Dr Tony Bayliss
Tony grew up in Red Hill, Brisbane, where he enjoyed terrorising his older sister, mother and various pet cats. He was quite a good middle distance runner in his glory days at Brisbane Grammar, but soon slowed down to an early career in finance. A gnawing suspicion that corporate life was not for him resulted in admission to medical school in Sydney where he once again excelled academically and set on a path towards specialist training in family medicine.
Many hospital rotations later he met his future wife, Cath, during his training at Bardon and, much to his sister and mother’s delight, he has since been on the receiving end of most of the terrorising now. He takes great pride in his care for patients, and is constantly reading and studying to keep his knowledge and skills up to date. As a part of this, he is a vocal supporter of stringent medical standards and ongoing medical education, and is both an examiner for the RACGP and a board member for RACGP Qld faculty in his spare time. Tony also supports his community’s health care needs by working as a chair and non-executive director for the Darling Downs and West Moreton Primary Health Network (PHN). Additionally, Tony is now serving as the Chair of the national PHN Collective.
Child and adolescent health makes up a large proportion of Tony’s practice. He once (dubiously) claimed that being well-versed in computer games helps him to engage with young patients, a skill that may or may not have contributed to his near universal popularity with families. Computer gaming literacy or not, Tony has an unflinching engagement and commitment to his patients, not only sharing the light moments and successes, but also walking the hard yards when needed. We are proud to have him on our team and are very glad that he decided to swap his matching corporate socks and ties for medical scrubs.
Dr Tony’s qualifications
- BCom BEcon MBBS(Hons) DCH ADD FRACGP GAICD AICGG
- BCom/BEcon – Bachelor degrees in both Commerce and Economics from the University of Queensland
- MBBS – Postgraduate degree of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney (achieved with honours)
- DCH – Postgraduate Diploma in Child Health from the University of Sydney
- ADD – Postgraduate Australian Diploma of Dermatology
- FRACGP – Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (this denotes specialist qualifications in family medicine)
- GAICD – Graduate member of the Australian Institue of Company Directors
- AICGG – Graduate certificate in Clinical Governance
Dr Nicole Gryg
Welcome to Dr Nicole Gryg who joins CCFP from mid-Feb!
Born and raised in Cairns, Dr Nicole has always had a love for the outdoors. In her younger years, she was an avid horse rider, before developing a passion for exploring nature, participating in the occasional marathon (for the ‘free’ shirt) and climbing the odd mountain.
She has recently made the jump from Brisbane North to the Western suburbs and is now a proud (learner) gardener, chicken keeper and composter, along with juggling the joys (and chaos) of a young family.
After completing her medical training at the University of Queensland, Nicole worked within the Sunshine Coast and Redcliffe Hospital catchments gaining exposure to a variety of specialties from emergency to radiology. Nicole then went on to complete her GP training in Cairns and Cooktown. A highlight of her training was a position within the paediatric outreach team, visiting remote communities in Cape York and the Torris Strait, blending medicine with community and adventure!
Nicole enjoys all aspects of family medicine with a particular interest in women’s and children’s health and is dedicated to providing compassionate, patient-centred care. In addition to her medical career, Nicole has a passion for baking and cake decorating, and is enjoying trying to impress her children each birthday with her creations.
Dr Nicole’s qualifications
- MBBS DCH FRACGP
- MBBS – Postgraduate degree of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Queensland
- DCH – Postgraduate Diploma in Child Health from the University of Sydney
- FRACGP – Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (this denotes specialist qualifications in family medicine)
Dr Emma Philip
Emma is CCFP’s delegate from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand. She completed her primary medical degree at the University of Otago in 2001, and moved with her husband and two children to Brisbane’s western suburbs a few years later to work and complete her specialist training in Australia.
Emma has the dubious honour of having known both Cath and Tony for longer than they have known each other! Em and Cath studied together for their GP specialist training from way back in 2009, successfully completing their exams together in 2011. Having survived the long hours of weekly gossiping, ahem, training, in Buranda, Clear Mountain and Red Hill, Em has continued to mature into an insightful, caring and well-rounded GP.
Em is especially experienced in women’s health, antenatal health and infant care, and enjoys getting to know patients from all walks of life. She has completed extra training and holds certificates in sexual health and skin cancer medicine.
