Dr Rohan Bopage
Specialist in infectious diseases and sexual health medicine
Rohan is a consultant physician and specialist in infectious diseases and sexual health medicine.
His journey in medicine began in Sri Lanka, where he graduated from the University of Colombo. He then gained foundational experience as a junior doctor in the UK's National Health Service before moving to Australia in 2006 as an international medical graduate.
Here, he completed specialist training to become a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and obtained Master's in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine from the University of Sydney.
Today, he works as a senior staff specialist and clinical lead in sexual health in Western Sydney Local Health District (NSW Health) and holds an academic appointment as a clinical senior lecturer at the Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney.
Dr Mahalekshmi Selvanathan
General practitioner
Dr Mahalekshmi Selvanathan MD, FPAA Cert, FRACGP was born in Malaysia and obtained her medical degree from Kursk State Medical University Russia, graduating in 2009. Over the course of her career, Dr Selvanathan has worked across a diverse range of clinical settings in both emergency medicine and general practice, in Malaysia and Australia. She was one of four emergency physicians selected to form a rapid assessment team deployed to Nepal following the Gorkha earthquake, providing frontline medical assistance in a disaster relief setting. Dr Selvanathan has lived and worked in Armidale since 2014 . She has a particular interest in sexual and reproductive health, family planning, and women’s health, and is experienced in providing contraception counselling and safe-sex education to schools and community groups. In addition to her clinical work, Dr Selvanathan is a passionate advocate for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Australia and currently serves as Chair of the Federal AMA IMG Committee.