We would like to welcome

Dr Charles McCartan

to our Medical Professionals Team.

Dr Emily Gordon

Emily was raised in Warwick on the Darling Downs and went to secondary school in Toowoomba. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Queensland in 1996 and then spent her first post-graduate years in Rockhampton. Following this she worked in the rural towns of Barcaldine and Miles before returning to Brisbane to obtain an advanced diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Emily then returned to the bush and worked in Longreach and completed her Fellowship of General Practice as well as Advanced Rural General Practice. She then spent 3 years back in Barcaldine before moving to the Sunshine Coast in 2005. Emily was fortunate to be able to continue her association with rural Queensland by conducting rural and remote women’s health clinics for the RFDS.She enjoys all aspects of general practice and has a special interest in women’s health.

Dr Camilla Stevens

Dr Camilla Stevens was born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand. She graduated with a Medical Degree from Otago University in 1996.

Camilla moved to Australia in 1999, following her residency at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand. She spent three years at Townsville Hospital, where she completed various rotations, including Emergency Medicine, Cardiology, Haematology and Oncology, Palliative Care and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. During that time, she attained a Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

In 2001, Camilla relocated to Tasmania, where she undertook a post in Paediatrics at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Between 2002 and 2004, she worked in rural practice in North West Tasmania, completing the General Practice training program and becoming a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2004.

Camilla has worked on the Sunshine Coast as a General Practitioner since 2004. She enjoys all aspects of General Practice and family medicine, but has a particular interest in Women’s Health.

Dr. Gordon Strachan

Gordon is originally from a small coastal town in Ayrshire Scotland. He attended St Andrew’s University and gained his bachelor of science in medical science before studying at Manchester University in England to gain his MB CHB.

Gordon completed his GP training in Ayrshire in Scotland in 1996 and worked for the following four years in Girvan, Ayrshire in his father and grandfather’s old practice. He then decided he needed a change and travelled to Swan Hill in Victoria working for two years in general practice, obstetrics and emergency medicine.

He returned to Scotland, where he met and married his Michelle before coming back to Australia in 2006. Dr Strachan gained his diploma in diabetic care, attended ATLS and ALS courses in the UK and was made a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in Australia in 2007. His special interests include general and emergency medicine and diabetic care. He and Michelle have two children, Joseph and Marnie.

Dr. Wiaan Vogel

Dr. Wiaan Vogel has been with Coolum Beach 7 Day Doctors since October 2004.

Originally from the diamond city of Kimberley in South Africa, Wiaan graduated from Stellenbosch University in 1994 and spent time working in Namibia, and many hospitals all over the UK.

Wiaan came to Australia in 1999 and worked as a GP both in rural and metropolitan areas including Brisbane, Longreach and Airlie Beach.

For the past 6 years Wiaan has lived on the Sunshine Coast with his wife and two children.

Wiaan is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and has special interests in Musculoskeletal medicine and Aviation medicine.

Wiaan is an enthusiastic kite surfer and when the wind is blowing between 13 - 18 knots you will probably find him somewhere on the water.

Dr. Gary Wright

Gary qualified from the University of Zimbabwe in 1990 and then worked in busy government hospitals in Zimbabwe and South Africa for the next 6 years. He then worked in General Practice in Zimbabwe for the next 10 years before moving to Australia in 2008. Before this he worked as a locum in New Zealand and Tanzania. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2009. He enjoys all aspects of General Practice but particularly the opportunity to treat and follow up patients of all ages. His special areas of interest are Travel Medicine, Musculoskeletal Medicine and Men’s Health

Dr Nick Hinds

Dr. Nick Hinds graduated from the University of Queensland in 2008 after spending much of his training in rural Queensland. He completed his residency at Nambour General Hospital where he gained extensive experience in Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anaesthetics and Emergency Medicine. He has obtained Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Nick has a keen interest in all aspects of general practice, including preventative medicine. He has undertaken further post-graduate training in skin cancer medicine.

When he is not working he enjoys spending time with his wife Courtney and their young children.

Dr Tim Somers

Tim graduated from the university of Adelaide in 1983 . He moved to Darwin in 1984 and worked at the Darwin Hospital for several years and then in solo General Practice until 1994 when he and wife Moira and three children decided to move to the Sunshine Coast. From 1994 until 2003 he worked in Coolum Beach and then Tewantin for seven years and most recently Morayfield, until he recommenced work in Coolum Beach in January 2016. Work interests include all aspects of General Practice. Outside work he enjoys family time ,surfing,snowboarding and AFL.

Dr Shauna Vivian

Shauna graduated from the University of Qld in 2007 and worked in several hospitals and clinics in Brisbane, Logan and Toowoomba before moving to the Sunshine Coast in 2017. She is a mother to three young children and is available for consultations on Mondays and Thursdays.

Shauna enjoys all aspects of general practice and has a special interest in women’s, children’s and adolescent health as well as antenatal shared care.