David C. Currow is a Palliative Care Specialist based in St Leonards, NSW. You can find the practice at Level 4, 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia. Palliative care is about comfort and support, especially when someone is dealing with a serious illness and the next steps feel hard.
David works with people who may be living with advanced cancers and other life-limiting conditions. This can include lung cancers like non-small cell lung cancer, as well as cancers such as breast, cervical, anal, colorectal, and pancreatic cancer. He also supports people with serious lung and heart conditions, including COPD, interstitial lung disease, heart failure, and pneumonia.
In palliative care, symptoms can change quickly. David looks after more than just pain. He helps manage things like breathlessness, dry mouth, nausea, constipation, fever-related illness, and ongoing fatigue. At times, patients also deal with confusion or delirium, mood changes, malnutrition, and muscle weakness. He focuses on keeping people as comfortable as possible, while also helping families cope with what’s going on.
Over time, palliative care often means coordinating care across different services, not just one appointment. David supports the whole picture. That includes acute issues like severe infections or acute lung problems, and also longer-term issues such as chronic pain, neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy, and muscle atrophy. He understands that every person’s situation is different, and care needs to match what the patient is going through right now.
His clinical background comes from specialist palliative care training and day-to-day work in caring for people with complex symptoms. That experience helps him guide conversations in a practical way, whether it’s about symptom relief, comfort plans, or making sure care aligns with a person’s goals.
When it comes to evidence-based care, David aims to stay current with new approaches and updated clinical practice. There are no specific research projects or clinical trial details listed here, but the work is still grounded in what’s known to help with comfort and quality of life.