Please review our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page on this site, prior to booking an appointment or phoning our clinic. We may have the answer you need on our FAQ page, which is being regularly updated. We also have an Inverloch Healthcare Facebook page to keep our community updated. (Please note, we do not respond to individual comments on Facebook.)
Make an appointment online via this page or please call us on 5674 2700. If you cannot find an online appointment please call as we do keep ‘on the day’ appointments for phone bookings for both face to face and telehealth appointments.
Important Covid-19 information
For the safety of all our staff, doctors and patients please do not enter the clinic if you have any respiratory symptoms including fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath or you are waiting for the results of a covid test. While attending the clinic you are no longer required to wear a face mask but may do so if you feel more comfortable. Anyone with respiratory symptoms seen in the clinic will be asked to wear a mask.
Inverloch Healthcare is not delivering covid vaccines. To find out where you can access a vaccination please call the Victorian Government Coronavirus hotline on 1800 675 398
Looking for a Doctor in Inverloch?
All the GP’s at Inverloch Heatlhcare are Independent Health Practitioners, this means that Inverloch Healthcare provides administrative support and facilities to them to ensure they can do what they do best… look after you and your healthcare needs. Each GP effectively runs their own business and Inverloch Heatlhcare supports them to do so. As part of upholding the highest professional standards, GPs will collaborate on your care.
DR SUE COMERFORD
BCOM, MBBS, FRACGP
Independent Health Practitioner
Dr Sue Comerford graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2001 and worked in Melbourne for a number of years before making a sea change in 2012. Sue enjoys all aspects of family medicine and has particular interests in women’s health and preventive care. She is passionate about the role of nutrition and exercise in psychological and physical well-being. She performs skin checks and minor surgical procedures.
In her spare time Sue loves jogging, beach walks and spending time with her family.
DR SINEAD DE GOOYER
MBBS, FRACGP, DRANZCOG
Independent Health Practitioner
Sinead graduated from Monash University in 1999 and has been working in rural communities since completing GP training. She enjoys the breadth of her general practice work and has a particular interest in adolescent, womens’ and mental health issues.
Outside her clinic work Sinead is actively involved in a number of community groups, she is a previous chair and board member of Gippsland PHN, current acting chair of the the South Coast Clnical Council and sits on the board of the Melbourne based charity, the Piano Project. Sinead lives with her family locally surrounded by the noise and chaos of three teens and an assortment of pets.
DR ROZ GILES
MBBS, FRACGP, DRANZCOG
Independent Health Practitioner
Roz completed her medical studies at the University of Melbourne in 1991 and after completing her GP training moved to South Gippsland. She has been working in both Leongatha and Inverloch since 1995. Roz takes a holistic approach to health care with a particular interest in preventive health. Other special interest areas are older people, chronic disease management, palliative care and medical education.
Roz is married with three children and outside of work enjoys walking, bike riding and gardening.
DR KATE DAVEY
MBBS, FRACGP
Independent Health Practitioner
Kate is a Fellow of RACGP and Melbourne University Medical School Academy of Clinical Teaching. She is a Senior Lecturer in General Practice with Melbourne University Rural Clinical School and has particular interests in older person’s and women’s health as well as medical education. Kate has spent her career working in rural Victoria and in 2019 was awarded the prestigious RACGP Rural GP of the Year award.
Kate will be commencing at Inverloch Healthcare in mid March 2024, working every second Thursday and Friday.
DR SARAH SMITH
BAppSc (Hons), MBBS, FRACGP
Independent Health Practitioner
Sarah grew up in East Gippsland and after some years as a research scientist she decided to swap the microscope for people and retrained in medicine, completing her MBBS in 2010 from the University of Melbourne. She undertook her GP training in the Northern Territory and has spent the last two years working as a solo GP in a remote community in Central Australia, returning to Gippsland in 2018 to have her second child.
Sarah has particular interest in paediatrics and chronic disease but enjoys all aspects of rural general practice. She lives in Inverloch with her husband, two young boys and a disobedient labrador named Louis
Dr MARTIN HODGSON
MBBS, GradDipOccH, DipDHM
Independent Health Practitioner
Martin is a well-informed and experienced doctor with a long and varied career. This started with time in the Royal Australian Navy, where he became an Underwater Medicine Specialist. For twenty years he was involved in problem wound management and hyperbaric medicine. He has maintained an interest in sports medicine, has mental health training, awareness of men’s health issues and good rapport with children. He has a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and can perform diving medicals and employment medicals.
DR HANA THOMPSON
MBBS, FRACGP , FRChPM
Independent Health Practitioner
Hana studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 2011. She then undertook further hospital-based training in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne before completing GP training and then further specialist training in Palliative Medicine, before returning to practice as a GP. She moved to Inverloch in 2019 and enjoys all aspects of General Practice. She has a particular interest in palliative care and also does medico-legal work. Outside medicine Hana enjoys keeping fit and spending time with friends and family.