Our Specialists

Dr Ritam Prasad

FRACP FRCPA

Dr Prasad is a clinical and laboratory haematologist with interest in all aspects of haematology. He currently works as a Staff Specialist at NSW Health Pathology and Calvary Mater Newcastle.

Dr Wojt Janowski

MBChB FRCPA FRACP

Wojt (“Voit”) is a clinical and laboratory haematologist whose main areas of work are malignant haematology and thrombosis. He is an active clinical trialist, and the local principal investigator on numerous national cooperative group and international research trials. He is a Conjoint Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, and a member of various research steering committees.

In addition to the Clot Clinic, he is a Staff Specialist at Calvary Mater Newcastle, and has private rooms in Gateshead.

Dr KARAN MAKHIJA

MBBS FRACP FRCPA  

Dr Karan Makhija is a Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist with a keen interest in all aspects of Haematology, including management of patients with blood count abnormalities, paraproteinaemias, thrombosis, lymphoma, myeloma and leukaemia. 

Karan works in both public and private Haematology practice. He works as a Staff Specialist at the Calvary Mater Hospital and Manning Base Hospital, as well as in private practice at Hunter Valley Haematology and the Clot Clinic in Cooks Hill.

Karan obtained his medical degree in sunny Queensland with an Academic Medal and subsequently completed Physician Training through The Townsville Hospital and The Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. He went on to pursue dual training in both clinical and laboratory Haematology at the Calvary Mater Hospital and John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, awarding him Fellowships of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia. 

Timely and effective communication with GPs, patients and their families is something which Karan greatly values.

Dr Kate Melville

BMed FRCPA FRACP

Kate is a specialist haematologist with a special interest in consultative and malignant haematology. She is dual trained in clinical and laboratory haematology and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia.

Kate completed her haematology training within the Hunter New England and Northern Sydney Health Districts. She currently works at the Calvary Mater Newcastle as a Staff Specialist as well as in the group practice of Hunter Valley Haematology in Gateshead.

Her interests include general and obstetric haematology patients including those with thrombosis and malignant haematological diagnoses.

She is actively involved in the education and supervision of medical students, junior doctors, and other medical professionals.

Dr Jane Gordon

BMed FRCPA FRACP

Jane is a specialist haematologist. She sees patients with a broad range of haematology problems, including abnormal blood counts, clotting or bleeding problems and malignant haematology conditions.

Jane has a long association with the Hunter, graduating from the University of Newcastle in 1997 and completing medical and haematology training in the region’s hospitals.

She is currently a haematologist at Calvary Mater Newcastle and has private rooms in Gateshead. Previously, Jane was a consultant haematologist at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney.

Her laboratory grounding allows her to make sense of sometimes complex test results and explain what they mean and what to do.

She has been twice awarded by the RCPA, with the DS Nelson and Roche Haematology Prizes.

Dr Gordon has contributed to medical education in the community, hospital and university fields, within the University of Newcastle, University of Sydney and the Centre for Professional Medical Development.

Jane values clear and timely communication with colleagues, patients and their families.