Doctors & Staff
Eight GPs, three practice nurses, a psychologist, and the reception team who keep it all running.
The doctors at Cairns West are independent general practitioners. Each has a telehealth room for video appointments.
Dr Rebecca Elliott graduated from the University of Queensland in 2002. She was born and raised in Ingham and returned to the district with her family in 2007. She moved to Cairns in 2021, working first in Gordonvale and now at Cairns West Medical Centre. She is interested in all aspects of rural general practice, especially preventive health and nutrition.
Dr Brad Elliott graduated from the University of Queensland in 2002 and completed his fellowship in 2009. He worked as a rural GP in Ingham from 2007 and moved to the Cairns area in 2022. He is interested in all aspects of family medicine, as well as skin cancer.
Dr Andrew Hawkes graduated from James Cook University in 2014. He has since worked in hospitals across Far North and South East Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania, training in emergency medicine. He has moved back to Cairns with his young family to build a career in general practice. He has a special interest in men’s health, acute care and preventive medicine, and focuses on care tailored to each patient’s needs.
Dr Masayuki Terazawa graduated from Nihon University School of Medicine in Japan and obtained his certificate of Medical Practitioner in 1988. He worked as a cardiovascular specialist in hospitals until 2002, carrying out echocardiograms, catheter operations for ischaemic heart disease, and myocardial biopsy for cardiomyopathy and myocarditis. He then took over his father’s practice in Japan, working as a general practitioner and paediatrician for 12 years. He also has a good knowledge of oriental medicine. He moved to Australia with his wife and two sons in October 2014, studied again to gain registration with the Medical Board of Australia, and began practising here in 2019.
Dr Madison Kay-Burman graduated from the University of Queensland in 2016. She has worked in rural and urban settings across Australia, including several years in Cairns, the city she now calls home after a 4WD lap of Australia. Madison has a particular interest in preventive health, reproductive and sexual health, travel medicine and chronic disease management. She cares about whole-of-life care and long-term relationships with her patients.
Dr Grace De Guzman completed her Doctor of Medicine at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila) in 2014, and is interested in all areas of family and general medicine. Outside work, she enjoys time with her husband and their two children.
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Dr Anthony Abubo graduated from Our Lady of Fatima University in 2009 and has practised medicine since 2011. He is a family physician who provides patient-centred care for individuals and families of all ages. His clinical interests include family health, preventive care, chronic disease management and general medicine. Outside medicine, he is a proud father of two and an animal lover who looks after his eight cats.
Dr Fraser Brown grew up in Brisbane, where he studied and worked as a physiotherapist before qualifying as a doctor. He spent the past two years in Brisbane, rotating through paediatric, emergency, surgical and medical departments. He enjoys all aspects of general practice and has a particular interest in musculoskeletal medicine. Outside work, Fraser enjoys running, cycling, and time with his friends, family and his dog, Daisy.
The nursing team brings together a wide range of experience, caring for patients with wound care, immunisations, health assessments, care planning and more. The nurses work with the GPs so every patient gets well-coordinated care.
Lehua and the reception team look after appointments, registrations, forms and fees. Ask them if you’re not sure how long an appointment you need.
Sari began her working life as a registered nurse and midwife, and has lived and worked in a range of settings and places across Far North Queensland. Since moving into psychology, Sari has worked mostly with children and their families, in schools, government and non-government services, Kids Helpline, and the Child and Family team at Community Health, Cairns. She uses attachment interventions as the basis of her work with families, and works with children who may need behavioural support, including children on the autism spectrum and children with ADHD. In recent years she has also worked with adults, including people recovering from workplace injuries, physical and mental. Sari is trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and finds it helpful for many kinds of problems, not only trauma. She takes a holistic approach to building lasting health and wellbeing.
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