Dr Katherine Tonks (Endocrinologist)
- Name
- Dr Katherine Thuy Trang Tonks
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of New South Wales Australia 2002
- Occupation
- Endocrinologist
- Gender
- Female
- Languages Spoken
- French
- Vietnamese
A/Prof Tonks is a Staff Specialist of the Department of Endocrinology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Visiting Medical Officer at the Mater Hospital, Sydney, and Clinical Research Officer of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney.
A/Prof Katherine T. Tonks is a Staff Specialist of the Department of Endocrinology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, and Clinical Research Officer of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney. She sees patients at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, the Mater Clinic and Hospital, North Sydney, and in consulting rooms at Bankstown.
After completing her medical degree at the University of New South Wales with Honours, she worked as a junior medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Camperdown. She underwent her Advanced Endocrine Training at St. Vincent’s Hospital, St.George Hospital, and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and was admitted to the Royal Australian College of Physicians as an Endocrinologist in 2008.
A/Prof Tonks helped form the Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Clinic at St. Vincent’s Hospital in 2008, and was accepted into the Diabetes Centre at St. Vincent’s Hospital in 2009 as an Honorary Medical Officer. She is also currently a Staff Specialist at St. Vincent’s Hospital.
A/Prof Tonks’ areas of interest are diabetes (type 1, type 2 and pregnancy-related), insulin resistance including polycystic ovarian syndrome, thyroid disorders, obesity and other endocrine diseases.
She regularly attends national and international meetings and has given talks to scientists, other doctors, and public seminars at the Garvan Institute and for the Australian Pituitary Foundation. She is an invited speaker at the 2011 Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth.
- Hospital Affiliations
- St Vincents Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Sydney Endocrinology - North Sydney
- Sydney Endocrinology - Bankstown
- Sydney Endocrinology - Wahroonga
- Affiliated Organisations
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research
- Topics
- Diabetes,
- Thyroid disease
- general endocrinology
Practice Locations
NSW
- Sydney Endocrinology - North Sydney
- Address
- Suite 3, 319 Pacific Highway
North Sydney NSW 2060
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9157 9095
- Fax
- 02 9157 9056
- Sydney Endocrinology - Bankstown
- Address
- Level 1
310 Chapel Road South
Bankstown NSW 2200
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9796 7545
- Sydney Endocrinology - Wahroonga
- Address
- San Clinic Parkway
Suite G05 172 Fox Valley Way
Wahroonga NSW 2076
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9157 9095
