Dr Asim Abdulhamid is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist in Newcastle and the Hunter region, and a Staff Specialist at Calvary Mater Newcastle. A University of Otago graduate, he trained in New Zealand and Brisbane and completed a transplant hepatology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA.

He performs gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy (polyp removal), haemorrhoid banding and capsule endoscopy. He is widely published, including in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, and sees patients from Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland and Port Stephens.

Dr Senan Al-Mahaidi is an Australian trained general surgeon.

Dr Al-Mahaidi was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2017.

Dr Al-Mahaidi has experience in treating a broad spectrum of general surgical conditions, having operated in metropolitan and rural hospitals. He has multiple public and private VMO appointments in Newcastle, Maitland, and the Mid-North Coast.

Dr Senan Al-Mahaidi is an Australian trained general surgeon.

Dr Al-Mahaidi was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2017.

Dr Al-Mahaidi has experience in treating a broad spectrum of general surgical conditions, having operated in metropolitan and rural hospitals. He has multiple public and private VMO appointments in Newcastle, Maitland, and the Mid-North Coast.

Dr Barrett completed his medical training at the University of Newcastle following undergraduate studies in economics, and continued his prevocational training within Hunter New England Health. Throughout his dermatology training Dr Barrett worked at the Skin and Cancer Foundation, Westmead Children’s Hospital, and the Royal Newcastle Centre. He has completed rural rotations throughout NSW including Lismore, Port Macquarie, Walgett, Dubbo, Orange and with the Aboriginal Medical Service.

Dr Barrett is a qualified Mohs Micrographic Surgeon, offering consultations at Frontier Dermatology and Mohs surgical procedures at Ramsay Surgical Centre Charlestown.

Dr Barrett manages all conditions involving the skin, hair and nails including eczema, psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, hyperhidrosis, acne, and paediatric dermatology. 

Dr Scott Cairns is a Plastic Surgeon registered with the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. He qualified as a specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the United Kingdom in 2014 and remains a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, making him Newcastle’s only double fellowed Plastic Surgeon. He undertook an MD research degree in Wound Healing during his training and continues to present his work internationally. He has an interest in reconstructive surgery, undertaking Fellowships for microsurgery, hand surgery and cosmetic surgery.

He is committed to his ongoing research, publications in scientific journals, and education of the next generation of specialists as a conjoint lecturer at the University of Newcastle.

In 2016, He moved to Newcastle with his family to begin work at the John Hunter Hospital. He continues to work at the John Hunter Hospital, The Calvary Mater Hospital and Belmont Hospital as a Plastic Surgeon. He currently regularly performs reconstructive surgery in the public system, including breast surgery, head and neck surgery, skin cancer surgery and genito-urinary reconstruction.

Dr Cairns operates regularly at Ramsay Surgical Centre Charlestown, Lake Macquarie Private Hospital and Warners Bay Private Hospital. Dr Cairns’ wife works as a GP locally and his son attends school in Newcastle. They enjoy all that Newcastle has to offer as a family and feel very fortunate to be able to live and work here.

Dr Cairns says,’ I feel that plastic surgery is a course of treatment that we go through together rather than a ‘one and done’ procedure. You are not paying for a dispassionate technician, but instead consulting with a specialist to make decisions with you, and to travel alongside you to achieve your goal. Many conditions require more than one operation, such as after weight loss, following cancer treatment, or for gender issues and my philosophy and medical practice is one of continued, collaborative, empathetic care.’

Dr. Michael Catanach is a fully qualified and Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon. After completing his medical degree at Sydney University in 2011, he moved to Newcastle and completed his specialist Orthopaedic training with John Hunter Hospital, the busiest major trauma centre in New South Wales.

Dr Catanach’s passion has always been hand surgery. As such, following his training, he has set up practice in Newcastle, where he is now happy to call home. His office is located in the specialist centre across from Lake Macquarie Private Hospital and he operates at both Lake Macquarie Private and Ramsay Surgical Centre Charlestown.

Dr Catanach is regularly involved in teaching medical students and junior doctors anatomy and surgical techniques.

Dr Dewar performs surgery of the hip, knee and complex trauma. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Australian Orthopaedic Association and has participated in international sub-speciality fellowship training.

Dr Dewar moved to Newcastle in 2004 after completing his undergraduate medical science degree and post graduate medical degree from the University of Sydney with honors.

Dr Dewar then worked throughout the Hunter region for the next 9 years, completing both his basic and advanced orthopaedic training. He was awarded his fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2013. He subsequently went on to complete two further subspecialty fellowships.

His first fellowship was at Prince of Wales Hospital and Sydney Childrens Hospital where he worked with leading orthopaedic surgeon Dr Michael Solomon refining his abilities in hip and knee surgery and hip preservation surgery.

Dr Dewar was then awarded a prestigious orthopaedic fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York USA. The Hospital for Special Surgery has consistently been ranked as the number one hospital for orthopaedic surgery in North America. During this one year fellowship Dr Dewar worked with Dr David Helfet and developed his skills in complex pelvic and acetabular trauma, simple and complex upper and lower limb trauma and fracture non-union surgery.

Dr Dewar is significantly involved in research, with multiple international presentations and publications. He has completed a PhD at the University of Newcastle and has presented his work at national and international meetings. 

Dr Dewar works in both Public and Private sectors and currently holds appointments at the John Hunter Hospital and Lake Macquarie Private Hospital.

Dr Lay Gan consults from Hunter Gastroenterology and practices in gastroenterology and hepatology. Dr Gan has public and private appointments.

Dr Gan first came to Newcastle in 2006 and at that time completed her physician training and commenced her gastroenterology and hepatology training. She then progressed to a  fellowship at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital before undertaking PhD studies. Dr Gan returned to Newcastle and settled here in 2013.

Dr Gan trains future doctors through her appointment as a Staff Specialist at the John Hospital. She provides holistic patient-centred care, ensuring patients are actively involved in their care and decision processes.

When Dr Gan is not busy at work, she enjoys cooking all kinds of cuisines, especially those from her home country in Malaysia.

Tom is a Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist at John Hunter Hospital where he leads the IBD service, intestinal ultrasound service, paediatric inflammatory bowel disease transition clinic, and Faecal Microbiota Transplant service program. He remains actively involved in research and has published multiple papers in international peer reviewed journals. He is also active in multinational and local clinical trials. Tom is passionate about medical education and holds clinical lecturer positions at the University of Newcastle and University of Adelaide.  

Tom aims to deliver a high standard of patient focused care in a respectful, professional, collaborative and approachable manner. Tom lives in Newcastle with his GP wife and two daughters and enjoys being the household chef, family adventures in the Hunter and surfing at Bar Beach and Catho.  

Dr Gupta qualified from the University of Liverpool, UK in 2001 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. He worked as a General Dental Practitioner around the North East of England until 2004, undertaking further training in orthodontics, oral surgery and dental sedation. He accepted a post as a Senior House Officer in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham.

Dr Gupta then accepted a job at Westmead Hospital, Sydney Australia. Subsequently he then completed a Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle in 2009. He undertook medical, emergency, critical care and surgical rotations within the Hunter junior medical officer network.

He successfully completed his surgical training in 2016 within the NSW and ACT network working in Sydney and Canberra hospitals. He then accepted a Fellowship position back at Queens Medical centre in Nottingham. He furthered his skills in Temporomandibular Joint Surgery and surgical correction of sleep apnoea and complex facial deformity including cleft and distraction osteogenesis.