DOCTORS

Dr David Yates graduated from the University of NSW and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). During postgraduate work in the UK, David attained a Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the Royal College of O&G in London as well as a Diploma in Child Health from the Royal College of Physicians in Glasgow.

Dr Yates has been a GP Supervisor for more than 20 years which means he acts as a clinical mentor and role model for doctors training to be general practitioners.

David spent 13 years working in his own practice in Tumut in southern rural NSW, then a short term in Queanbeyan, prior to opening TSAJ with his wife in 2008.

Dr Yates is married with five children. He is a devout Brumbies fan and loves to watch and play cricket. He’s also into mountain and road biking.

 

Dr Anita Dey graduated with a Bachelor of Medical Science in 2006. She then completed a double degree in Medicine and Surgery at ANU in 2010. In 2011/12, Dr Dey was an intern and resident at The Canberra Hospital. Dr Anita has a special interest in women’s health – including pregnancy, endometriosis, contraception, Implanon insertion/removal and sexual health. She is also interested in in management of diabetes, hypertension and asthma; child health; skin and ingrown toenail excisions.

Dr Dey completed extended skills in emergency medicine at The Wollongong Hospital, Shellharbour Hospital and Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital. In her ‘spare time’ that year, she gained a Diploma of Child Health through the Westmead Children’s Hospital. As a busy GP, Dr Dey doesn’t have much time to enjoy many hobbies or sports. However, she loves to travel and try all different types of food.

Dr Dey is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. She has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. She has the right to set her own hours, set her own fees and the practice will collect those fees on her behalf.

Dr CK worked in general practice in Goulburn for six years before he joined TSAJ in 2021. Prior to that, he worked in the Emergency Department at Wagga Base Hospital. He has experience in Anesthesia and Intensive Care as a senior medical doctor in Sri Lanka and Oman before moving to Australia.

Dr CK gained his medical degree in 2005 and went on to do post-graduate studies in anaesthetics. He attained a Diploma in Child Health from the University of Sydney in 2015 and received his Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2019. Dr CK has also gone on to be an accredited as a skin cancer doctor from the Skin Cancer College at the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane.

Dr CK loves playing cricket, bike riding, sightseeing and travelling, meditating, watching movies and just spending time with his wife and two children.

Dr CK is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. He has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. He has the right to set his own hours, set his own fees and the practice will collect those fees on his behalf.

Dr Suzanne Ward gained her Bachelor in Medicine from the University of Newcastle. She worked as a GP in her own practice in Queanbeyan before heading overseas to practice in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Suzanne is a Fellow of the RACGP, and her areas of special interest are Family Health, Women’s Health and Children’s Health.

In her spare time, Dr Suzanne loves gardening and making cheese and jams.

Dr Ward is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. She has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. She has the right to set her own hours, set her own fees and the practice will collect those fees on her behalf.

Dr Robarts joined The Surgery at Jerra in mid 2023. She is an experienced GP with almost 20 years of practice in urban and rural general practice. She became a GP supervisor in 2024 – helping to train our GP registrars.

Dr Robarts’s main passion in medicine is listening and providing true care and compassion to all her patients.

She has expertise in mental health and veteran’s health. She is a veteran herself and has served as a uniformed, RAAF aviation doctor and served in multiple operational deployments around the world, namely in the Middle East.

Dr Robarts has recently worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs and has an interest in assisting veterans with all their DVA business. She can complete high-quality initial liability and permanent impairment paperwork and reports. She also has an interest in chronic disease and lifestyle medicine, obesity and weight management.

She sees all DVA patients and conducts home visits. She conducts medical termination of pregnancy.

She is a fully privately billing doctor. Dr Robarts is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. She has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. She has the right to set her own hours, set her own fees and the practice will collect those fees on her behalf.

 

Dr Caitriona Duffy graduated from the Australian National University in 2018 and has just completed her GP registrar training. She was Fellowed into the Royal College of Australian General Practitioners in early 2024.