She is a superstar mum, athlete and friend, and we are terrifically excited that she will be working with us to help care for our community. Really, the only strike against her would be the undeniable fact that she is a kiwi at heart. Please don’t make the mistake of asking who she is barracking for in the rugby……. AOTEAROA!
Dr Emma’s qualifications
- MBChB FRACGP
- MBChB – Bachelor degree in medicine and surgery from Otago University
- FRACGP – Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (this denotes specialist qualifications in family medicine)
Dr Cath Hester
Cath officially qualifies as a local. She grew up climbing mango trees and ransacking native lemons in the bush of Mt Crosby. Having four older brothers ensured that her mother repeatedly attempted to dress her in pink despite her clashing red hair, and that she could whack a tennis ball and double de-clutch her first car, a Chrysler Galant, with equal aplomb. Cath initally completed a bachelor degree in medical engineering, but despite her love of physics, Fourier transformations and internationally patented bioceramics, Cath decided to study medicine after working in an orthopaedic hospital in Belfast.
Many hospital rotations later, including a lengthy stint working and trying to avoid sunburn in remote Cloncurry, Cath started her specialist training and career in family medicine. Then she really started studying – she now has further high-acuity training in most areas of family medicine including sexual and reproductive health, child health, and an unseemly amount of qualifications and experience in skin cancer (perhaps mostly due to a drive for ginger-haired self preservation).
In addition to her clinical GP work, Cath is an experienced non-executive director. She contributes to a number of different boards in various capacities. She is an elected Faculty Council member for the RACGP Qld since August 2017 and is currently serving as the Qld Chair and national board director. In May 2019 Cath was appointed by the Health Minister, Hon Steven Miles, to serve as a board member for the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service, overseeing health service provision in the local region. She also served on the Council for West Moreton Anglican College for 6 years up until 2021.
Cath and Tony have a number of furry and feathered offspring including two Italian greyhounds, and many Indian runner ducks, however are disappointed that so far none of them have been born with ginger hair.
Dr Cath’s qualifications
- BE(Hons) MBBS MBA DCH FRACGP GAICD
- BE(Hons) – Bachelor degree of medical engineering from the Queensland University of Technology (achieved with honours)
- MBBS – Postgraduate degree of medicine and surgery from the University of Queensland
- MBA – Masters of Business Administration from Politecnico di Milano.
- DCH – Postgraduate Diploma of Child Health from the University of Sydney.
- GAICD – Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- FRACGP – Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (this denotes specialist qualifications in family medicine)
Other qualifications
- DACSCM – Postgraduate Diploma of the Australian College of Skin Cancer Medicine (now known as the Australian College of Cutaneous Oncology)
- ADD – Postgraduate Australian Diploma of Dermatology (achieved with special credit)
- ADD – Postgraduate Diploma in advanced dermoscopy (a technique to assist in skin cancer diagnosis) from the Skin Cancer College Australasia
Dr Lauren Barclay
Dr Lauren hails from the beautiful but chilly environs of Manitoba, Canada. Although we believe Lauren was once relatively impervious to the cold, she comes to CCFP via working for many years in Townsville Qld (following her medical studies in Brisbane), building up a tolerance to the heat and humidity such that we are worried she may well succumb to her first bitterly cold Ipswich winter (which is still at least 30 degrees warmer than in Manitoba!).
While working in sunny Townsville Lauren honed her GP abilities in skin cancer diagnosis and management. She has completed courses in dermoscopy (a skin diagnosis technique), skin cancer medicine and also advanced skin surgery through the well-known Skin Cancer College of Australasia. This is in addition to her extensive experience in family medicine, paediatrics and internal medicine undertaken at Rockhampton Hospital and in the Townsville community both before and after she achieved her specialist qualifications in general practice.
We do hope Lauren can tolerate the climate, as she adds many valuable skills to our team. In addition to being an all-round genuinely caring person and excellent family GP, she has fantastic taste in cartoon scrubs, can whip up barista-quality lattes, and we believe has hidden talents in soccer, ice hockey and basketball. Welcome to Dr Lauren, and also to her husband and young son and daughter, we hope you enjoy living and working in the (slightly chilly!) local area.
- BSc MBBS FRACGP
- BSc – Bachelor of science degree from the University of Manitoba (achieved with distinction)
- MBBS – Post graduate degree of medicine and surgery from the University of Queensland
- FRACGP – Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (this denotes specialist qualifications in family medicine)
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