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 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 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 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 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 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 Chris Madden
General Medicine
Originally from the UK, Chris is a GP with specialist training who loves the variety of General Practice and the long-term relationships it fosters with people and their families. Chris is passionate about training the next generation of Doctors, working with the RACGP in Postgraduate GP specialist education. Chris is Vermont Medical Clinic's GP Registrar Supervisor as well as a supervisor to student Doctors from the University of Melbourne. When he's not at Vermont Medical Clinic, you'll find Chris enjoying many outdoor pursuits such as hiking, cycling, swimming and regularly jogging with his Labrador Molly. He is a long suffering supporter of Leicester City Football Club and also has a soft spot for the Richmond Tigers in the AFL.
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 twenty years.
Language/s: English
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 Veronika Kirchner
General Medicine
Veronika graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne and has been a general practitioner for many years. Her special interests include preventive medicine and working with patients to optimise their health.
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 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. Dan completed his PhD at the Monash University Faculty of Public Health in 2022. His research interests include decision making, behaviour change and game design.
Language/s: English
Dr Chiharu Yamano
General Medicine
Growing up in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Chiharu studied her Biomedical degree at Melbourne University before completing her medical degree at Monash University. Chiharu worked initially at Monash Health before moving into General Practice.
Chiharu has an interest in chronic disease management and women’s health. In her spare time, she loves going on hikes and seeing the great outdoors.
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 REGISTRAR
DERMATOLOGIST
INDEPENDENT SKIN CANCER DOCTORS
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 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
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
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
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
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