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SmartClinics Ferny Hills Family Medical Centre
Ferny Hills
134 Ferny Way
Ferny Hills, QLD, 4055
Ph: (07) 3351 2211
Fax: (07) 3351 5578
Opening hours
Mon: 08:00 - 17:30
Tue: 08:00 - 17:30
Wed: 08:00 - 17:30
Thu: 08:00 - 17:30
Fri: 08:00 - 17:30
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed
We are closed on Monday 7 October for Queen’s Birthday Holiday. Some SmartClinics Medical Centres will be open – click here to learn more.
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Please call 3351 2211 to book a Doctor appointment.
We will do our best to ensure that we are able to see you at the Appointment time you have selected. Delays do sometimes arise, but we will do our best to ensure you do not have to wait, or do not have to wait long.
If you wish to change or cancel your Appointment, please let us know as early as possible so that we may allocate your Appointment to another person. This will help us to meet our aim of providing our patients with speedy and efficient services.
Our Staff 
Dr Shane Sondergeld
Dr Sondergeld is a highly qualified doctor who has studied in Australia, the USA and the UK.
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Dr Matthew Valentine
Dr Valentine is an experienced Vasectomy Doctor & General Practitioner
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Anna
Medical Receptionist
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Anne
Registered Nurse
Read More Belinda
Registered Nurse
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Dr Cathy Skoien
Dr Cathy Skoien is a full-time GP who attends The Gap and Ferny Hills surgeries.
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Dr Elyse Bond
Dr Elyse Bond is a Brisbane GP registrar who welcomes new patients.
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Dr Julia Szabo
Dr Julia Szabo has special interest in women health, paediatrics, mental health and chronic disease.
Read More 
Dr Mohini Prasad
Dr Mohini Prasad has interests in Mental Health, Adolescent and Aged Care Medicine and Women's Healt
Read More 
Dr Peter Norris
Dr Norris spent 18 years working in a country practice in northern New South Wales.
Read More Rachel
Senior Medical Receptionist
Read More Tamie
Registered Nurse
Read More Victoria Maclot
Practice Manager
Read More Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Dr Julia Szabo
Dr Julia Szabo has special interest in women health, paediatrics, mental health and chronic disease. She welcomes new patients.
Read More Locations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
The Gap
Dr Julia Szabo is a qualified GP, who obtained her basic medical doctor degree and further specialisation in Clinical Pathology in Romania, before moving to Australia.
After working for several years as hospital doctor in Adelaide, she decided to follow her dream career in General Practice.
She was awarded Fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners after three years of training in general practice in Townsville.
She enjoys all aspects of general practice and feels it is a privilege to look after patients throughout their life journey. She has a holistic approach to health and believes that prevention, lifestyle and body & mind harmony are of paramount importance in maintaining a good health.
When not at work, she is a busy mother and enjoys travelling and spending time with her family. Dr Szabo is welcoming new patients.
Special interests
- Adolescent & young adult medicine
- Antenatal care and post-natal care of mother and baby
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Chronic disease management
- Depression & anxiety (mental health)
- Elderly health (geriatric)
- Family Planning & Fertility
- Implanon for Birth Control
- Minor surgery and procedural work
- Nutrition & weight management
- Sexual health
- Travel health & vaccinations
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
- Romanian
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MD
Locations
Ferny Hills
Walton Bridge
Dr Elyse Bond is a Brisbane GP who sees patients at SmartClinics Ferny Hills and Walton Bridge Medical Centres. Dr Bond is a medical graduate of Griffith University who undertook her first two years of training in Caboolture Hospital before leaving to pursue a career in General Practice. She has a particular interest in Women’s Health (including Antenatal Care) and Paediatrics but open to any field of medicine. She is a compassionate doctor with a patient-centred approach to health care.
Special interests
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- B.Sc
- MD
Dr Cathy Skoien
Dr Cathy Skoien is a full-time GP who attends The Gap and Ferny Hills surgeries.
Read More Locations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Now offering the Doc’ medically proven weight loss meals! Click here for more information.
Dr Cathy Skoien is a graduate of the University of Qld and has had over 30 years experience in General Practice, over 17 of those in The Gap .
Dr Skoien is interested in a broad range of medicine and enjoys seeing patients of all ages.
She has a particular interest in Women’s Health and can insert and remove Implanon , and remove IUDs. She provides Shared Antenatal Care for patients attending RBWH .
She is available at The Gap and Ferny Hills Clinics , 4 days a week, including 1 evening, and also shares in the weekend roster at The Gap .
Dr Skoien has 3 adult children and enjoys cycling in her spare time.
Special interests
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Family Care
- Family Planning & Fertility
- The Doc’s medical weight loss meals
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
Dr Peter Norris
Dr Norris spent 18 years working in a country practice in northern New South Wales.
