Medical Doctors

Sally qualified as a medical doctor in 1987 at Sun Yat-sen University in China. Following her graduation, Sally practiced medicine and trained as an endocrinologist at a large tertiary hospital for over ten years. During this time, Sally developed a thorough knowledge of internal medicine and became an exceptionally experienced physician across several disciplines. Of particular importance during this period was a focus on the management of diabetes and the management and prevention of chronic disease.

After moving to Brisbane in 2004, Sally has practised in both public hospitals and GP clinics. Despite the hectic nature of the move to Australia, she also obtained her Australian GP college fellowship. Sally enjoys the medical diversity allowed by both a GP practice and her attending to the care of aged-care residents in nursing homes. She believes that the time she dedicates to elderly medicine is important.

Dr Sally has a wide variety of personal medical interests. In addition to general and geriatric medicine, mental health and women’s health issues are important to her. She has been encouraged by the renewed community attention these issues have received in recent years. She is an energetic and humours doctor by nature, providing a comfort and happiness to patients when they meet her. Outside of medicine, Sally enjoys spending time with her husband, 2 sons and 2 dogs. She can also often be found at the gym or aerobic classes on a regular basis. In addition to English, she speaks fluent Mandarin, Cantonese and Tuizao dialects.

Dr Sohel Kashem is an experienced General Practitioner who focuses on family health and patient-centred care where he enjoys connecting with people from all walks of life including indigenous and ethnic multicultural backgrounds.

After completing MBBS in 1989 in Bangladesh, he moved to New Zealand in 1995 and worked in various hospitals in different specialties.In 2011, he completed his post graduate speciality training and was a made a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. Dr Kashem is passionate about learning and has been involved in training junior doctors and has particular interest in acute/chronic care and elderly and children’s health. He moved to Australia in 2022 to be closer to his children and gained his fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners whilst working in Kambu Health which enabled him to provide culturally safe primary health care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.

Dr Kashem can speak fluent Bengali and understands Hindi, enjoys spending time with children, fishing, watching the cricket and is a keen badminton player.