Meet the Team

Your dedicated team of family doctors at Barwon Heads Family Practice

Your small team of experienced local doctors offer our community the opportunity to build a relationship with a regular GP, with longer consultations and priority appointments available when required.

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Dr David Russell

Dr David Russell

David will happily help you with any and all of your medical needs. He has extensive experience in acute and emergency medicine and has extra training in mental health, children’s health and women’s health and pregnancy care. He is currently completing a post graduate diploma in skin cancer medicine.
Dr Jessica Russell

Dr Jessica Russell

Jess has always had a special interest in women’s health and sexual and reproductive medicine which led to her to undertake additional training . She completed a Diploma in Obstetric care at the Geelong Hospital and undertook a specialist registrar rotation at Family Planning Victoria as part of her specialist training.
Dr Adele Heron

Dr Adele Heron

Dr Adele is warm and caring, and has a passion for practising holistic, preventative medicine, with a special interest in child and adolescent health, women’s health and pregnancy. Adele has experience treating people in every stage of life from newborn babies through to older people.
Dr Xiuzhi Pham

Dr Xiuzhi Pham

Xiuzhi was drawn to country practice and made the seachange to Port Fairy where she trained and worked as a GP for six years. She gained experience here in the full spectrum of family medicine including shared obstetric care, acute inpatient care, minor procedures, aged care and palliative medicine. She has additional diplomas in Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Dr Kazunori Nakajima

Dr Kazunori Nakajima

Dr Kazunori (Kaz) Nakajima has worked for over 10 years in a busy clinic in Melbourne before making the permanent move to live in Barwon Heads in 2021. He has extensive experience in all aspects of General Practice and has also worked in regional Victoria where he completed part of his training.
Dr Monique Portelli

Dr Monique Portelli

Monique's warm and friendly personality and breadth of knowledge makes her a wonderful Family Doctor. Monique is comfortable with patients of every age and gender and has a special interest in women's health and pregnancy care. She values continuity of care, building relationships with her patients and sharing their health journey with them. She is accredited to provide Pregnancy management as part of the Barwon Health Shared Care program.
Dr Stephanie King

Dr Stephanie King

Originally from Geelong, Stephanie is passionate about all aspects of Family Medicine and has a special interest in Women's health, children's health and mental health.
Dr Jamie McDonald

Dr Jamie McDonald

Dr Jamie is a GP whose years of experience and knowledge are balanced with his caring and passionate approach to Family Medicine. Jamie has been a GP for more than 30 years and he will be seeing patients both in the clinic in Barwon Heads as well as offering a home visiting service to patients that want it.
Dr Andrew Bell

Dr Andrew Bell

Born, bred and schooled in Geelong, Dr Bell is a GP with almost 30 years of general practice experience. He graduated with Honours from Monash University in 1990 and undertook his residency at Geelong Hospital (now University Hospital, Geelong).
Dr David Iser

Dr David Iser

Originally from Bendigo, Dr David is a GP with over 35 years experience in General Practice. The majority of this has been as a principal GP in Foster, South Gippsland where he has enjoyed a decorated career focusing on traditional family medicine, surgery and obstetrics. His work as a community leader and doctor have earned him the South Gippsland Person of the Year award.
Psychologist Sophie Curtis

Psychologist Sophie Curtis

Sophie is a Clinical Psychologist with many years of experience in both private practice and public mental health. She practices a collaborative approach with her clients and understands the importance of creating a trusting therapeutic relationship.