Doctors

Dr Ian Tait

General Practitioner, Male

Dr Ian Tait graduated from the University of NSW MBBS (Hons) NSW. He established the practice in 1981. Since the early 80s he has worked in both General Practice and at the local hospital in anaesthetics, and in accident and emergency. Dr Tait has an interest in skin cancer and performs minor surgery on Thursday afternoons. Dr Tait is a Senior Clinical Lecturer with the University of Wollongong Medical School. Dr Tait supervises Medical Registrars at the practice. Dr Tait consults on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Dr Matthew Allan

General Practitioner, Male

Dr Matthew Allan is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of GPs. He worked for several years as a community and hospital pharmacist before starting his medical career by completing a Graduate Medical Degree at the University of Wollongong.

Matthew began his medical career as a junior doctor at Westmead Hospital in Sydney completing terms in: medicine, surgery, obstetrics and women’s health, and emergency medicine. Rural General Practice has always been his passion and he relishes the opportunity to practice it in the Ulladulla area.

Matthew has an interest in all aspects of family medicine and has completed a Diploma of Child Health (DCH) through the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Dr Francesco Rossi

General Practitioner, Male

Dr Rossi has over 30 years experience in general practice, including several years experience in sports and occupational medicine. His special interests are preventative medicine, patient education, exercise prescription for middle aged men and weight loss regimes. Dr Rossi consults on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Dr David Wall

General Practitioner, Male

Dr David Wall is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He has been living and working in the Milton-Ulladulla region since 2015. David consults four days a week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays. David enjoys all aspects of general practice, with a particular interest in paediatrics and skin cancer medicine.

When not at work, David is enjoying our local beaches and spending time with his young family.

Dr Saba Imran

General Practitioner, Female, DCH, MBBS, EMC (ACEM)

Dr Saba Imran enjoys all aspects of general practice with an interest in paediatrics, women’s health and emergency medicine. She has worked in various hospitals including Liverpool, Blacktown, Wollongong and Cumberland. When not working she enjoys spending time with her young family.

Dr Akmal Syafiq

General Practitioner, Male, MPH, BMed

Dr. Akmal Syafiq, an Australian trained General Practitioner with 6 years’ experience practicing in Australia. After graduating from the University of Newcastle, Dr. Akmal subsequently completed a Masters Degree in Public Health (UNSW) while working in the Central Coast Area Health District.

Dr Akmal has an interest in preventative health. He is fluent in English and Malay.

Areas of interest:
Preventative health care

Dr Joshua Boom

General Practitioner, Male, MD, LLB (Hons 1), BE (Hons 1)

Dr Joshua Boom is a graduate from the University of Wollongong and is originally from the South Coast. He previously trained in engineering and law and worked as a lawyer for 10 years in Wollongong before realising medicine was his passion and decided to retrain as a doctor.

Joshua has mainly worked in Wollongong Hospital, but he has also worked in the Nowra and Milton Hospitals. He has completed terms in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and women’s health, intensive care, anaesthetics and emergency medicine. Joshua enjoys all aspects of general medicine. He enjoys playing squash and walking his dogs along the beach.

Dr Emily Humphries

General Practitioner, Female, MBBS

Dr Emily Humphries completed her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Adelaide and has worked as a doctor in Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Melbourne and Canberra before pursuing rural general practice on the South Coast. She has completed terms in medicine, surgery, psychiatry and emergency medicine and worked as a public health doctor supporting the COVID-19 response in the ACT.

Originally from a small farming community in South Australia, Emily loves being able to support the health and well being of regional communities. She has an interest in general medicine. When she is not at work, Emily is completing her postgraduate public health degree and loves cooking, traveling and scuba diving with her partner.

Emily is available Monday – Friday at the Clinic.

Dr Wani Zahran

General Practitioner, Female, BMed

Originally from Malaysia, Dr. Wani attained her medical degree through the University of Newcastle in 2016. She has worked at the Prince of Wales Hospital and Blacktown Hospital in Sydney as a Resident Medical Officer.

Dr Wani has moved to Ulladulla from Sydney with her husband, who is also a GP in the area. Dr Wani is a General Practitioner with a keen interest in Women’s Health and Paediatrics.

Areas of interest:
Paediatrics
Women’s health

Dr Owen Tsao

BMed, MD, FRACGP

Dr Owen Tsao completed a Doctor of Medicine at UNSW in 2013 and completed his residency at Bankstown, Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals. He loves to see patients from all walks of life. He is passionate about Palliative Medicine and Medical Education, completing a Clinical Diploma of Palliative Medicine in 2018.

In his spare time, Owen is actively involved in the local community and enjoys gardening, cooking and spending time with family.

Dr Neeta Pramanik

DCH, MBBS, EMC

I am excited to join in Ulladulla Medical Clinic to continue my GP Career.

Previous experience includes GP in Moruya. Prior to this I have worked at Calvary Hospital in Canberra, Canberra Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital and Ryde Hospital in Sydney, and Lyell McWin Hospital in Adelaide. I have completed diploma in Paediatrics and emergency medical certificate.

I would like to work in all aspects of general practice. When I am not at work I love to play with my two sons, gardening and listening music

Dr Yen-Yi Jessica Chua

Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy) (BSc. (Physio)) from Curtin University Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) (MBBS(Hons)) from The University of Sydney, FACRRM

Dr. Jessica Chua graduated from the University of Sydney in 2006. She has trained in various hospitals, including Liverpool, Nepean, Hornsby and Wollongong Hospitals. Dr Chua has training in anaesthetics, intensive care and orthopaedics. She has also volunteered with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) from 2016 to 2018, serving mainly in Middle East conflict zones. More recently, Dr Chua has volunteered in Ukraine and has just returned from working for the Flying Doctors Service in Broken Hill. She is passionate about rural and remote medicine and enjoys all aspects of rural general practice.

Outside of work, she loves to spend time with her dogs and potter about in the garden.

Areas of interest:
Critical care.
Musculoskeletal/ Orthopaedics.
Humanitarian medicine.

Dr Ayesha Noureen

Dr Ayesha Noureen completed her medical degree in 2013 and has recently worked at Westmead, Nepean and Wollongong Hospitals.

She has extensive experience in women’s health with a special interest in antenatal care and gynaecological care.