Our Doctors
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Barry Teperman
Dr Teperman's interests include preventive medicine, acupuncture, shared care (Box Hill and Mercy hospitals), children's medicine (including immunisations), Travel Medicine and chronic condition management.
Dr Barry is a member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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Penelope Preston
Dr. Preston’s interests include all aspects of health and wellbeing with extra experience in women’s and psychological health. She also does Shared Maternity Care with Royal Women's Hospital, Mercy Hospital for Women, and Birralee at Box Hill Hospital.
Dr Penne is a member of the Royal Australian College of GPs.
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Satya Bhat
Dr Satya trained and qualified as a Surgeon and worked as a GP in England and Scotland. He moved to Australia in 2009 and has been a GP for over 20 years.
His interests include:
Men’s Health
Abdominal and GI issues,
Joint Health and Longevity,
Nutrition and Weight Loss,
Cardiovascular Risk Management
Diabetes and Cholesterol Management
Sports Health and Injury prevention,
Skin conditions, Moles and Skin cancerOutside of medicine, he enjoys composing music, running, wood working and golf.
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David Carruthers
Dr. David Curruthers is originally from Scotland. David graduated from Edinburgh University in 1997 and completed his GP training in the city in 2005. He worked as a GP in Scotland and Bermuda until he relocated to Melbourne in 2013.
Outside of clinical practice, he is a Fellow and expert committee member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and completed a Master's in Public Health at Melbourne University in 2020. David has advanced training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is a credentialled Shard Maternity Care Affiliate with Mercy Health, Northern Health, the Royal Women's Hospital and Western Health.
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Dr Diagarajan Ganessane (Ganesh)
Dr. Ganesh graduated from medical school in India in 1995. He migrated to the UK in 1996 and trained in a broad range of hospital specialties before qualifying as a GP in 2005. He worked as a GP for 8 years in the UK before moving to Australia in 2011. Whilst in the UK, he also obtained his postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics. He is interested in all aspects of chronic disease management. He offers Implanon insertion and removal. He also offers shared maternity care.
He is an Authorised Health Professional (AHP) for Rail medicals and workers in the Mining and Oil and Gas industries.
In his spare time, he likes to read books watch movies, Formula 1 and cricket. He loves to travel. He also enjoys running, chess, and poker.
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Dr Manasi Deshpande
Dr. Manasi’s areas of expertise are extensive and include:
Menopause and Peri-menopause
Female hormones e.g. PCOS,
Heavy and Painful periods, Premenstrual symptoms
Infant nutrition and breastfeeding
Bariatric Care medicineHer dedication to children’s health has centered on the critical first few days of a child’s life, from conception to age two, emphasizing the foundational importance of early childhood development and nutrition.
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Dr Mirenda Shakya
Dr Shakya trained and worked as a GP in the UK from 2009 to 2015 before moving to Melbourne.
She enjoys working with her patients to improve their overall health and well being. Her special interests include:
- Women’s health (contraceptive advice, pregnancy counselling, peri/menopause)
- Weight reduction management
- Chronic Disease Management
- Preventative medicine
She considers it a privilege to be able to share the patient's health journey through different phases of their lives.
Outside of work, she enjoys song writing, reading, meditation, yoga and spending time with family.
Our Nurses
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Tess McGrath
Tess graduated from Monash University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Nursing.
After this, she completed her graduate year at the busy Monash Hospital rotations in Clayton, gaining valuable experience in both the Medical Infusion Unit and the Renal/Gastroenterology ward.
Tess is our go-to person for all sorts of injections, immunisations, wound care and small procedures including ear-wax syringing.
Outside of nursing, she loves swimming, traveling, spending time with her Burmese cat, and getting outdoors whenever she can. -
New Nurse Starting soon
Pretty soon, we will have another nurse join our team as we get busy with childhood immunisations, iron infusions, aged care, skin and wound care and other services.
Please check back for more information.