GP stories

Sydney GP and academic Dr David Peiris has spent his career working to help disadvantaged patient populations in Australia and overseas

My father and grandfather were both GPs in a small, family-run practice, so I grew up seeing it as a rewarding career, and with realistic expectations about working in general practice

Dr Hindmarsh’s career highlights include work around women’s health and working with a remote Aboriginal community on Elcho Island in the Northern Territory

As a member of the RACGP Membership Advisory Committee, Dr Knott actively encourages junior doctors to consider general practice as a career

After the Royal Darwin Hospital, Dr Tjhung took up a rural post in a central Australian community called Urupuntja, then moved east to the remote Thursday Island

At my practice in Melbourne’s outer western suburbs, I see many people who need help with an addiction; for example an addiction to drugs or alcohol

Working to not only be a good clinician but a good part of the community has brought satisfaction I have not found elsewhere

As a GP and public health physician, Dr Rosalie Schultz has worked with disadvantaged patient populations in a number of Australian and overseas locations

Dr Gubicak’s love for remote and rural medicine has seen him train in various rural hospitals and clinics in south-eastern New South Wales and the Northern Territory

Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo has a long history of providing accessible healthcare to some of the most disadvantaged and marginalised populations in Canberra