Your Care Team

Your Doctors

Dr. Brad Elliott

MBBS (UQ), B. Biomed Sc (Griffith), FRACGP

Dr Brad Elliott graduated from the University of Qld in 2002 and completed his fellowship in 2009. 

He has been working as a rural GP in Ingham since 2007. He moved to the Cairns area in 2022. 

He is interested in all aspects of family medicine as well as skin cancer.

Dr. Rebecca Elliott

MBBS (UQ), B. Applied Sc (Podiatry) QUT, FRACGP

Dr Rebecca Elliott graduated from the University of Qld in 2002.

She was born and raised in Ingham and returned to that district in 2007 with her family. She made the move to Cairns in 2021, first working in Gordonvale and now at Cairns West Medical Centre.

She is interested in all aspects of rural general practice especially preventative health and nutrition.

Dr. Masayuki Terazawa

Dr Masayuki Terazawa graduated from Nihon University School of Medicine in Japan and obtained the certificate of Medical Practitioner in 1988.

He worked as a cardiovascular specialist in hospitals until 2002. He carried out echocardiograms, catheter operations for ischaemic heart diseases, and myocardial biopsy for cardiomyopathy and myocarditis.

After that, he took over his father’s practice and was working as a general practitioner and paediatrician for 12 years. He has accumulated medical knowledge and skills by running his own practice in Japan. He has a good knowledge of oriental medicine too.

He moved to Australia with his wife and two sons in October of 2014, studied hard again and obtained medical registration from the Australian Medical Board, starting his practice here in 2019.

Dr. Andrew Hawkes

MBBS

Dr Andrew Hawkes graduated from James Cook University in 2014.  Since then he has gained experience across various hospitals in Far North and South East Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania, training in emergency medicine. 

 

He has since moved back to Cairns with his young family to commence a career in general practice and is looking forward to treating a variety of patients at Cairns West Medical. 

 

With a special interest in men’s health, acute care, and preventative medicine, Dr Hawkes has a focus on delivering patient-centered care tailored to individual needs.

Dr. Anneke Epp

MBBS

Dr Anneke Epp has graduated from medical school in Germany in 2018. She has since worked in hospitals in Germany and Far North QLD, mainly Cairns Hospital.
She is interested in all aspects of family and general medicine and excited to provide holistic care to patients at all stages of life

Your Psychologist

Sari Szekely​

Sari commenced her working life as a registered nurse and midwife and has lived and worked in a range of settings and locations across FNQ.
 
Since commencing in Psychology, Sari has worked primarily with children and their families. She has worked in a number of clinical settings including schools, government and non government sectors, Kids helpline and the Child and Family team at Community Health, Cairns.
 
With a demonstrable track record, Sari has a particular interest, using attachment interventions as the basis of her work with families. Sari also has an interest working with children who may need behavioral interventions such as those on the Autism Spectrum and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
 
In recent years Sari has expanded to work with Adults and has gained valuable experience in working with people with a range of problems. For example, those recovering from workplace injuries – physical and mental. Sari has been trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and has found it to be a great approach for many types of problems, not only Trauma.
 
Sari uses holistic approaches to build sustainable health and well-being.
 
Sari contributes an important Allied Health perspective for the team at Cairns West Medical Centre.

 

SPECIAL INTERESTS
ADHD
Attachment and Parenting Support
Perinatal Needs
Autism Spectrum
Child Behaviour and Development Community-Based
Eating Disorder Support
Health Psychology – Adjustment to diagnosis, lifestyle change
Development Mood and Anxiety
Palliative Care
Trauma and PTSD;
 

Billing and Cancellation Policy

Brochure

Your Nurses

Nursing Team

Practice Nurses

Our nurses RN Phyllis, RN Brooke, RN Lillian and EN Hayley make up our nursing team. With combined experience they provide holistic and knowledgeable care to our patients for a broad variety of services including wound care, immunisations, health assessments and care planning among others. Our nurses work together with the GP’s to ensure quality assistance and care are provided in a multidisciplinary team.

Your Administration Staff

Lehua Koka

Practice Manager

Medical Receptionists

EMERGENCIES

For urgent medical care 000

AFTER HOURS CARE

After hours GP Clinic 07 4052 5305

CONTACT THE CLINIC

Make an appointment 07 4053 3399