Dr Shaun McGrath
BIOGRAPHY
Dr Shaun McGrath (MBBS (UNSW) Hons 1 FRACP) is a senior Visiting Medical Officer in the Department of Endocrinology at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle. He graduated with Honours from UNSW in 1992 and gained his FRACP in 1999. He is a busy clinical endocrinologist in private practice with particular expertise in thyroid and parathyroid disease.
He runs a dedicated thyroid biopsy clinic and performs all the preoperative parathyroid localisation ultrasound for the Hunter region prior to surgery. He has facilitated thyroid ultrasound workshops and lectured on neck ultrasound and thyroid nodules for the Endocrine Society of Australia and manages over 500 thyroid cancer patients. He is an key member of the Thyroid Multidisciplinary Team for the Hunter New England Area Health Service.
Areas of Expertise
Dr McGrath's areas of expertise in clinical care include:
Thyroid disorders including thyroid nodules and cancer
Disorders of calcium metabolism including hyperparathyroidism
Pituitary disorders
Metabolic bone disease
Adrenal disorders
General Endocrinology
Ultrasound of the neck
Note: Dr McGrath does not consult in diabetes
Recent Lectures and Achievements
2019
HPMI Cluster meeting GP lecture Charlestown
Asia and Oceania Thyroid Association ultrasound workshop convenor
GP Synergy Regional workshop thyroid disease
Newcastle University 4th year medicine thyroid lectures
Australian Sonographers Assocation invited lecturer
Reviewer for Internal Medicine Journal
2018
Invited Lecturer Australian Paediatric Endocrine Group Annual scientific meeting
GP Synergy Regional workshop thyroid disease
Newcastle University 4th year medicine thyroid lectures
Remote vocational training scheme GP thyroid lecture
Sydney Vital Thyroid cancer speaker
Reviewer for Internal Medicine Journal
Reviewer Endocrine Connections journal
Memberships
Royal Australian College of Physicians
Endocrine Society of Australia