Practice Doctors
Dr Bill Babe – MB ChB (NZ), Dip Obst (NZ).
Bill has been a doctor with our practice for over 25 years. He is an incredibly experienced doctor who is very capable in all areas of family medicine. He does a lot of work in aged care and visits several nursing homes in the hills area.
Bill has recently been part of the development of the occupational therapy service within our practice. He is very happy to undertake all aspects of occupational health, including pre employment medicals. He undertakes CAMS medicals.
Bill is not currently taking new patients.
Dr John Brooksbank – MB BS (Melbourne)
John is a very experienced general practitioner, who has been caring for families in the hills region for over 20 years. He enjoys all aspects of family medicine. He particularly enjoys management of chronic diseases.
Over the last few years, he has decided to take more holidays and enjoy some more time away from clinical practice.
John is not currently taking new patients.
Dr Denis Carragher – MB BCh, BAO.
Denis has been working in the hills area for over 15 years. Denis has a passion for procedures. He has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of skin cancer, he is a founder of the kalamunda skin clinic.
Denis continues to have a list at Swan Districts hospital were he undertakes minor surgical procedures, including vasectomy, removal of lumps and bumps, minor gynecological procedures and complex skin cancer removals.
Dr Greg Caddy – MB BS (WA) Dip Obst
Greg is a very well respected member of our team, having come across to Mead from his solo practice in Lesmurdie some 7 years ago. He continues to be actively involved in obstetric care and is a founder of the hills obstetric group.
In between deliveries, Greg continues to practice all aspect of general practice. He is still actively involved in the palliative care roster and continues to be the all round general practitioner of days gone by.
Dr Sean Stevens – MB BS, DRACOG, FRACGP, GDB.
Dr Stevens has been with Mead Medical since 2002 . He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of GPs and is the head supervisor of doctors at Mead Medical who are training to be GPs.
His clinical interests include adult internal medicine (diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, haemochromatosis), management of skin lesions and workers compensation.
Dr Robert Paul – MBBS (UWA).
Our local ‘biggest loser’ winner. Having recently completed his general practice training, Rob has embarked on the most remarkable process of losing 30kg in the last 9 months.
Rob is up to date in all aspects of family medicine and has special interests in chronic disease management (including diabetes, heart disease and chronic lung disease) and industrial medicine.
Dr Rod Thelander – MB BS (Qld), DCH, DRACOG.
Rod is one of our procedural doctors. He continues to undertake anesthetics, minor surgery, palliative care and of course general practice. He is actively involved in silver chain and does a lot of the hospital work for the practice.
In between all of this, Rod still finds time to give enormous amounts of time to the Somaliland project. Please see our in the news page for more details about this awesome project.
Dr Russell Tosh – BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Glasgow), Dip Obst RCOG, MRCGP (UK).
Russell has interests in all aspects of family medicine. He continues to have an active role in the education of our junior doctors and is up to date with current treatments of chronic medical problems.
Over the last few years, Russell has stepped back slightly in his clinical work. He is not currently seeing new patients.
Dr Warren Thyer – MB BS (WA), Dip Obst RACOG, FRACGP.
Warren is the traditional country general practitioner, who just happens to be working in the urban setting. He is very capable in all aspects of procedural general practice. He has stopped obstetric work in the last few years, but continues to be involved in anesthetics and undertakes many minor procedures.
His skills were recognized in 2006 when he was awarded the honor of general partitioner of the year.
Dr Stuart Prosser – MBBS, DCH, DRANZCOG, FRACGP, FACCRM
Stuart joined the practice 2 years ago after working in rural Western Australia. He remains actively involved in obstetrics, as part of the hills obstetric group, anesthetics and skin cancer management, as part of the Kalamunda Skin Clinic.
Stuart is keen on all aspects of general practice, with particular interests in chronic disease management and preventative health.
Dr Jane Talbot
Returning in November 2011
Dr Andrew Marsden
Joining us in November 2011
Prof David Allbrook
Complex Health Issues and counselling – appointment by referral only.
Our Current Registrars
We have several registrars rotating through our practice in six month rotations. Our current registrars are:
- Rebecca Hunt Davies
- Julia Marchello
- Penny Wilson