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Professor Richard Harper has been featured in the Golf Victoria Magazine. Jessie Cardiologist Professor Richard Harper talks about the health benefits of golf, as both a physical activity and a [...]

Ensuring you have the best breastfeeding experience possible At Jessie McPherson Private, we support mothers and babies through their breastfeeding journey. Our Breastfeeding Support Service [...]

Laura and George, parents to  2 year old Zoe, were thrilled to discover they were pregnant with twins in the autumn of 2017.  Pregnancy We had a smooth pregnancy, but a bit of a journey to get [...]

CASSIE AND TODD JAMES WERE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD WHEN CASSIE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE UNUSUAL SYMPTOMS, RESULTING IN BOBBY BEING BORN SIX WEEKS PREMATURE. PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER, CASSIE, 28, [...]

PATIENT: KYLIE SMITH, 39, MUM TO ROSE, SAMUEL AND BABY WILLA DIAGNOSIS: POSTPARTUM CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION Kylie was settling into life with the latest addition to her family, six week old baby [...]

WHAT IS A VBAC? Many women who have previously had a caesarean section can safely give birth vaginally. This is commonly referred to as ‘vaginal birth after caesarean section’ or VBAC. Every [...]

SUPPORTING MUMS IN CRISIS To celebrate Mother’s Day this year Jessie McPherson Private is supporting St Kilda Mums and collecting for the One Mother to Another campaign. Sometimes the only [...]

PATIENT: BRENDAN A MURPHY QC PROCEDURE: TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION (TAVI) After developing symptoms, my doctor picked up on a problem with my heart and I was referred to MonashHeart [...]

Jessie McPherson Private Hospital is one of a select few private hospitals accredited as a TAVI Hospital, this means that we are able to offer an alternative to open heart surgery for aortic [...]

THIS IS THE STORY OF LOGAN MILLER LOGAN WAS BORN AT 26 WEEKS AND SPENT 139 DAYS IN NICU Kathryn and Daniel wish to share their story for World Prematurity Day 2018, to help other parents who may [...]