Read More Locations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Norris has worked as a GP at The Gap clinic since January 2000. He enjoys all facets of medical practice caring for people of all ages. Dr Norris also sees patients at Ferny Hills. He is a keen cyclist in his spare time, and is married with 4 daughters.
Special interests
- Family Care
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MBBS
Dr Matthew Valentine
Dr Valentine is an experienced Vasectomy Doctor & General Practitioner
Read More Locations
The Gap
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Valentine has been working in General Practice for over 12 years. He completed his medical degree at the University of Adelaide in 2000. Following a two year Internship and Residency at Royal Adelaide Hospital Dr Valentine spent 5 years working fulltime as a Medical Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force. This included several overseas deployments, and coordination and conduct of aeromedical retrievals both overseas and within Australia.
Dr Valentine has a keen interest in all aspects of General Practice and enjoys treating both children and adults. He is an officially accredited Designated Aviation Medical Examiner (DAME) with CASA and maintains an avid interest in all aspects of aviation medicine. Dr Valentine also enjoys and regularly performs minor skin surgery and No Needle No Scalpel vasectomy procedures.
Dr Valentine is married with a four year old daughter. In his spare time he enjoys running, hiking, and mountain bike riding.
Special interests
- Aviation medicals
- Family Care
- Family Planning & Fertility
- Men's Health
- Minor surgery and procedural work
- Skin checks and excisions
- Vasectomy
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MBBS
Dr Shane Sondergeld
Dr Sondergeld is a highly qualified doctor who has studied in Australia, the USA and the UK.
Read More Locations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Sondergeld is a highly qualified, experienced doctor who has studied in Australia, the USA and the UK.
He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Queensland and has completed higher qualifications in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anaesthetics, General Practice and Rural Medicine.
He was the Medical Superintendent of the Texas Hospital in southern Queensland for 14 years and is very experienced across the broad range of procedural and non-procedural general practice. He enjoys treating all ages – from children through to the elderly – and has a particular interest in conditions of the outer ear requiring intervention using the operating microscope (infections, cleaning following previous ear surgery, clearing wax obstruction).
Dr Sondergeld is a published researcher and author and is the only person to have been President of both the AMA and the Rural Doctors Association in Queensland. He has served on each of their national bodies and was a founder of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. He was an examiner for the Fellowship of the Australian College of General Practitioners and continues to teach medical students and registrars. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners (England) for ‘significant contribution to Medicine’ and the Fellowship of the AMA for his ‘outstanding contribution to the medical profession’.
Married to Leanne, they have three children, George (pharmacist), William (who has an intellectual disability and enriches the life of everyone he meets) and Louisa (medical student). They attend St Mark’s Anglican Church, The Gap.
Dr Sondergeld was selected for representative cricket in Australia and played League Cricket in England. He holds further qualifications in music and wine appreciation. He is an avid reader and is also a season ticket holder at the Broncos and the Gabba.
Special interests
- Antenatal care and post-natal care of mother and baby
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Chronic disease management
- Elderly health (geriatric)
- Family Care
- Men's Health
- Metabolic diseases
- Microsuction of outer ear canal
- Sexual health
- Skin checks and excisions
- Travel health & vaccinations
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- DA (UK)
- DRACOG
- FACRRM
- FAMA
- FRACGP
- FRCGP
- MBBS
- MRCGP
Dr Mohini Prasad
Dr Mohini Prasad has interests in Mental Health, Adolescent and Aged Care Medicine and Women's Health.
Read More Locations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Mohini Prasad is a United World College graduate (Canada 1995), completed Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Fiji in 2001 and has run her own medical practice there for 7 years, before migrating to Australia.
She obtained Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2014, and has joined the practice permanently. Apart from love for all aspects of General Practice, she has particular interests in Mental Health, Adolescent, Aged Care Medicine and Women’s Health, with 4 years of vocational clinical experience in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
She has served as secretary of the Standards Committee and Chaired Education Committee -Central Faculty with the Fiji College of General Practitioners while in Fiji. She has been actively involved in organising educational programs for GPs and undertaking ‘on air’ health awareness programs in Fiji.
Dr Prasad is aligned with the Mater Mother’s and Metro North Antenatal Care and has commenced IUD for birth control at the practice. She also does IUD insertions and removals.
She enjoys travelling and activities with her son and has interests in yoga, outdoor and creative activities and philosophy (poetry).
Special interests
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Contraception & Birth Control
- Depression & anxiety (mental health)
- Elderly health (geriatric)
- Family Planning & Fertility
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MBBS
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Dr Shane Sondergeld
Dr Sondergeld is a highly qualified doctor who has studied in Australia, the USA and the UK.
