no out of pocket expenses from Mr Ponosh) for all inpatient or in-hospital medical procedures that Mr Ponosh provides with all health funds. Silver or Gold level cover is required due to Health Fund limitations (Bronze cover does not cover vascular or vein treatments as well as many other specialities). You may have an excess payment on your policy or some hospital incurred fees beyond the control of Mr Ponosh.
Consultations in the rooms with Mr Ponosh for new and follow-up patients (exceptions for some post-operative patients) unfortunately do encounter a fee (with a medicare rebate applicable – with valid referral and Medicare card). Pensioners, Veteran’s and Seniors Card holders do receive subsidised consultation fees. These fees will discussed with you when making your appointment.
All radiology imaging at Ponosh Vascular, through our integrated vascular ultrasound service Perth VascularScan is bulk-billed without exception.
Other imaging or tests such as CT, MRI, nuclear medicine or blood tests required by Mr Ponosh through external medical providers will be requested as “bulk billed” for your benefit.
These investigations (especially some MRI scans) through third parties may not be bulk-billed due to Medicate and Provider restrictions.
Mr Ponosh’s regular anaesthetist’s are also no gap providers for the majority of health funds. They will discuss this further with you personally. Please see our Theatre Team page for further information regarding our anaesthetist’s.
However, some procedures undertaken within the rooms as a result of Health Fund and Federal Government restrictions are not fully covered by your private health insurance or Medicare. The only procedures that fall in this unfortunate situation with Mr Ponosh are injection sclerotherapy, topical laser therapy and minimally invasive endovenous vein treatments (Radiofrequency & Laser Ablation). This is beyond Mr Ponosh’s control.
Ponosh Vascular is a busy practice and our appointments are in high demand. Your appointment is reserved especially for you. We understand that at times appointments need to be changed. We appreciate changes may need to be made for urgent reasons.
ULTRASOUND AND CONSULT CANCELLATION POLICY
Under this cancellation policy we appreciate your co-operation as below:
SCLERO AND LASER CANCELLATION POLICY
Under this cancellation policy we appreciate your co-operation as below:
RFA CANCELLATION POLICY
Under this cancellation policy we appreciate your co-operation as below:
Please email our Practice Manager with any concerns or issues regarding this policy.
Please contact our Practice Manager in writing via email or post to the office with any complaints or constructive criticism to improve our practice.
We don’t often get complaints but are happy to address any concerns and are always open to hearing of ways to improve our practice.
Introduction
This privacy policy is to provide information to you, our patient, on how your personal information (which includes your health information) is collected and used within our practice, and the circumstances in which we may share it with third parties.
Why and when your consent is necessary?
When you register as a patient of our practice, you provide consent for our Specialist’s and practice staff to access and use your personal information so they can provide you with the best possible healthcare. Only staff who need to see your personal information will have access to it. If we need to use your information for anything else, we will seek additional consent from you to do this.
Why do we collect, use, hold and share your personal information?
Our practice will need to collect your personal information to provide healthcare services to you. Our main purpose for collecting, using, holding and sharing your personal information is to manage your health. We also use it for directly related business activities, such as financial claims and payments, practice audits and accreditation, and business processes (e.g. staff training).
What personal information do we collect?
The information we will collect about you includes your:
Dealing with us anonymously
You have the right to deal with us anonymously or under a pseudonym unless it is impracticable for us to do so or unless we are required or authorised by law to only deal with identified individuals.
How do we collect your personal information?
Our practice may collect your personal information in several different ways.
When, why and with whom do we share your personal information?
We sometimes share your personal information:
Only people who need to access your information will be able to do so. Other than in the course of providing medical services or as otherwise described in this policy, our practice will not share personal information with any third party without your consent.
We will not share your personal information with anyone outside Australia (unless under exceptional circumstances that are permitted by law) without your consent.
Our practice will not use your personal information for marketing any of our goods or services directly to you without your express consent. If you do consent, you may opt out of direct marketing at any time by notifying our practice in writing.
Our practice may use your personal information to improve the quality of the services we offer to our patients through research and analysis of our patient data.
We may provide de-identified data to other organisations to improve population health outcomes. The information is secure, patients cannot be identified. You can let our reception staff know if you do not want your information included.
How do we store and protect your personal information?
Your personal information may be stored at our practice in varies forms. At our practice we store your information as electronic and paper records.
Our practice stores all personal information securely. Electronically in a protected information system (Genie), where each staff member has an individual login and is password protected. Paper or hard copies of your information are stored in folders in our locked on-site storage room which can only be accessed by staff.
How can you access and correct your personal information at our practice?
You have the right to request access to, and correction of, your personal information.
Our practice acknowledges patients may request access to their medical records. We require you to put this request in writing via post or email and our practice will respond within a reasonable time, 10 business days.
Our practice will take reasonable steps to correct your personal information where the information is not accurate or up to date. From time to time, we will ask you to verify that your personal information held by our practice is correct and current. You may also request that we correct or update your information, and you should make such requests in writing via post or email or over the phone.
Email: admin@ponoshvascular.com.au
Postal Address: Ponosh Vascular, Suite 413, 91 Monash Avenue, Hollywood Consulting Centre, Nedlands 6009 WA
How can you lodge a privacy-related complaint, and how will the complaint be handled at our practice?
We take complaints and concerns regarding privacy seriously. You should express any privacy concerns you may have in writing. We will then attempt to resolve it in accordance with our resolution procedure with in 30days.
Email: admin@ponoshvascular.com.au
Postal Address: Ponosh Vascular, 413/91 Monash Avenue, Hollywood Consulting Centre, Nedlands 6009 WA
Phone: 9386 6200
Policy review statement
This statement will be reviewed regularly to ensure it is in accordance with any changes that may occur within our practice and privacy laws. It will be updated on the website and in our rooms accordingly.
Endovascular Stents are minimally invasive “scaffolds” that are placed inside arteries to treat and keep blockages open. The stent shown here, the Cook Zilver PTX is a “drug eluting stent” that slowly releases a chemical to help reduce re-narrowing and improve long term outcomes.
Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repairs (EVAR) is now the commonest, minimally invasive treatment for this potentially life-threatening arterial “ballooning”. These grafts are a re-lining of your arteries using state of the art tailor made grafts. This video demonstrates the Gore Excluder C3 graft commonly used by Mr Ponosh
Coil Embolization is used to block arteries or veins through a minimally invasive procedure in a planned controlled fashion. It is often used to treat Pelvic Congestion Syndrome (Ovarian Vein Embolization) or as part or aneurysm treatment.
The Cordis Outback Elite Catheter is a novel system to allow the opening of blocked arteries. Using a “subintimal” or through the blockage technique, this device allows Mr Ponosh to treat challenging blockages in you arteries by this device making a new channel in your arteries.
Endovascular Staples are very small “screws” used to secure aortic endografts in some situations. These anchors are placed in a minimally invasive procedure from inside the artery.
