Tuesday–Friday
8:30am–4:30pm
Welcome to Specialists 331!
We are a medical specialist practice located in a converted 1940s art deco property at 331 Buckley Street, Aberfeldie.
We look forward to welcoming new team members through the year. We are all passionate about your health and evidence-based medicine. We prioritise communication and working with you and your referring doctor.
We have designed an environment we feel is best placed to support high quality healthcare for our patients - light, bright, character filled and welcoming to all.
Our practice is 100% electric and we are taking a number of steps to honour our commitment to practice healthcare in a way that is as environmentally conscious as possible.
We are excited about this new practice and what it adds to quality medical specialist options to residents of Aberfeldie and surrounding communities, as well those located further afield. We offer both in person and video appointments.
Reception Hours:
Tuesday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm
DR RITA UPRETI
MBChB PhD FRACP, adult Endocrinologist
Rita is an Endocrinologist and her extensive training background includes her medical degree from the University of Auckland, NZ, PhD in Endocrinology from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Andrology Fellowship, through Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne. Rita has ongoing public Endocrinology specialist positions at Monash Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Western Health and Monash University. She maintains active involvement in teaching and research.
Rita welcomes diabetes and endocrinology referrals and sees people with a range of endocrine issues such as diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome and conditions affecting the pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands. She has a sub-speciality interest in fertility, particularly male fertility, and andrology. Rita consults on Tuesday afternoons, Wednesdays, alternate Thursdays and alternate Friday mornings.
Referrals can be sent to contact details above or to reception@drritaupreti.au
MAREE BELL
RN CDE Div1, Credentialed Diabetes Educator
Maree is a registered nurse with 40 years’ experience, including emergency, community and palliative care nursing. Maree has been a Credentialed Diabetes Educator for the last 16 years and has a special interest in Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, pre diabetes and Gestational diabetes. She has completed the Oz DAFNE facilitator course and has extensive experience in Type 1 diabetes and management, including continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pump therapy.
Maree is the person to help you on your journey and to empower you and help you to live a healthy life with diabetes. Maree offers personalised support keeping in mind everyone’s journey is different. She is knowledgeable, friendly, approachable and non-judgmental, and encourages self-management helping patients to take control of their own health and lead a fulfilling, healthy, happy and active life.
Referrals can be sent to reception@specialists331.au or other contact details as above.
LUKE NEILL
Masters of Dietetics, Accredited Practicing Dietitian
Luke is an Advanced Practising Gastrostomy Dietitian and an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) with over 15 years’ experience working across clinical, community and private dietetics services. He has over 10 years of experience working within a multi-disciplinary diabetes service. He actively works with patients with all forms of diabetes in a supportive and caring approach.
Luke is happy to support you in distinguishing fact from fiction in nutrition and diabetes, and translate evidence-based guidelines into day-to-day application. He can educate you regarding carbohydrate counting and help interpret dietary impacts on continued glucose monitoring (CGMS).
Luke is also able to support you with weight management and nutritional aspects of other endocrine conditions such as osteoporosis, heart health (cholesterol/blood pressure/fluid management), gastrointestinal health (coeliac, IBS, FODMAP, IBD), gastrostomy tubes and kidney health.
Referrals can be sent to reception@specialists331.au or other contact details as above
TAMMY CARTLEDGE
Medical Receptionist
Tammy has been working in medical administration for over 10 years. Specialising in managing front desk operations, scheduling appointments, and maintaining electronic health records, she ensures a seamless flow of patient services.
Tammy is committed to delivering superior administrative assistance and compassionate care to patients.
Tammy is in the office Tuesday to Friday to assist with your enquiries.
INFUSIONS
We welcome referrals for intravenous infusion administration of:
ZOLEDRONIC ACID for osteoporosis/ bone health
IRON for iron deficiency
All infusions require a referral and prescription from your treating doctor.
Our infusion clinic runs weekly on Tuesday mornings.
Referring doctors:
Please complete the Online Referral Form. When we receive a referral, we will get in touch with patients directly to book in.
Please also provide your patient with a prescription so they can collect their medication to bring with them to their infusion appointment.
PDF version is available here: Referral Form.
All appointments require a valid/current referral
If you are a new patient or referrer, please send referrals to:
OR fax to 03 9000 4192
OR healthlink ‘drupreti’
Every referral is reviewed and triaged, after which one of our team will be in touch with you and/or your referring doctor.
We warmly welcome all people in our clinic, regardless of background, ability, culture, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexuality.
Specialists 331 is wheelchair accessible.
If you require an interpreter, please let us know in advance so we can arrange this prior to your appointment.
Our address is 331 Buckley Street, Aberfeldie, VIC, 3040 (directions)
We are directly on the 903 bus route
We are 1.6 km from the Essendon train station
Parking is available onsite (entry from Buckley Street) or there is also plenty of street parking outside/close to the practice. **Please note, Buckley Street parking directly outside is a clearway between 3:30-4 PM on school days**
To allow us to provide the high quality of healthcare we wish to, we are a private billing practice.
At the time of enquiry or booking, we will be able to give you details of fees, which will vary.
Payment is required immediately after your appointment. We take debit or credit card payments (all common card types). We are unable to accept cash, bank transfer or cheque payments.
Late cancellations or no shows may incur a cancellation fee. Please let us know at least 48 hours in advance if you can’t make it to your appointment, so we can offer this to someone else.
We appreciate your support as we endeavour to provide timely and high quality healthcare.
We would love to welcome others to our friendly team.
Are you interested in joining our team or renting a room? We currently have room availability, whether you require our in-house reception support or just need an inviting space to work independently.
Please get in touch!