Dr Matthew Valentine
Dr Valentine is an experienced Vasectomy Doctor & General Practitioner
Anna
Medical Receptionist
Anne
Registered Nurse
Belinda
Registered Nurse
Dr Cathy Skoien
Dr Cathy Skoien is a full-time GP who attends The Gap and Ferny Hills surgeries.
Dr Elyse Bond
Dr Elyse Bond is a Brisbane GP registrar who welcomes new patients.
Dr Julia Szabo
Dr Julia Szabo has special interest in women health, paediatrics, mental health and chronic disease.
Dr Mohini Prasad
Dr Mohini Prasad has interests in Mental Health, Adolescent and Aged Care Medicine and Women's Healt
Dr Peter Norris
Dr Norris spent 18 years working in a country practice in northern New South Wales.
Rachel
Senior Medical Receptionist
Tamie
Registered Nurse
Victoria Maclot
Practice Manager
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Dr Julia Szabo
Dr Julia Szabo has special interest in women health, paediatrics, mental health and chronic disease. She welcomes new patients.
Read MoreLocations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
The Gap
Dr Julia Szabo is a qualified GP, who obtained her basic medical doctor degree and further specialisation in Clinical Pathology in Romania, before moving to Australia.
After working for several years as hospital doctor in Adelaide, she decided to follow her dream career in General Practice.
She was awarded Fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners after three years of training in general practice in Townsville.
She enjoys all aspects of general practice and feels it is a privilege to look after patients throughout their life journey. She has a holistic approach to health and believes that prevention, lifestyle and body & mind harmony are of paramount importance in maintaining a good health.
When not at work, she is a busy mother and enjoys travelling and spending time with her family. Dr Szabo is welcoming new patients.
Special interests
- Adolescent & young adult medicine
- Antenatal care and post-natal care of mother and baby
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Chronic disease management
- Depression & anxiety (mental health)
- Elderly health (geriatric)
- Family Planning & Fertility
- Implanon for Birth Control
- Minor surgery and procedural work
- Nutrition & weight management
- Sexual health
- Travel health & vaccinations
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
- Romanian
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MD
Locations
Ferny Hills
Walton Bridge
Dr Elyse Bond is a Brisbane GP who sees patients at SmartClinics Ferny Hills and Walton Bridge Medical Centres. Dr Bond is a medical graduate of Griffith University who undertook her first two years of training in Caboolture Hospital before leaving to pursue a career in General Practice. She has a particular interest in Women’s Health (including Antenatal Care) and Paediatrics but open to any field of medicine. She is a compassionate doctor with a patient-centred approach to health care.
Special interests
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- B.Sc
- MD
Dr Cathy Skoien
Dr Cathy Skoien is a full-time GP who attends The Gap and Ferny Hills surgeries.
Read MoreLocations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Now offering the Doc’ medically proven weight loss meals! Click here for more information.
Dr Cathy Skoien is a graduate of the University of Qld and has had over 30 years experience in General Practice, over 17 of those in The Gap .
Dr Skoien is interested in a broad range of medicine and enjoys seeing patients of all ages.
She has a particular interest in Women’s Health and can insert and remove Implanon , and remove IUDs. She provides Shared Antenatal Care for patients attending RBWH .
She is available at The Gap and Ferny Hills Clinics , 4 days a week, including 1 evening, and also shares in the weekend roster at The Gap .
Dr Skoien has 3 adult children and enjoys cycling in her spare time.
Special interests
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Family Care
- Family Planning & Fertility
- The Doc’s medical weight loss meals
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
Dr Peter Norris
Dr Norris spent 18 years working in a country practice in northern New South Wales.
Read MoreLocations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Norris has worked as a GP at The Gap clinic since January 2000. He enjoys all facets of medical practice caring for people of all ages. Dr Norris also sees patients at Ferny Hills. He is a keen cyclist in his spare time, and is married with 4 daughters.
Special interests
- Family Care
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MBBS
Dr Matthew Valentine
Dr Valentine is an experienced Vasectomy Doctor & General Practitioner
Read MoreLocations
The Gap
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Valentine has been working in General Practice for over 12 years. He completed his medical degree at the University of Adelaide in 2000. Following a two year Internship and Residency at Royal Adelaide Hospital Dr Valentine spent 5 years working fulltime as a Medical Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force. This included several overseas deployments, and coordination and conduct of aeromedical retrievals both overseas and within Australia.
Dr Valentine has a keen interest in all aspects of General Practice and enjoys treating both children and adults. He is an officially accredited Designated Aviation Medical Examiner (DAME) with CASA and maintains an avid interest in all aspects of aviation medicine. Dr Valentine also enjoys and regularly performs minor skin surgery and No Needle No Scalpel vasectomy procedures.
