Our Doctors
Our Team of Practitioners
Dr Robert White
MBBS (Melb) FRACGP
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Rob enjoys bushwalking, sailing, music and travel when he is away from the practice.
Interests:
Aged care
Travel medicine
Alcohol and drug related disease
Family Medicine
Men’s health
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Collins Street: Friday
Dr John Madden
MBBS FRACGP
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Dr John Madden is interested in acute and more chronic general health conditions.
Interests:
General Health
Minor Procedures
Men’s Health
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Thursday & Friday
Collins Street: Monday & Wednesday
Dr Andrea Follett
MBBS FRACGP BSc LLB
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Andrea completed her medical degree at the University of Sydney in 2002. She has lived in Tasmania since 2012 and enjoys Tassie for it’s beauty and family lifestyle, even if that does involve the odd run of cold weather.
Interests:
Women’s & Sexual Health
Family Planning
General Family Medicine
Preventative Medicine
Availability:
Collins Street: Monday & Thursday
Dr Jennifer Connor
MBBS FRACGP DCH
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Dr Jenny Connor completed her medical degree at the University of Tasmania in 2002. After nine years working and traveling interstate and overseas, she returned to her home state of Tasmania. Jenny lives with her partner and two children. She enjoys mountain biking, running and yoga. At work, Jenny particularly enjoys women’s health and menopause. Please book 30 minute appointments to discuss this very important and exciting time of life.
Dr Connor is available in person at Collins Street General Practice on Tuesday and Thursday.
Interests:
Women’s Health including menopause
Family Planning
Children’s Health
Travel Medicine
Preventative Medicine
Availability:
Collins Street: Tuesday & Thursday
Dr Anna Wittert
M.B., B.S. (Netherlands) F.R.A.C.G.P., D.C.H
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Dr Anna Wittert was born in the Netherlands and moved to Australia after meeting her husband. She settled down in Hobart after a long cycling trip in America. Dr Anna Wittert did her GP training with Grosvenor Street Practice and has worked with the practice since 2013.
She has 3 young children and in her free time enjoys mountain biking and most things crafty. Her favourite movie is ‘Dances with wolves’, she likes marmite better than vegemite and loves dutch liquorice.
Dr Wittert likes seeing a variety of health issues and enjoys treating patients that are happy to share a bit of their life story.
Interests:
Women’s Health
Children’s Health
Availability:
Collins Street: Tuesday & Friday
Dr Aileen de Bruyn
MBBS FRACGP
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Born in South Africa, Dr Aileen de Bruyn moved to Australia as a teenager in 1988. She went to school in Launceston and then university in Hobart, graduating as a doctor from the University of Tasmania in 1998.
She spent 5 years working and traveling overseas and on the mainland and is now settled in Hobart where she enjoys bush walking in her spare time. She also enjoys dancing, gardening, reading.
Interests:
Family Medicine
Preventative Health
Women’s Health
Children’s and youth’s Health
Mental Health
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Monday
Collins Street: Thursday
Dr Sara Maloney
MBBS (Hons) (UTAS), BMedSci, DCH, FRACGP, FACRRM
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Dr Sara Maloney graduated with honours in a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Tasmania in 2004. Since that time she has worked in various locations around Australia, including Alice Springs, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland.
Dr Maloney has completed dual fellowships with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2011 and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine in 2012.
Interests:
Women’s Health
Intrauterine device (IUD) insertions
Children’s Health
Skin Checks
General Medicine
Excisions
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
IUD insert clinic: Friday fortnightly
Skin Checks: Friday fortnightly
Dr Benjamin Clark
M.B.,B.S., (Hons) F.R.A.C.G.P., D.C.H., B.Med. Sci.
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Dr Ben Clark grew up in Launceston before completing his medical degree in Hobart in 2001. He then worked in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory before completing his General Practice training (GP) and a diploma in Child Health in Adelaide.
Dr Clark returned to Tasmania in 2016 with his partner and three young children. Outside of work he enjoys spending quality time with his family camping and bushwalking.
Interests:
General Health
Men’s &Children’s Health
Mental Health
Availability:
Collins Street : Monday
Grosvenor Street: Wednesday
Dr Rekha Ratnagobal
M.B.B.S(Hons), F.R.A.C.G.P
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Dr Rekha Ratnagobal was born in Wollongong, NSW. She moved to Tasmania as a child and attended local Primary and Secondary schools. She studied medicine at the University of Tasmania with two years rurally on the North West Coast of Tasmania. She obtained her medical degree 2010. Her General Practice training was completed in the greater Hobart area becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2014.
Dr Ratnagobal is a busy mum to two young active boys and a dog mum to two lovely pups.
She enjoys gardening and tending to her chooks and in her rare down time enjoys video games.
