Dr Gundi Muller-Grotjan
Principal GP/Owner - Books Currently Closed
Dr Gundi Muller-Grotjan is a graduate of the University of Aachen, Germany and arrived to Narooma in January 2007.
She holds a Diploma in Obstetrics from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRANZCOG) as well as a Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practice (FRACGP).
Her interests and specialties include women's health and obstetrics, paediatrics and minor surgery. Dr Muller-Grotian has worked in South Africa, the United Kingdom and rural NSW.
Dr Anne Marie Ni Chualain
General Practitioner - Books Currently Closed
Anne Marie is a GP who moved from Ireland to Australia in 2012 and has worked in both Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care.
She started out as a GP registrar with Bermagui Medical Centre and Lighthouse Surgery and has since completed her General Practice training and has decided to stay on.
She has transitioned recently into General Practice and is loving the new challenges it represents. She has moved to the South Coast recently from Sydney and is loving the new lifestyle.
Dr Aerandee Kannangara
GP Registrar
Aerandee is a medical doctor embarking on her journey as a GP trainee. She graduated from the University of Leeds in the UK with a Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), and her medical experience spans both the UK and Australia. She has worked in emergency departments across Sydney, completed her internship in the UK, and her residency in Australia, all of which have shaped a practical, well-rounded approach to patient care.
With a background in Nursing, she highly values teamwork, clear communication, and genuinely getting to know her patients. Aerandee's clinical experience spans emergency medicine, intensive care, surgery, and various medical specialties, and she holds a particular interest in critical care and managing the deteriorating patient. She is passionate about continuous learning, quality improvement, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of those she cares for.
She enjoys supporting patients across all stages of life, particularly during times of illness or concern, and she aims to build long-term, trusted relationships within the community. Outside of work, she loves digital and film photography (you'll usually find her capturing moments with her camera!), painting, travelling, and spending quality time with family and friends. Aerandee is really looking forward to meeting and supporting the local community and building long-term, trusted relationships with her patients.
Dr Paul Barnett
General Practitioner - Books Currently Closed
Dr Paul Barnett has been working at Lighthouse Surgery and Bermagui Medical Centre since 2017.
He has a special interest in chronic disease management and skin cancer medicine.
Dr Jonathan Tey
General Practitioner - Books Currently Closed
Dr Kabita Gautam
GP Registrar
Dr Kabita Gautam is from Nepal. She obtained her MBBS degree from Bangladesh, and has clinical experience working at Wollongong Hospital and Campbelltown Hospital. She is committed to delivering high quality, patient centered care and continuing her professional development in general practice.
Dr Susan Johnstone
General Practitioner - Books Currently Closed
Susie moved to Australia from Vancouver, Canada in 2008 to study Medicine at the University of Sydney.
After finishing her studies she worked as a junior doctor in Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine in Newcastle, Darwin, and regional Queensland.
Following this, Susie moved to the Upper Hunter Valley where she completed her General Practice training. She is excited to join the team at Bermagui Medical Centre and is looking forward to exploring everything the South Coast has to offer.
Dr Rohan Cheerala
GP Registrar
Dr Rohan Cheerala is a GP Registrar joining The Lighthouse and Bermagui Medical Practices.
He has broad hospital experience across surgery, paediatrics, emergency medicine, intensive care, and general medicine, managing both acute and complex presentations.
Rohan brings a calm, practical approach to patient care and is looking forward to providing comprehensive, high-quality and long-term care to individuals and families in the local community.
In a previous life, he has also worked for Department of Corrections in New Zealand and is also an electrician.
Outside of work, Rohan is very fit and has competed in the Spartan competition at Twickenham stadium which then led to the European Championships in Austria. It involved a half marathon and 30 obstacle course. He also has a history of being a pretty good badminton player.
Dr Abdullah Farooq
GP Registrar
Dr Abdullah Farooq hails from Ontario Canada but moved to Australia in 2018 and is a UNSW Medicine graduate. He has been most recently working at Nepean Hospital in Sydney.
Outside of Medicine, Abdullah loves technology and building websites, as well as running and riding his motorbike.
Nurses
Sally Ritchie - Retiring April 2026
Practice Nurse, Credentialled Diabetes Educator
Sally has been a Practice Nurse working in Narooma since 1987. She completed her general training at St Vincent's in Melbourne, where she also completed a cardio-thoracic course.
Sally moved to the Mercy Maternity to complete her midwifery training and then to St George Hospital in Sydney to complete her Accident and Emergency training.
Sally moved to Narooma in 1986 with her husband and children. In 2012 she became a Credentialled Diabetes Educator. Sally continues her ongoing education in all fields related to general practice and holds a wide variety of certificates.
