Our Doctors
Dr Wendy Davie
BA B.Ed MD
Dr Wendy Davie and her family have relocated from Canada to the Northern Beaches of Cairns and has joined our team here at Beaches Family Practice .
Dr Davie has been practising as a GP for the past 10yrs and has a special interest in Women's and Children's health and looks forward to meeting you and your family at our practice.
Dr Vivian Matthews
FRACGP, MBBS, FRANZCOG (diploma Obstetrics) and Rural General Practice Fellowship.
Dr Matthews completed his medical training at the University of Melbourne in 1993. He has been practicing in Cairns since 1998 and established the Kewarra Family Practice in 2006.
In 2012 he took over the Trinity Beach Medical Centre and called it Trinity Family Practice. From here "Beaches Family Practice" had evolved incorporating both practices.
His areas of special interest included skin cancer checks and treatment, women's health and pregnancy care. He has also developed an interest in complex medical condition care.
He is an experienced GP and welcomes new patients.
Dr Patricia Ogilvie
FRACGP, MBChB, MRCGP,
Dr Ogilvie graduated from University of Liverpool, UK in 1997. She first moved to Cairns in 1999 and completed her training in General Practice in 2004. She has also undertaken further studies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Family Planning, and Dermoscopy (used for skin checks) . She enjoys all aspects of family medicine from children to women’s health, mental health and elderly care. She has worked in the UK, Fremantle WA and Brisbane before returning to Cairns in 2007 to settle with her family.
Dr Richard Thambyah
FRACGP, MBBS, MPH
Dr Thambyah completed his training in Sydney where he then worked in a university health service and aboriginal medical service. He holds a masters in public health and has an interest in general medicine and chronic disease management.
Dr Katherine Johnson
FRACGP, MBBS
Dr Katherine Johnson graduated in London in 1992 and completed her GP training in 1997 in the UK. She has been working as a GP in Australia since 2001 in remote western Australia and Queensland.
Dr Katherine's special interests include women's health and contraception, and performs insertion of intrauterine contraceptive devices.
Dr Nora Duffield
MBChb (Rhodesia), LRCP, LRCS (Edinburgh), Dip Obs (Auckland), FRCGPN, FRACGP,
Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Dr Duffield completed her medical degree there and has been working in family medicine since 1985. After practicing in New Zealand for 17 years Dr Duffield moved the Beaches in 2002 and has been working at Trinity Family Practice since. Her medical interests include nutrition, addiction medicine, women's health and diabetes management. She now juggles working full time with her most important role as grandmother.
Other Doctors
Dr Edward Guirguis
FRACGP, MBBS
Dr Guirguis primarily offers a Saturday morning service for Beaches Family Practice at Kewarra Beach, where he sees the full range of presentations including acute illness and injuries. He has an interest in cosmetic skin procedures and offers cosmetic injectables as well as skin fillers.
2 NEW DOCTORS
On the 1st February 2021, Dr Paul Savage, joined our Beaches Family Practice team and has started working at Kewarra Beach.
In the near future Dr Paul Savage will be working a couple of days at our Practice at Trinity Beach.
Also, on the 10th February 2021, Dr Katie Williamson joined Beaches Family Practice. Dr Williamson will be working Wednesday's and Friday's, from 8.30am - 4.30pm, at our Practice at Trinity Beach.
You can book on line to make an appointment or call Kewarra Beach on 4032-7500 or Trinity Beach on 4032-7575.
We would like welcome both Dr Paul Savage and Dr Katie Williamson to Beaches Family Practice.