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Nine GPs, three registered nurses and a midwife, with a podiatrist, dietitian and physiotherapist on site. Book with any of us online through HotDoc.

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Our doctors

Dr Banumathi Thangavel

General practitioner

Dr Banu Thangavel graduated from the University of Madras, India, in 1982. She worked as a GP in Kenya for seven years before moving to Australia in 1991, and completed her FRACGP in 1998. She holds a Diploma in Child Health, and trained in Implanon insertion in 2001 and Mirena insertion in 2014. Her interests are family medicine and women's health, including gynaecology and paediatrics, with a special interest in antenatal care, skin, geriatrics and diabetes.

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Dr Dayal Kumarage

General practitioner

Dr Dayal Kumarage graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1992. He moved to the UK in 2001, completed his general practice vocational training and became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2004, then completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dermatology at the University of London in 2007. He moved to Australia in 2008. He is interested in all areas of family medicine, including obstetrics and paediatrics, with a special interest in dermatology.

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Dr Adam Huber

General practitioner

Dr Adam Huber graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2009. His special interests include paediatrics, Indigenous health and chronic disease.

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Dr Mohamad Morad

General practitioner

Dr Morad grew up in the St George area and completed his medical training at the University of Sydney and the University of Queensland. He has worked at Wollongong and Sutherland hospitals and in GP clinics across Sydney and the NSW South Coast. He has special interests in preventive medicine, in particular heart disease prevention.

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Dr Ahmed Ibrahim

General practitioner

Dr Ahmed Ibrahim is a UK-trained general practitioner with extensive experience in general practice and hospital medicine. He graduated from Ain Shams University in Cairo and spent more than 10 years working in anaesthesia and intensive care before completing his GP training in the UK. He holds both MRCGP and FRACGP qualifications.

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Dr Lina Saleem

General practitioner

Dr Lina Saleem has more than two decades of experience and completed her Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2016. Her special interests include women's health, antenatal care, mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and preventive health.

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Dr Elsayed Ahmed

General practitioner

Dr Elsayed Ahmed is a general practitioner and critical care specialist with more than 20 years of experience. His special interests are skin cancer medicine, chronic disease management and emergency care, and he provides skin cancer surgery, minor procedures and mental health support.

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Dr Niloshan Jeyarajah

General practitioner, MBBS, FRACGP

Dr Niloshan Jeyarajah graduated from the University of New South Wales and completed his GP training in Wollongong after working in hospitals across Newcastle and regional NSW. He enjoys all aspects of general practice, with particular interests in holistic, patient-centred care, mental health, chronic disease management and preventive health. Outside work he enjoys yoga, cycling and time with his family.

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Dr Sylvia Tomson

General practitioner

Dr Sylvia Tomson completed her medical degree at the University of Baghdad in 1979, her AMC Certificate in 1995 and her Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2000. She brings decades of experience in comprehensive patient care, with special interests in family medicine, women's health and children's care.

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Our nurses and midwife

Our nurse clinic runs Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm, by appointment.

Silvia Dawson

Registered nurse

Silvia has more than 40 years of experience as a registered nurse, much of it in acute care settings such as emergency and critical care. She holds a graduate diploma in critical care and a master's in health leadership and management, and is passionate about helping patients understand their conditions and treatment options and involving them in every part of their care.

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Pilar Otero

Registered nurse

Pilar has more than 41 years of nursing experience, the last 16 of them in general practice. She is an accredited nurse immuniser and holds a Certificate in Intensive Care and Acute Care and a Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment.

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Ishpreet Kaur

Registered nurse

Ishpreet is a registered nurse with experience in aged care, community nursing, paediatrics and immunisation. Her skills include health assessments, vaccinations, wound care and medication management, with a strong focus on patient-centred care.

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Megan Arnold

Registered nurse and midwife

Megan is a registered nurse and midwife with experience across all areas of midwifery care and a special interest in antenatal care and women's health. She supports women and their families through pregnancy, and runs our antenatal shared care and cervical screening clinics on Fridays.

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Allied health

Bulk billed under a care plan.

Hayley Griggs

Podiatrist

Hayley graduated from Western Sydney University in 2004 and has worked as a podiatrist for about 20 years across the Illawarra's public and private sectors, including the high-risk foot clinic for people with diabetes and the podiatry department of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.

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Nalini Deshpande

Dietitian

Nalini has worked as an Accredited Practising Dietitian in Wollongong and Sydney for 23 years. Her work covers nutrition, diet and lifestyle advice for managing diabetes and digestive problems, and she has a keen interest in sports nutrition.

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Beshara Moubayed

Physiotherapist

Beshara holds a Doctor of Physiotherapy from Macquarie University and works in musculoskeletal, occupational, NDIS and aged care physiotherapy, including assessments, manual therapy and dry needling. He treats conditions such as chronic pain, sports injuries, Parkinson's, post-surgical recovery and neurological rehabilitation, working closely with doctors and the wider care team.

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We are always keen to hear from people who care about good general practice.

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