Bev Wright
Practice Nurse
Bev joined the Lighthouse Surgery in 2016 after completing her degree with The University of Wollongong.
She was prompted to study after several years of working at a local nursing home. Her interests outside of work are breeding fish and playing with her grandchildren.
Janelle Whiting
Practice Nurse
Janelle has lived in Narooma since 1988 and went to primary and high school locally.
Janelle completed a Bachelor of Nursing through the University of South Australia. Janelle has been working for Lighthouse Surgery as a Practice Nurse since 2008 and Bermagui Medical Centre since it opened in 2011. She is a part of the management team for both practices and enjoys striving to continually improve the care given to the Narooma and Bermagui communities. Her special interests include preventative and chronic disease care, as well as assisting the training of GP registrars.
Janelle is also an authorised nurse immuniser and women's screening nurse.
Joanne Bismire
Practice Nurse
Joanne started her varied career in health care working as an AIN in an aged care facility in Peakhurst in 1987.
Her previous experience in healthcare includes working locally in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, as a medical receptionist, physiotherapy aide, in dental nursing and in aged care. Joanne returned to The University of Wollongong completing a Bachelor of Nursing Degree. After her degree she completed a Certificate 3 in Pathology and did some local community nursing.
Joanne finds General Practice nursing to be extremely rewarding. Joanne is dedicated to working alongside doctors and administrative staff while providing quality, best practice nursing health care, guidance and education.
Allied Health
Southern IML Pathology - Narooma
Pathology Collection Service
Open Monday - Friday 8:30am - 1pm
This service works on a non appointment system, you arrive, take a number and will be seen in turn. This service is available to our patients and other patients who have pathology forms provided by other doctors.
Richelle Jackson - Narooma Podiatry
Podiatrist
Lighthouse Surgery on Tuesdays - Phone 4476 2999 to make an appointment
Bermagui Medical Centre on Wednesdays - Phone 6493 4903 to make an appointment
Byron Jackson - Narooma Podiatry
Podiatrist
Lighthouse Surgery at Narooma on Wednesdays and Thursdays - Phone 4476 2999 to make an appointment
Capital Pathology - Bermagui
Pathology Collection Service
Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am-12pm for blood tests.
Bookings essential - Phone Bermagui Medical Centre on 6493 4903 to make an appointment
Ashleigh Russell - Narooma Physiotherapy
Physiotherapist
Ashleigh visits Bermagui Medical Centre on Mondays, Tuesday's and Thursday's
To make an appointment, Contact Narooma Physio on 02 4476 1866 to arrange an appointment.
South Coast Dizzy Clinic - Andrew Lynch
Vestibular Physiotherapy
Visits Lighthouse Surgery once a month on a Wednesday.
Specialising in treating Vertigo, Dizziness and Balance conditions.
For further inquiries or to arrange an appointment please contact 02 4209 3503
Amplifon
Audiology Clinic
Visits Bermagui Medical Centre.
Amplifon offers a range of services to look after all your hearing needs, from diagnosing hearing difficulties, to fitting, servicing and maintaining hearing aids.
Contact 02 9091 8520 to make an appointment
Audika - Katherine
Audiology Clinic
Katherine visits Lighthouse Surgery Narooma on Thursdays.
At Audika, our team are dedicated to providing you with exceptional hearing care including FREE hearing checks if you are over the age of 26. We believe in personalised hearing care, because we know that every individual is unique. So when it comes to your hearing aids, there's no one-size-fits-all solution and it is our goal to make sure you always have the very best in hearing care.
Contact 1800 057 220 to make an appointment.
Registrar
Registrars are fully qualified doctors who have started a training pathway to become General Practitioners.
They enrol in a training program that runs for three 6-month terms and in this time, they are required to work in at least two different rural areas.
Here at Braveheart Health we choose to employ registrars as we are committed to training new GPs for the future. We hope that spending time in rural areas, will help them to see how rewarding being a rural GP can be and choose to stay rural where doctors are in short supply. We have been very fortunate to have some of our registrars stay on after their training has finished and become permanent with us.
Medical Student
Braveheart Health is committed to the teaching of the coming generation of medical practitioners and as such welcomes medical students from several universities for placements throughout each year. We have a particular commitment to ANU in Canberra, but also have had visits from students studying at UNE, JCU and Monash to name a few.
Our goal is to show the medical students how rewarding GP practice can be with the hope that someday they will return as GPs to practice in rural areas where they are so badly needed.
Admin
Jane Taylor – Practice Manager
Sharon Young – Administration
Amey Middlemiss – Administration
Lizzie Simpson – Administration
Soraya Mackay – Administration
Anna Halliday – Administration
Victoria Silk – Administration
Bella Bouckley – Administration