Dr Duffy has worked in other general practices in the Canberra area and joined TSAJ in 2023 as a GP registrar. She enjoys all aspects of general practice but has a special interest in women’s health, sexual health, antenatal care and children’s health. Now she’s not studying for final exams anymore, she’s got more time to run around after her four young children, squeezing in some baking and unwinding with jigsaws, and sewing.

Dr Duffy is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. She has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. She has the right to set her own hours, set her own fees and the practice will collect those fees on her behalf.

Dr Melissa Weston grew up in the Snowy Mountains of NSW on her family’s farm. She studied at the University of NSW at both Sydney and Coffs Harbour campuses and graduated from her Doctor of Medicine in 2015. She gained experience in her junior years in a variety of hospital-based specialties, both in the Hunter New England region and at The Canberra Hospital. She then settled in Canberra and completed her GP training to become a Fellow of the RACGP. Dr Melissa enjoys all aspects of general practice, with growing interests in Gastroenterology and Women’s Health. She can perform Implanon insertion and removal. She believes in a holistic approach to patient care, preventative medicine through lifestyle, and empowering patients with education and knowledge to understand and maintain their health and well-being.

Dr Melissa also works at local hospitals as a Chief Medical Officer. She enjoys spending her spare time with family and friends, and in outdoor pursuits including hiking, diving and helping out on the family farm.

Dr Violet Inati joined the surgery in late 2023 after working at another local practice for some time.

Violet grew up in Sydney and fell in love with Canberra and the surrounds during her medical school days at the ANU. She graduated in 2016. She spent her junior doctor days gaining a grasp of all aspects of medicine but particularly fell in love with Obstetrics, Gynaecology and New born care.

She thus takes special interest in sexual health, contraception, as well as antenatal and postnatal care into the years of menopause and beyond. Furthermore, she takes an interest in lifestyle medicine and the interplay between this and the development and management of chronic disease.

Outside of her clinic days, Violet is involved in the virtual care of patients in the local community via the Queanbeyan Hospital.

In her spare time, Violet spends her time with her family, where they enjoy camping trips, bike riding and all kinds of outdoor activities. She’s always experimenting in the garden so will be happy to take in any of your gardening suggestions.

Dr Inati is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. She has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. She has the right to set her own hours, set her own fees and the practice will collect those fees on her behalf.

Dr Jo Darby completed her medical degree (BMBS) with Honours at Flinders University in Adelaide. She is an experienced and decorated GP, with an almost twenty-year career as a Military Doctor and GP working in rural and urban general practice.

She has a special interest in Veteran’s Health, Women’s and Children’s Health, Occupational Medicine, Aviation Medicine and Travel Medicine.

Dr Darby joined the practice in early 2024. Dr Darby is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. She has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. She has the right to set her own hours, set her own fees and the practice will collect those fees on her behalf.

Dr Nicole Schmocker joined the practice as GP registrar in 2024. She’s a fully-qualified doctor who is undergoing further training to become a specialist in general practice.

Dr Schmocker is a Queanbeyan local who’s been fortunate to stay within the region to complete her GP training. She attained her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Deakin University in 2018, spent a year in Ararat, Victoria on rural placement and currently also works as a junior medical officer at a fertility clinic and is a locum senior resident medical officer in obstetrics at Queanbeyan Hospital. As a result, she has a special interest in women’s and children’s health in general practice.

 

Dr RAJABALI IS CURRENTLY ON EXTENDED LEAVE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Dr Rajabali received her medical degree from the University of Queensland in 2008. She finished her GP Registrar training with TSAJ in 2021 and then gained her Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Before joining TSAJ, Dr Billie had been working at a medical practice in Queanbeyan. Her special interests are women’s health, travel medicine and preventative health.

She enjoys spending time with her young family, gardening and reading.. that’s when she has time!

Dr Billie is not an employee of The Surgery at Jerra. She has a Service Agreement with TSAJ to provide medical services out of the practice. She has the right to set her own hours, set her own fees and the practice will collect those fees on her behalf.