{"id":44,"date":"2023-01-29T10:58:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T10:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:15:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Not currently taking on new patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">About<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Melissa Wong  is a General Practitioner who currently practices in Narre Warren at Fountain Gate Medical Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating from Monash University in 2013, Dr.\u00a0Wong worked at Monash Health for several years as an\u00a0emergency medicine trainee before deciding to specialise in\u00a0general practice. During her hospital registrar years, she\u00a0was able to hone her broad range of medical interests in\u00a0child and women\u2019s health, mental health, minor surgical\u00a0procedures and medical education.\u00a0<br><br>In addition to her clinical practice, Dr Wong is passionate about medical education and is a GP supervisor for GP trainees and previously served as the Head of Content at GP Academy, Australia&#8217;s leading educational program for GPs in training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has\u00a0also untaken additional training in paediatrics, and completed the Sydney Child Health Program. <br><br>She is trained to perform IUD (intrauterine device) \u00a0insertions including Mirena, Kyleena and Copper IUDs.  <strong><em>To improve access to long term contraceptive options, Dr Wong bulk bills IUD insertions for eligible health care card and pension card holders and will see new patients for this. <\/em><\/strong><br><br>Dr Wong is passionate about providing personalised and thorough care to patients of all life stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/automedsystems.com.au\/ams\/clinics\/12645\/southern-cross-medical-centre-fountain-gate-medical-centre-hampton-park-3976\/doctors\/loc\/1?gr=1&amp;rwg_token=AE37R_iGdBcm7W4b1S6U17bfpiy1TlPY0Ma4suzh3aSnSJBfAaPz99hLNTYO01qwWbSCqGTiy4dpR0xJeMNJbuq1tbSmmX3djg%3D%3D\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#5f94f7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Book An Appointment <\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fees<\/strong> &#8211; as of 1 July 2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Total Fee<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Medicare Rebate<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Out of Pocket Cost<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Standard appointment<br><br>1 issue OR 2 quick issues<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$86.00<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$45.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$40.95<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Long appointment<br><br>2+ issues needing review OR a complex problem, a mental health care plan<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$155.00<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$87.10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$67.90<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>* weekend appointments occur a further $5 fee <\/em><br>* children &lt; 16 are bulk billed at all times <br>* pension card and healthcare card holders are bulk billed between 8.30am and 12.50pm<\/strong><br><strong><em>* procedures such as iron infusions, implanon insertion and removals and IUD insertions as well as complex consultations including antenatal and mental health care plans have a different fee structure, please contact Fountain Gate Medical Centre on 9704 8011 for further details <\/em><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Dr Melissa Wong is a General Practitioner who currently practices in Narre Warren at Fountain Gate Medical Centre. After graduating from Monash University in 2013, Dr.\u00a0Wong worked at Monash Health for several years as an\u00a0emergency medicine trainee before deciding to specialise in\u00a0general practice. During her hospital registrar years, she\u00a0was able to hone her broad &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Not currently taking on new patients&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmelissasuetmeiwong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}