Doctors
At Ingham Family Medical Practice, we have a team of highly experienced health professionals who are committed to providing you with positive health outcomes. Our doctors aim to supply you with evidence-based information that enhances your health and understanding.
Special interests: All areas of medicine.
Interests/hobbies: Bushwalking, fishing, camping, boating, member of Surf Lifesaving Australia.
Brett is originally from the Atherton Tablelands and trained at the University of Queensland. He has worked at Townsville General Hospital (Intern), Charters Towers Hospital, Cloncurry Hospital (Med super), Julia Creek Hospital (Med Super), Mt Isa Base Hospital, Doomadgee Hospital (Med Super), and Cairns Base Hospital. Brett and his wife moved to Ingham in 1998 to work as a General Practitioner at Ingham Medical Centre, which is now known as Ingham Family Medical Practice.
Brett has been working as a general practitioner in Ingham for more than 20 years. He was the last procedural obstetric-trained GP delivering babies in Ingham. He has full visiting rights to the Ingham hospital
Rachelle graduated from James Cook University in 2013 and completed her residency at Redcliffe and Redland Hospitals in Brisbane. She is training to be a Rural Generalist and has completed advanced skills training in Emergency Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She will be working part time at Ingham Family Medical Practice and the Ingham Hospital. Rachelle is originally from a sheep and cattle station near Hughenden and is slowly adjusting to experiencing Hughenden’s annual rainfall in one month in Ingham. In her spare time Rachelle enjoys returning home to visit her family, travelling and playing with her Jack Russell Tilly.
Jonathan was born in Auckland, NZ in 1950. He went to the Auckland School of Medicine where he graduated as a Doctor in 1974. Jon has worked in General Practice for 37 years and has interests in cardiovascular, respiratory and musculoskeletal medicine, as well as neurology.
He lives in Whangarei, NZ with his wife Karen and has 3 grown children. Jon is the proud Grandfather of 3 girls – Georgia, Emily and Zara. His interests include medical study, running, breeding and racing thoroughbred horses, watching rugby (especially when the All Blacks beat the Wallabies) and watching cricket (but not so much when Australia beat the Black Caps).Jon enjoys working in the warm sunny climate of Ingham, the friendly people and visiting his friend, Charlie the Dog.
I trained in UK and completed my post-graduate studies in the beautiful South Wales region before migrating to Australia. After obtaining my membership (MRCGP) I was lucky to be engaged in a varied role between conventional General Practice work and also unscheduled care a.k.a. Out of Hours service in the UK. The variety was challenging as it was rewarding. My role gave ample opportunity to practice chronic disease management and saw a variety of presentations spanning from general medicine, Mental Health and Paediatrics.
I intend to develop my interest in procedural work over the coming months and years in Australia as I adapt to the needs of the local population. My interests outside work include current affairs and world politics as well as IT and computing. I also enjoy table tennis and Chess. Perhaps coming to Ingham ‘it goes without saying’ that an additional mandatory hobby to undertake would be fishing.
I am delighted with the welcome of Ingham community and will endeavor to deliver my best, always.
Kyle graduated from Australian National University in 2016 and completed residency within ACT Health. He moved to Townsville in 2019 and is training to be a rural generalist with significant interest in critical care, austere/remote environment medicine and tactical medicine/prolonged field care. Other passions include snowboarding, fitness, working on old cars and riding new motorbikes. Free to a good home.
I completed my undergraduate training in Fiji and worked for a few years in public and private hospitals. After migrating to Australia I did Diploma in Child Health with University of Sydney. I am passionate about child, women’s and mental health. I believe in equal access to health services.
I have relocated to Ingham with my husband and I am waiting for the borders to open so that my son can join us. In my free time I love to travel, shop and cook.
Dr Angela Chishanga holds an MBChB degree from the University of Zimbabwe. After completion of her training, she did her internship at a tertiary hospital in the capital city of Zimbabwe, Harare. She then worked as a general practitioner ever since. She moved to Australia in 2019 and worked in Brisbane as a general practitioner then moved to Ingham with her husband and two young children. She has a special interest in women’s health, children’s health and mental health. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling, going out for movies and swimming.
IMPORTANT: If you have cold and flu symptoms, a fever or respiratory symptoms AND have returned from overseas travel in the last 14 days OR are a contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case please DO NOT ATTEND Ingham Family Medical Practice. Please phone the practice on (07) 4776 2101 so that we are able to triage your symptoms.