Team

Dr Alfonso Messieh

Dr Messieh is a founding Practice Prinicipal and has been living in Tasmania since 1983.

He has an interest in Skin Cancer & Aesthetics, and works in this field in our Skin Clinic.

Dr Don Wijayasinghe

Dr. Don started practising with City Medical Practice in 2011, and and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

His areas of special interest are:

Ear Nose & Throat
Men's Health
Child & Adolescent Health
Mental Health
Chronic Disease Management

Dr Anastasiia Nikitina

Dr. Nikitina started practising with the Practice in 2017 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Her areas of special interest are:

Child & Adolescent Health
Women's Health
Mental Health
Skin Cancer
Travel Medicine
Diabetes
Muscoskeletal Heath

Dr Shadab Akhtar

Dr. Akhtar started practising with the Practice in 2019 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Her areas of special interest are:

Child & Adolescent Health
Women's Health
Mental Health

Dr Nita Oiboh

Dr Nita will commence practising in April 2022.  She has been working a the North West Regional Hospital for the past 2 years and is currently training for her FRACGP

Her areas of special interest are:

Special interest

Women/ Reproductive Health

Men’s Health

Medical Nutrition 

Chronic Disease and Conditions 

Dr George Chandler

Dr George Chandler is an experienced GP who has worked exclusively in skin cancer diagnosis and management since 2018. He has practised locally and internationally since graduating with First Class Honours from the University of Tasmania.

Dr Chandler has a strong commitment to ongoing training and skills development, completing a Fellowship in General Practice, a Diploma in Child Health and a master's degree in Skin Cancer from The University of Queensland.

Education

∙ Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer) (The University of Queensland)

∙ Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

∙ Diploma of Child Health

∙ Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) (University of Tasmania)

Dr Wole Olomola

Dr Wole Olomolad obtained his primary medical degree from the University of Lagos.

He completed his training in General Practice in Australia and he is a Fellow of the Royal Australia College of General Practitioners, he also holds a post-graduate certificate in Forensic Medicine from the ECAV Sydney.

Dr Wole has been practicing as a full time Family Physician in Australia since 2007, he is also a part time Forensic Physician at the NWRH.

His areas of special interest are:

Chronic Disease Management
Addiction Medicine/Pharmacotherapy
Aged Care Medicine
Forensic Medicine

He is a part of the RACGP's Specific Interests Addiction Medicine Network.

Dr Wole is a Clinical Senior Lecturer with the Rural Clinical School of the University of Tasmania.

Dr Nadejda Ivanova

Dr. Ivanova commenced practising at the Practice in 2019 after completing 2 years at Sheffield and is currently studying for her FRACGP.

Her areas of special interest are:

Child & Adolescent Health
Women's Health
Mental Health
Aboriginal Health
Diabetes
Elderly Health

Dr Ryan Rad

Dr. Ryan commenced practising at the Practice in 2020  and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

His areas of special interest are:

Child & Adolescent Health
Chronic Disease Management
Mental Health
Musculoskeletal Health
Elderly Health

Dr Minou Dashti

Dr Minou Dashti started practicing with City Medical Practice in 2020 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Her areas of special interest are:

Women’s Health
Child & Adolescent Health
Mental Health
Chronic Diseases
Elderly Health

Dr Dhanesha Gunawardena

Dr.Dhanesha Gunawardena obtained her primary degree in Medicine (MBBS) in 2000 in Sri Lanka.

She practiced as an anaesthetist for 5 years in her home country and moved to Sultanate of Oman where she worked as a full time GP attached to the Royal Air Force of Oman for 11 years as a civilian officer.

She moved to Australia in 2017. She obtained her fellowship in general practice (FRACGP) in 2021.

Her special interests are in women’s health, child and adolescents health, mental health, elderly health including aged care and chronic disease management.