INDEPENDENT GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

Dr Bill Grennall - MBBS FRACGP

Studied at The University of New South Wales (1986) and became a Fellow of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in August 1993. His special interests are in paediatrics and general family medicine. Bill is actively involved in the training of our medical registrars.  He is married with 3 children, 2 dogs, 4 sets of bagpipes and has a great sense of humour.

Dr Martyn Hood - MBBS DRANZCOG FRACGP

Studied at the University of Sydney (1987) and became a Fellow of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in August 1994.  Martyn holds a Diploma in Obstetrics and is affiliated with The Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He joined LMDS in 1992 and is married with 4 children.

Dr John Webster - MBBS BMed (Sci) FRACGP

John became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 1999. He has provided services for the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Alice Springs, has a special interest in men's health issues and general medical problems.  John is married with 3 children and loves fishing and triathlon.

John uses the Lyrebird Health AI device to assist with note-taking during consultations. Recordings are deleted after each appointment. Please let reception or John know if you prefer not to use this.

Dr Kristina Love - BAppSc (Physio)  MBBS FRACGP

Kristina enjoys seeing a wide variety of presentations and has a strong interest in Women's health. She has worked at the surgery since finishing GP training in 2013 and is available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. She also works for Family Planning Australia. 
Her interests are running, travel and musical theatre.

Dr Jeremy Provan - MBBS BSc (Hons) FRACGP

Jeremy lives in Newcastle NSW with his wife and their dog and cat. He loves baking, cycling, playing guitar and gardening. After growing up in country Victoria, he studied and worked in Sydney before training in General Practice in the Hunter/Central Coast. Amongst his areas of interest are men's and women's health, transgender and gender diverse health, skin cancer medicine (and other procedures) and liver and kidney medicine.

Dr Ian Aston - MBBS, BBus (CDFSP) dip Paeds FRACGP

Ian graduated from the University of Notre Dame in Sydney and then moved to work in the Newcastle area.

Before commencing his General Practice Training, he completed several hospital terms including Psychiatry, Emergency, Rheumatology and Orthopaedics. He enjoys all aspects of General Practice and takes pride in providing long term holistic care to his patients.

Outside work, Ian drags himself around the soccer pitch and attempts to kick the ball in the correct direction. He also enjoys destroying popular songs with his guitar playing.

Dr Michelle Bonnici - MBChB MWomHMed  FACRRM FRACGP-RG

Michelle graduated in medicine in South Africa in 1984. She initially worked in a gynaecology and reproductive health unit in a large hospital where she was involved in fertility treatments, early pregnancy care, a recurrent miscarriage clinic and general gynaecology. To complement her women’s health and family medicine work, she also completed studies in psychology.

In 1994 Michelle moved to New Zealand with her three sons where she worked as an urban general practitioner focussing on women’s health. She was also the clinical lead of a diabetes project to improve the care of patients in rural Northland,  New Zealand.

In 2013 Michelle and her husband (who is also a doctor) moved to Australia. She initially worked as a general practitioner in NSW while studying for her Masters in Women’s Health Medicine at UNSW. Since then, Michelle and her husband have worked mainly as rural and remote doctors in Australia, NZ and overseas. She has a Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of GPs as a Rural Generalist specialising in Obstetrics.

Michelle is now working at LMDS and is sub-specialising in contraception, fertility issues, sexual health, menstrual problems, urological problems in women, pregnancy care and menopause management.

In her spare time Michelle enjoys reading, travelling, fishing, boating and spending time with her family which now includes five grandchildren.