Dr Valentine is married with a four year old daughter. In his spare time he enjoys running, hiking, and mountain bike riding.
Special interests
- Aviation medicals
- Family Care
- Family Planning & Fertility
- Men's Health
- Minor surgery and procedural work
- Skin checks and excisions
- Vasectomy
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MBBS
Dr Shane Sondergeld
Dr Sondergeld is a highly qualified doctor who has studied in Australia, the USA and the UK.
Read MoreLocations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Sondergeld is a highly qualified, experienced doctor who has studied in Australia, the USA and the UK.
He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Queensland and has completed higher qualifications in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anaesthetics, General Practice and Rural Medicine.
He was the Medical Superintendent of the Texas Hospital in southern Queensland for 14 years and is very experienced across the broad range of procedural and non-procedural general practice. He enjoys treating all ages – from children through to the elderly – and has a particular interest in conditions of the outer ear requiring intervention using the operating microscope (infections, cleaning following previous ear surgery, clearing wax obstruction).
Dr Sondergeld is a published researcher and author and is the only person to have been President of both the AMA and the Rural Doctors Association in Queensland. He has served on each of their national bodies and was a founder of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. He was an examiner for the Fellowship of the Australian College of General Practitioners and continues to teach medical students and registrars. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners (England) for ‘significant contribution to Medicine’ and the Fellowship of the AMA for his ‘outstanding contribution to the medical profession’.
Married to Leanne, they have three children, George (pharmacist), William (who has an intellectual disability and enriches the life of everyone he meets) and Louisa (medical student). They attend St Mark’s Anglican Church, The Gap.
Dr Sondergeld was selected for representative cricket in Australia and played League Cricket in England. He holds further qualifications in music and wine appreciation. He is an avid reader and is also a season ticket holder at the Broncos and the Gabba.
Special interests
- Antenatal care and post-natal care of mother and baby
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Chronic disease management
- Elderly health (geriatric)
- Family Care
- Men's Health
- Metabolic diseases
- Microsuction of outer ear canal
- Sexual health
- Skin checks and excisions
- Travel health & vaccinations
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- DA (UK)
- DRACOG
- FACRRM
- FAMA
- FRACGP
- FRCGP
- MBBS
- MRCGP
Dr Mohini Prasad
Dr Mohini Prasad has interests in Mental Health, Adolescent and Aged Care Medicine and Women's Health.
Read MoreLocations
Walton Bridge
Ferny Hills
Dr Mohini Prasad is a United World College graduate (Canada 1995), completed Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Fiji in 2001 and has run her own medical practice there for 7 years, before migrating to Australia.
She obtained Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2014, and has joined the practice permanently. Apart from love for all aspects of General Practice, she has particular interests in Mental Health, Adolescent, Aged Care Medicine and Women’s Health, with 4 years of vocational clinical experience in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
She has served as secretary of the Standards Committee and Chaired Education Committee -Central Faculty with the Fiji College of General Practitioners while in Fiji. She has been actively involved in organising educational programs for GPs and undertaking ‘on air’ health awareness programs in Fiji.
Dr Prasad is aligned with the Mater Mother’s and Metro North Antenatal Care and has commenced IUD for birth control at the practice. She also does IUD insertions and removals.
She enjoys travelling and activities with her son and has interests in yoga, outdoor and creative activities and philosophy (poetry).
Special interests
- Children's health (paediatrics)
- Contraception & Birth Control
- Depression & anxiety (mental health)
- Elderly health (geriatric)
- Family Planning & Fertility
- Women's health including reproductive health
Languages
- English
Qualifications
- FRACGP
- MBBS
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Qualifications
Walton Bridge Medical Centre has now joined SmartClinics.
Our existing doctors are continuing under the SmartClinics banner, though Dr Matt Cadman has left the group owing to a health problem and Dr Clare Devlin retired at the end of 2016.
Our nursing, reception and administration Staff are continuing, and our clinic will soon have some new signage and eventually a refurbishment is proposed.
Our hours of operation continue unchanged, with services available every day of the year. Walton Bridge Medical Centre looks forward to the new partnering arrangements, and to our doctors continuing your health care at our three locations.
Services
Our practice offers a wide range of services including:
- General health checks
- Full skin checks & minor surgery
- Travel health information and Vaccinations
- Palliative care
- Shared obstetric care
- Spirometry
- Cryoptherapy
- Electrocardiography (ECG)
- Home health assessments for people 75 & older
- GP Management Plans for patients with complex or chronic conditions e.g. diabetes, heart disease
- GP Mental Health Care Plans
- Routine & specialist screening
- Aviation, Recreational SCUBA and Motor Sport Medicals
- Driving licenses (private and commercial)
- Pre-employment Medicals
- General Family Health Care
- Vasectomy