St John of God Hospital
Consulting Suites
Ground Floor
75 Kangan Drive
Berwick VIC 3806
Tel: 03 5910 6100
Fax: 03 5910 6101
Hospital Accreditations & Appointments
Monash Medical Centre
St John of God Berwick
MBBchBAO PhD FRACP FRCPA
- Consultant Haematologist
Dr Shahla Vilcassim is a Haematologist at Monash Medical Centre, as well as at St John of God Berwick. She completed her undergraduate studies at University College Dublin, Ireland where she was awarded an MBBchBAO. She undertook her specialty training through Monash Medical Centre and the Alfred Hospital. She is a fellow of both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) as well as the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA).
Dr Vilcassim is currently undertaking her PhD studies focusing on the Myelodysplastic Syndromes through Monash University and the Hudson Institute of Medical Research. She was awarded the Monash Health Clinical Academic Fellowship.
Dr Vilcassim’s clinical and research interests include haematological malignancies (e.g. myelodysplasia) as well as treatment of haemoglobinopathies.
Dr Vilcassim consults out of St John of God Berwick and will see patients with any haematological disorder including haematological malignancies, iron deficiency as well as thrombosis.