Our Practitioners

Dr Lindsey Hyde MBBS DRANZCOG MFM (Clinical)

Dr Hyde’s interests include shared care in pregnancy, paediatrics, immunisation, Indigenous health and female health.

Dr Hyde is an accreditor for General Practice Accreditation and is involved in the training of medical students at the University of Melbourne.

Dr Hyde is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Dr Philomena Yii MBBS FRACGP

Dr Yii is interested in women’s health, paediatrics and all aspects of family medicine.

Dr Yii is available on Mondays, Wednesday mornings and Fridays.

Dr Eileen Yap MBBS FRACGP

Dr Yap is interested in preventative medicine, wellness and general medicine. She practices Implanon insertion and removals.

Dr Yap is available on Monday mornings, Wednesday afternoons, Thursdays and Friday mornings.

Dr Lyndall Cowley MBBS FRACGP

Dr Cowley spent 14 years in emergency medicine before moving to general practice.

Dr Cowley’s interests include all aspects of family medicine, especially children’s and women’s health and family planning. She practises Implanon insertion and removal. She also practises travel medicine. She is competent in minor procedures, including skin lesion biopsy and ecision. Dr Cowley also prescribes PrEP for eligible patients.

Dr Cowley is a keen educator and is a supervisor of medical students from the University of Melbourne and of GP registrars

Dr Cowley is available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

Dr Kasra Taghian MD

Dr Taghian is particularly interested in musculoskeletal medicine and in preventative health. He is a CASA designated aviation medical examiner

Dr Taghian is available Mondays to Thursdays.

Our Registrar Program

Registrars are fully qualified doctors who are working towards their Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Registrars undertake 4 rotations in different practices, typically spending 6 months in each rotation.

Dr Sharni Rayner BSc MD

 Dr Rayner is interested in all aspects of family medicine, with special focus on preventative health, sexual health and women’s health. 

She is available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Dr Aziz Ali BBiomed MBBS

Dr Ali’s interests include all aspects of general medicine, musculoskeletal medicine and men’s health.

He is available Monday to Thursday

Nursing Staff

Nurses:
Priscilla, Alison, Jamie, Jenny

Our nurses are all involved in the over-75 old health assessments, care planning, wound care and immunisation. All of our nurses work closely with our patients and their GP to improve patient knowledge and assist them to improve and self manage their chronic medical conditions.

Diabetes Educator:
Kathy

• Registered Division 1 Nurse
• Master in Education
• Graduate Certificate in Diabetes

Kathy has over 30 years experience working in health education,
most recently as a Credentialed Diabetes Educator.
Her interests are in assisting patients with Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational
diabetes to manage their condition. She sees her patients on an individual
basis in the clinic and their support partners are encouraged to attend.
Kathy has a focus on discussing the importance of healthy eating and
regular exercise in diabetes care.

Mental Health

Social Worker   

James

Psychology
Rhonda Sidaoui

Available:  Tuesdays and Thursdays
Qualifications: BA(Hons), BSc, Grad Dip (Beh.HealthCare),

Rhonda deals with conditions such as anxiety and depression, adjustment and stress related issues, health related problems, confidence and self esteem, and personal development issues. Her clients range in age from late adolescence to the elderly.

She mostly works within a CBT framework and incorporates other approaches as appropriate, including IPT, ACT and Solutions Focused. She is trained in clinical hypnosis.

Rhonda is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and an Associate Member of the Australian Society of Hypnosis.

Administrative Staff

Administrator: 

Frances

Reception Staff:

Bernadette, Carol, Debra, Marissa, Nives

Account Queries:

Carol and Nives