INDEPENDENT GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

Dr Jim Glaspole
General Medicine | Preventative Medicine Geriatric Medicine | Paediatrics | Palliative Care
Skin Cancer | Minor surgical procedures
Jim studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Jim is particularly interested in keeping individuals with chronic illnesses as happy and healthy as possible.
Language/s: English

Dr Merran Gowans
General Medicine | Women’s Health | Shared Care | Paediatrics | Weight Loss
Merran studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and has been a General Practitioner at Vermont Medical Clinic for over fifteen years.
Language/s: English

Dr Shelly McIllree
General Medicine | Women’s Health
Preventive Medicine
Shelly graduated Monash University and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Shelly is also accredited for shared obstetric care at the Mercy and Eastern Health.
Language/s: English, some proficiency in Sign Language (Auslan)

Dr Lidija Suntesic
General Medicine | Skin Cancer
Lidija studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and has been a general practitioner at Vermont Medical Clinic for over twenty years. She also has professional training in the detection and management of skin cancer.
Language/s: English

Dr Fiona Chao
General Medicine | Women’s Health
Paediatrics | Implanon Insertion | Skin procedures | Iron infusion | MTOP
Fiona graduated with honours from Monash University and worked in various specialties at Monash Health prior to joining general practice. She is passionate about chronic disease management, women’s health and mental health. She enjoys spending time with her family and walking her golden retriever puppy outside of work.
Language/s: English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Dr Tina Zhong
General Medicine | Paediatrics | Skin Cancer
Chronic Disease Management | Women’s Health | Iron Infusion | Children’s Health
Dr Tina (Qiying) Zhong graduated at the Sun Yat-sen University in China in 1998. She earned her Australian Medical Council (AMC) Certification in 2007 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Language/s: English

Dr Lydia Tkacz
General Medicine | Travel Health
Dr Lydia Tkacz joined Vermont Medical Clinic in 2019. Lydia is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Language/s: English

Dr Tania Poon
General Medicine | Acupuncture
Dr Tania Poon joined Vermont Medical Clinic in 2019. Tania is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Language/s: English

Dr Daniel Epstein
General Medicine | Vaccinations | Iron Infusions
Dan is a graduate of Monash University and The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, where he was awarded the 2018 Training Registrar GP of the year for Australia. He is currently undertaking his Ph.D. at Monash University, focusing on behaviour change interventions in public health within the vaccine confidence space.
Language/s: English

Dr Lufi Mulyadi
General Medicine | Women's Health | Chronic Disease | Medical Education | Paediatrics
Lufi is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and in addition to working as a General Practitioner, she is a lecturer at Monash University and accredits continuing professional development activities in her role as an Education Activity Representative for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Language/s: English

Dr Jerome Klein
General Medicine
Jerome is a graduate from Bavaria in Germany. While studying neurosurgery he met his Australian future wife, and changed his career path to General Practice. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Language/s: English, German
GP REGISTRARS

Dr Peter Selwood
Peter is a General Practice Registrar (GPT 2) who will be training with the clinic for six months from February , 2022.

Dr Siobhan Trivers
Siobhan is a General Practice Registrar (GPT 2) who will be training with the clinic for six months from February , 2022.
DERMATOLOGIST

Dr Josephine Yeatman
General Dermatology | Excessive Sweating
Josie is a qualified Dermatologist with many years’ experience in a variety of clinical settings. Josie consults at Vermont Medical Clinic every fourth Friday (typically in the second half of each month).
Language/s: English
INDEPENDENT SKIN CANCER DOCTORS

Dr Tina Zhong
Dr Tina (Qiying) Zhong graduated at the Sun Yat-sen University in China in 1998. She earned her Australian Medical Council (AMC) Certification in 2007 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Language/s: English

Dr Lidija Suntesic
Lidija studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and has been a general practitioner at Vermont Medical Clinic for over twenty years. She also has professional training in the detection and management of skin cancer.
Language/s: English
INDEPENDENT ALLIED HEALTH PRACTITIONERS

Varsha Bhikha
General Physiotherapy | Women's Health
Pelvic Floor | Continence | Rehabilitation
Varsha is a qualified Physiotherapist, with additional training in Continence and Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy.
Language/s: English

Dr David Jayapaul
General Podiatry | Paediatric Podiatry | Sports Podiatry| Orthotics
A graduate of LaTrobe University David is a highly skilled podiatrist with many years’ experience.
Language/s: English

Dr Phoebe Kho
Mental Health | Geriatric Psychology
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Grief and Bereavement
Phoebe Kho is a board registered psychologist and studied her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and PhD in Psychology at the University of Melbourne.
Language/s: English, Mandarin, Malay, Cantonese, Teow Chew, Hokkien

Natalia Ehrlich
Speech and language difficulties | Reading and spelling difficulties | Auditory information processing | Stuttering and fluency | Autism Spectrum disorders | Play and social interaction skills
Natalia enjoys working with children of all ages. Natalia’s services include individual and group based interventions.
Language/s: English

Suki Fok
Physiotherapy | Chiropractic
With a Master of Chiropractic degree (RMIT University) and Master of Physiotherapy (Latrobe University), Suki uses her combination of chiropractic and physiotherapy expertise to treat each patient in a holistic manner.
Language/s: English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Janice Siu
Healthy Eating | Diabetes | Heart Diseases
Gastrointestinal Disorders | Malnutrition
Weight Management
Janice is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and completed a Master of Dietetics at Monash University. She is passionate about nourishing children and adults and supporting them in achieving health goals via nutrition.
Language/s: English, Cantonese, Mandarin