Our Doctors
Dr Amani Bishai
Amani graduated in 1992 from the University of Sydney. She worked as an intern and a resident medical officer at St George, Canterbury, and Sutherland Hospitals. In 1994, she was a senior resident at the Westmead
Children's Hospital where she completed a Diploma of Child Health (D C H). Dr Bishai has been in General Practice since 1996 and has completed the training for the fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and is now an examiner. She is married and has two children, and is committed to church service.
Dr Divya Vaswani
Divya is also a graduate from the University of Sydney, having completed her degree in 2011. Divya has worked in St George, Sutherland, Wollongong and Griffith Base Hospitals. She is a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners
. Divya can also speak Hindi fluently. Her special interests are Chronic Disease, Skin cancer and Mental Health.
Dr Fiona Elliott
Fiona also graduated from the University of Sydney in 2011. Hospital years spent at St George, Sutherland and Calvary Hospitals. She is a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr Elliott enjoys all aspects of General practice but particularly Women and children's health. Has a young daughter who keeps her busy but tries to fit in some yoga each day.
Dr Andrew Ung
Dr Ung joined our team in August 2020. Dr Ung completed his medical degree at Western Sydney University in 2016. Prior to this he completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) at the University of Sydney. He has worked at St George, Sutherland and Calvary Hospitals during his internship and residency. He is currently working towards fellowship recognition with the RACGP. Dr Ung enjoys all aspects of general practice from paediatrics through to geriatrics and chronic disease management.
Dr Shelley Pearson
Dr
Pearson will start with us in Feb 2024 to carry
out her third
term
of GP training.
She
completed
her postgraduate medical degree from the University of Sydney in 2020. Prior to
this, she received her undergraduate science degree from Sydney University and
also
worked as a clinical research assistant in diabetes and heart disease research
at Westmead
Hospital. She has previously worked at St George and Sutherland Hospitals as
well as Calvary Rehabilitation hospital. She particularly enjoys women's health
and paediatrics,
and
enjoys reading and hiking in her spare time.
Dr Lillian Zhang
Dr Lillian Zhang joined our growing practice in April 2023. Lillian initially completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy before graduating from Medicine with Honours at the University of Sydney in 2014. She then trained at St George and Sutherland Hospitals before becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Dr Lillian enjoys all aspects of general practice and has special interests in women's' and children's health as well as perinatal care. Dr Lillian can speak Mandarin and Shanghainese. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her young family and friends at church.
Dr Demi Guirguis
Dr Demi Guirguis graduated from Bond University MD in 2017.
She obtained her general practice fellowship of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioner (FRACGP) in 2023 and completed the Sydney Child Health Program in 2024. Demi completed her hospital training at Blacktown, Mt Druitt and Canterbury hospitals where she gained experience in Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Geriatrics, Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine.
Her special interests include women's' health, pediatrics and chronic disease management but enjoys all aspects of general practice.
Outside of work she enjoys travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Dr James Allen
Dr Allen is joining out team of doctors in Feb 2025. Dr Allen is a graduate of Flinders University in his hometown of Adelaide in 2018.
He subsequently took the opportunity to explore Australia by moving to Darwin to complete his hospital-based terms, and then around rural NSW to build skills in palliative medicine.
After commencing his training in general practice in Bathurst, he has since relocated to Sydney to complete his fellowship training, and has a particular interest in chronic disease management and preventive health. Outside of medicine, James is a keen traveller and enjoys planning his future adventures abroad.
Our Nurses
Emma Comley - Nurse
Emma qualified as a Registered Nurse in England in 2000. She came to Sydney in 2006 and has worked in several major Sydney Hospitals, however much prefers the patient focus and lifestyle offered in Community Nursing and General Practice. She has experience in Orthopedic Trauma, Dermatology and Palliative Care.
She lives locally with her two tween children and is a passionate Human Rights/ Refugee Rights advocate/Lobbyist in her spare time.
Donna Devine - Nurse
Donna graduated from Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland with a Bachelor of Science in Adult Nursing. Donna has extensive nursing care experience from the U.K. to Australia over over 20yrs in pre and post acute invasive surgery including areas such as Upper Gastrointestinal, Liver, Colorectal, Bariatric and general surgery/medicine. Donna specialises in acute and basic wound care, post operative ongoing care, stoma therapy, oncology, men's/woman's and babies health, bariatrics and all areas of general nursing care. She is a passionate nurse who takes great care and pride in all patients care pathways and experiences with the allied team to ensure a positive outcome with all care delivered.
Donna consults at South Hurstville Medical Centre on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 1:30pm till 4:30 pm.
Ashleigh Langham - Nurse
Ashleigh
graduated from the University of Notre ame, Sydney with a Bachelor of
Nursing. She has also completed a Graduate Certificate in Critical
Care Nursing. Ashleigh has 5 years' experience as a critical care nurse working
at the Emergency department
of St George Hospital where she continues to work.
She specialises in acute and basic wound care, men's,women's and babies health, immunisations, aged care and all areas of general nursing. Ashleigh Is a passionate nurse who takes great care and pride in all patients care pathways.
Ashleigh lives locally with her husband and little girl. She loves to be outdoors going on walks, runs, boat rides and relaxing with some yoga.
Our Admin Team
Therese - Practice Manager/ Pharmacist
Therese holds the unique dual role of Practice Manager and Consultant Practice Pharmacist. She came on board in 2019 and now manages the day to day running of South Hurstville Practice from behind the scenes while also conducting Home Medicines Review both in-house and in the practice.
Therese holds a Bachelor degree in Pharmacy from the University of Sydney along with fifteen years of experience working in and managing community pharmacies around the Sydney metro area. She otherwise loves reading, riding, travel and winding down to a session of yoga.
Since joining the practice Therese achieved AACP accreditation to conduct medication reviews. So if you have any medication related queries, come in and have a chat or organise a call back.
OUR PRACTICE STAFF
Practice Manager/ Practice Pharmacist :
Therese Karas
Senior Receptionist:
Linda Rodrigues, Pamela Airey
Receptionist:
Erin Ni, Martina Malek, Mafey Matthew
