Although sleep is relaxing and considered “resting” it is actually an active process where your body cycles through different stages. This sets off a cascade of events (hormonal and physiological) that repair physical and mental damage from the previous day. The purpose of sleep is to prepare you for optimal function the following day.

We all know how frustrating it can be to cope with life when you’ve had a bad night’s sleep! 

There are many medical and mental illnesses as well as medications that disrupt sleep. The good news is that there are numerous evidenced based treatments available. Overcoming sleepiness and poor sleep can change your life. 

Respiratory illness is a medical term that includes disorders affecting the parts of the body that are responsible for passing oxygen from the air into our blood stream and expelling waste products (carbon dioxide) from the body.

These include a variety of conditions including those of the upper respiratory tract (i.e. from the nose to our vocal cords), the airways (including the trachea, or wind pipe, bronchi and bronchioles) the lung tissue (alveoli), the covering of the lung (pleura) and the muscles and ribs that make up the chest wall. Finally, there are also important nerves and blood vessels that are vital for a well functioning breathing system. 

Frankston Private, Suite 7

Level 3 North Building

5 Susono Way

Phone: 03 9781 5244

Fax: 03 9770 5792

Dr Sameer Kaul

Dr Juan Mulder

691-695 Point Nepean Road

Corner of Bartels Street

McCrae VIC 3938

Phone: 03 9776 6933

Fax: 03 9775 5074

Dr Sameer Kaul

267 Cranbourne Road

Frankston VIC 3199

Phone: 03 9776 6933

Fax: 03 9775 5074

Dr Sameer Kaul

Wattletree Consulting Suites

McCrae Specialist Centre

03 9776 6933

Frankston Private Rooms

03 9781 5244 

Dr Sameer Kaul is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians having specialised in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine. He started his basic physician training at Frankston Hospital which he completed at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne. 

He acquired broad experience in all facets of Internal Medicine with placements in various metropolitan, suburban and rural hospitals including Rosebud, Sandringham, Shepparton and Mildura Base Hospital. He returned to work as the Senior Medical Registrar at The Alfred hospital where he was heavily involved in the organization of the hospital’s physician training program, departmental research, audits and supervision of junior medical staff. He then went onto complete 3 more years of training in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at The Alfred Hospital and Frankston hospital. This included work in the Cystic Fibrosis and Lung Transplantation unit for a period of 2 years.

He is a current member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and holds public appointments at Frankston and Rosebud Hospital. He is adept at various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including flexible bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound and intercostal catheter insertion. His interests include all facets of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine with particular interests in management of chronic lung diseases, assessment of lung nodules and cardiovascular effects of sleep.

Frankston Private Rooms

03 9781 5244

Dr Juan Mulder is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian Society of Physicians, a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and a Registered Polysomnographist.

He has a particular interest in sleep disorders, especially complex disorders such as insomnia, parasomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome and sleep apnoea. He is a firm believer in a multimodal approach to managing sleep disorders, given their frequently complex nature. Thus, he undertook additional training in Intensive Care, to enable him to manage complex modes of invasive and non-invasive ventilation, as well as treating critically ill patients.

He is an adept thoracic physician and does bronchoscopy, bronchoscopic interventions (lung valves), endobronchial ultrasound, lung function test reporting, thoracic ultrasound and intercostal catheter insertion. He also manages the workup of lung nodules and abnormal x rays or CT chest imaging.

He has a public appointment with Peninsula Health and works at both Frankston Public Hospital and Peninsula Private Hospital.