Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) is a 580 bed public teaching hospital in Adelaide, South Australia.The hospital is situated in the Adelaide foothills on an 11.5 hectare campus approximately 12 kilometres from the city centre. It is only a few kilometres from our beautiful south coast beaches and close to famous wineries in the southern Adelaide region. Since opening in 1976, FMC has earned an international reputation as one of Australia's finest public teaching hospitals and as a centre for research excellence.The hospital is co-located with the Flinders University School of Medicine and the 130 bed Flinders Private Hospital.

 

FMC is unique in South Australia (SA) in providing an extensive range of services for patients of all ages. It is one of two major trauma centres in SA and an around-the-clock emergency retrieval service brings patients to FMC by road or helicopter. Flinders Cardiac Services provides secondary and tertiary cardiac care for patients within Southern Adeldaide, Southeast SA, the western reaches of Victoria and the Northern Territory.

 

The Cardiology Department consists of 18 Staff Specialists and caters for all cardiology subspecialities. All of our consultants have focused single subspeciality interests in addition to their general cardiology commitments. We have dedicated Imaging, Intervention, EP and Heart Failure units that are closely aligned under the departmental umbrella and we have a close collegiate relationship with our cardiac surgeons. Flinders Cardiac Services have always been at the forefront of cardiac innovation and research founded on our international reputation in Clinical Trials Research.