NORTHSIDE HEALTH 14 EDGAR ST COFFS HARBOUR JETTY
ow long has Northside Health been in business, and have you always been in and around Orlando Street?
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Northside Health has been providing high quality health care in Coffs Harbour for almost 30 years. From a sole doctor working from the family home, the practice moved to a single shop in Northside Shopping Centre, Park Beach Road, Coffs Harbour. Continued growth has led to the need for expansion in 2010 to current facilities at 14 Edgar Street, Coffs Harbour Jetty, just off Orlando Street. Who are the GPs and what is their professional background? Dr Alexander Joannou: General Practice; Integrative medicine, Medical Acupuncture; Esoteric Acupuncture; Nutritional and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr Rosemary Ross: General Practice and Women’s health; Preventative Health and Lifestyle Modification; Naturopathy for 16 years before studying Medicine. Dr Ashish Sinha: General Practice; Family Planning; Children’s Health; Geriatric Health; Mental Health; Skin Cancer checks.
Dr Chris Inkson: General Practice; Children’s Health; Geriatrics; Chronic diseases; Respiratory and Skin conditions; Mental Health. Dr Evgenia Biryukova: General Practice; Women’s Health; Mental Health and Geriatric Health. Dr Olga Voloshyna: Paediatrics; Internal Medicine including Cardiology; Neurology; Diabetes; Obesity; Gastroenterology; Womens Health and Mental Health. Dr Adrian Hekel: Nutritional Medicine; Mental Health; Hypnotherapy; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; General Medicine; Autism; Acupuncture. Dr Cathryn Platt: General practice; Mental health; Chronic disease management; Geriatric Health; womens health; adolescent health. Dr Alan Jones: Orthopaedic medicine. Also interested in healthy lifestyle issues. Dr Dru Haywood: General practice; Mental health; Childrens health; womens health and HIV medicine. Dr Gillian Gould: Smoking Cessation Specialist. Medical and Traditional Acupuncture. Dr Kyle Owen: Chiropractor, Trigenics
practitioner interest in musculoskeletal medicine. What makes Northside Health different to other GP clinics? Northside Health emphasises a respectful patient-doctor partnership, with an emphasis on an integrative approach in terms of disease prevention and health promotion. We recognise that health is more than merely an absence of disease, and we see our role as assisting our patients in a positive direction toward physical, mental and social wellbeing. We work in partnership with patient and other health personnel to develop personalised programs when managing chronic health conditions such as diabetes and coronary heart disease. What services do you offer? We offer a range of services to address all your medical needs, including: • Women’s health • Children’s health • Lifestyle and nutritional health programs
• Herbal medicine/Naturopathy • Acupuncture • Travel advice and vaccination • Smoking cessation advice • Skin cancer checks and treatment • Workcover and pre-employment medicals What is your philosophy? Northside Health is an holistic patient centred practice committed to providing accessible, equitable and affordable quality health care. Our priority is to deliver superior health outcomes and empower our patients by increasing their health literacy within the context of a dynamic patientpractitioner relationship and by raising awareness of community health issues. Our practice delivers a service which builds a bridge between medicine and complementary therapies. What plans do you have for 2014? We look forward to welcoming new patients and visitors to our area and to continue providing high quality health care.
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