Albany Doctors Dr Brodie Laurie, Dr Priscilla Zhang, Dr Laura Buters, Dr Emma Warner, Dr Sophie Doherty, Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Charlotte Main and Dr Justin Winters
The Great Southern region now has more than 24 medical specialists living in the region, with the appointment of the first resident geriatrician who will be based at Albany Health Campus at the end of this month.
The increasing number of specialists living and working in Albany is resulting in a greater capacity to treat more patients locally, improved medical services and is providing a more sustainable workforce in the region.
Resident specialists include an oncologist and general physician who together have been providing a highly valued service to the Great Southern community for 30 years.
The health campus now has three resident general surgeons who, with their visiting colleagues, performed the second highest number of elective surgery cases each year in the WA Country Health Service. Other specialists work across areas such as general medicine, critical care, mental health, medical imaging, public health, palliative care and obstetrics.
There had also been an increase in the number of junior doctors at Albany Health Campus with eight resident medical officers, six interns and nine registrars, and the facility is also expanding its telehealth service to reduce the number of patients needing to travel out of the region.