Interests:
Family Medicine
Women’s & Children’s Health
Adolescent Health
Refugee Health
Homeless Health
Availability:
Collins Street: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Dr Sandy Kraft
M.B.B.S F.R.A.C.G.P D.C.H
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Dr Alessandra (Sandy) Kraft studied medicine in Germany and worked in Auckland, New Zealand at the Starship Children’s Hospital where she met her husband.
After a few years in Western Australia, they relocated to Tasmania where Sandy has trained in General Practice and gained her fellowship.
Dr Kraft enjoys spending time with her young family, exercising, music, arts and craft and a good cup of coffee.
Interests:
Women’s & Children’s Health
Mental Health
General Medicine
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Monday & Tuesday
Dr Tanya Francis
M.B.B.S FRACGP DCH
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Dr Tanya Francis completed her degree in medicine at The University of Tasmania in 2006. She then worked for several years at hospitals in Newcastle, Melbourne and Hobart.She completed her diploma in child health and gained her fellowship in General Practice in 2014. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her young family, gardening/growing indoor plants, cooking and travelling.
Interests:
Child & Adolescent Health
Women’s Health
Refugee Health
General Family Medicine
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Monday & Wednesday
Collins Street: Tuesday
Dr Elinor Kitson
M.B.B.S F.R.A.C.G.P
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Dr Elinor Kitson is originally from the UK and completed her medical degree at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2012.
She has lived in Australia since 2014, working in various hospitals in Melbourne before completing her GP training in rural Victoria in 2019.
She then worked in aged care for 3 years before moving with her family to Hobart.
She enjoys bushwalking and playing hockey.
Interests:
Aged and palliative care
Mental health
Womens and childrens health
Adolescent health
Availability:
On leave until 2027
Dr Miranda Bruce
MBBS CWH
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Outside of medicine, Miranda loves spending time with her husband and cats, doing Lego, and pilates.
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Tuesday
Collins Street: Friday
Dr Emily McLean
M.B.B.S F.R.A.C.G.P
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Dr Emily McLean graduated from James Cook University in North Queensland in 2018 and subsequently spent several years working across a broad range of specialties in Queensland Hospitals. She moved to Tasmania in 2024 to commence General Practice training and is on track to obtain her GP fellowship in June 2026, with plans to remain in Tasmania long term.
She enjoys the broad scope of general practice and caring for patients across all stages of life, with a particular interest in chronic disease management and preventative health. Outside of work, she enjoys getting outdoors in Tasmania’s beautiful natural environment and discovering its local food and produce.
Interests:
Chronic disease management
Preventative health
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Dr Philippa Knowler
MChD, BMedSci, RGA, AACEM
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Dr Pip Knowler moved to Tasmania from South Australia three years ago and feels very at home on this beautiful island. She is a final stage registrar who is working towards becoming a Rural Generalist. As part of her Rural Generalist training she has gained skills in emergency medicine and anaesthetics and enjoys the contrast of acute care with her work in primary care. Within primary care she has particular interests in sexual and reproductive health. Outside of work, she enjoys running, hiking and painting.
Interests:
Sexual Health
Reproductive Health
Availability:
Collins Street: Wednesday
Dr Tolulope Doherty
BMed Sci MBChB
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Dr Tolu Doherty completed her medical degree at the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom in 2011. She worked in London for a few years before her love for travel and adventure brought her to Australia.
She brings to General Practice over nine years’ experience working as a hospital registrar in various areas including adult medicine, care of the elderly, stroke, endocrinology, cancer care and Paediatric Surgery at both the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health service, in Queensland and The Royal Hobart Hospital, here in Tasmania.
One of the things she really enjoys about General Practice is building connections and educating and empowering patients to improve their overall health and well-being. She has interests in preventative health, travel medicine, women’s health and acute and chronic disease management.
She balances her work life by having fun with her curious toddler, discovering beautiful walks, listening to audiobooks, learning crafts like crochet and sewing and spending time with her family and friends.
Interests:
Preventative medicine
Women’s health
Travel medicine
Acute & Chronic Disease management
Availability:
Grosvenor Street: Thursday
Collins Street: Tuesday & Wednesday
Dr Gagandeep Sandhu
GP MBBS MPH Chm Vascular & Endovascular
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Dr Gagan Sandhu is an Australian trained doctor who has over ten years of medical experience in various settings including emergency medicine, vascular and general surgery, paediatrics, intensive and acute hospital care. Dr Gagan has extensive experience working in Emergency Departments, Surgical Units and multidisciplinary hospital teams. He offers his patients a caring, considerate, and comprehensive approach to their medical needs using a collaborative and evidence-based model that focuses on patient centred care.
Interests:
Family Medicine
Paediatric Health
Preventative Health
Vascular Disease
Availability: Grosvenor Street: Tuesday
Collins Street: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
