Meet our Team
Our team of qualified professionals are here to ensure you receive the highest standard of care. From our skilled and knowledgeable Doctors to our staff we are dedicated to our patients needs ensuring we are always being thoughtful and respectful. We aim to be known for our dedication to our patient’s and always aim to achieve a friendly relationship with everyone that walks through our doors.
Our Doctors
Medical Practitioners
Dr Ali Irannezhad
Aesthetic and Skin Cancer Physician,
Senior Family Physician Consultant, M.D, FRACGP
Dr Ali has been working in Australia since 2003 and he has extensive knowledge in different field of medicine including internal medicine, general practice, Aged Care Practice, emergency medicine, diagnosis & treatment of complicated skin cancer and aesthetic medicine. He was working in different Public Hospitals as a senior medical officer & supervisor of emergency department at Mount Gambier Hospital as well as registrar in field of internal medicine at Gold Coast Hospital. He was also working as a senior general practitioner consultant in different private general surgeries in Australia. However, he is working as a senior family physician consultant and director of Biggera Waters Family Practice (BWFP).
He is a senior family physician consultant and he is well known as a “problem solver” of complicated medical conditions in general practice/internal medicine. He was working as a senior chief examiner of Royal Australia College of General Practitioner (RACGP) in South Australia & Queensland for many years in Australia. He has been an active senior supervisor and educator of general practice for OTDs (Overseas Trained Doctors) and General Practice Registrars for many years. He has trained & helped more than 20 doctors in Australia to learn about General Practice and get Fellowship of General Practice within last 15 years.
He always loves to learn & teach at the same time. He believes that there is always “learning” behind of “teaching” and these two components are not separable. While he is very busy with working six day a week but he is still studying at University of Queensland (UQ) to become “Master of Skin Cancer” in Australia.
His main interest in general practice are as follows:
- Complicated medical conditions with bizarre symptoms
- Elderly Medicine
- Skin cancer diagnosis & treatment (Surgical & Non-surgical)
- Aesthetic & cosmetic Medicine (Botox injection, filler, RF treatment with applying advanced Pelleve’ machine)
He considers his patents as members of his own family and he treats every patient based on this philosophy since he was registered as a medical practitioner first time in 1992. He believes, this philosophy is the main reason of his success in establishing a “caring relationship” with his patients.
He is married with his caring wife, Dr Fariba who also works as a senior family physician at Biggera Waters Family Practice. He has two children that his daughter, Ayda is practicing as a dentist in Gold Coast and his son, Arian is a senior student at high school now.
Dr Ali can speak Persian & English fluently and he is a multicultural physician who knows well about culture of different countries like Australia, New Zealand, and Middle East Countries especially Persia/Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, and India. He loves to read & learn about culture & history of different countries and respect to all of people regardless of their color of skin, religion and nationalities. His hobbies are reading Novel books, playing table tennis & chess if there is any spare time as well as working as an internal home designer.
Unfortunately, he is not able to accept any new patients at the moment. However, he tries to get a few new patients from his own existing patient’s families at Biggera Waters Family Practice. However, this situation may change time by time by giving notice to public on our website. Dr Ali is available from Monday to Friday.
Dr Fariba Akbari-Javar
Senior Family Physician Consultant
M.D, FRACGP
Dr Fariba has graduated as medical practitioner in 1992 in Iran and she has been practicing Medicine in Australia since 2003. She has extensive knowledge and experience in different field of medicine that makes her outstanding in approaching of different medical conditions. Her main interest of practice in general practice is women’s health, children & adolescent medical issues, mental & psychological issues like anxiety, depression, OCD and panic attacks.
She was working in Public Hospital as a senior medical officer at Mount Gambier Hospital. She has been working as a part time senior family physician consultant and main partner at Biggera Waters Family Practice (BWFP) since 2006.
She has been an active senior supervisor and educator of general practice for OTDs ( Overseas Trained Doctors) and General Practice Registrars for many years.
Her main interest in general practice are as follows:
- Women’s health including antenatal care
- Children & adolescent medical problem
- Mental & psychological medical problems
- Skin care & cosmetic medicine
- Elderly Medicine
She is married with Dr Ali who also works as a senior family physician consultant at Biggera Waters Family Practice (BWFP). She has two children that her daughter, Ayda is practicing as a dentist in Gold Coast and her son, Arian is a senior student at high school now.
Dr Fariba is a multicultural & multi lingual physician who speaks Persian & English fluently. Her hobbies are spending time with her children, reading books, watching movies, cooking /baking and practicing Yoga. Dr Fariba is available at BWFP Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays only. Unfortunately, she is not accepting any new patients at the moment.
Dr Prasad Gunaruwan
Cardiologist
MBBS, MRCP, FRACP, PHD
Dr Gunaruwan graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1996, expanding his training into the UK where he completed a PHD in cardiovascular research in 2006. He moved to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle NSW to complete the cardiology training and joined Gold Coast University Hospital in 2014 and continues to be affiliated with Gold Coast Public Health Services. He also is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and a fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Dr Gunaruwan has been with Biggera Waters Family Practice since March 2015 providing bulk billed (with a GP referral) consultations and services which include coronary disease management, arrhythmia management, heart failure and inherited heart disease management as well as echocardiography, stress tests and transoesophageal echocardiography and holter monitoring. He is available every Monday afternoon at Biggera Waters Family Practice.
Dr Talib Al-Jumaily
Consultant Physician
M.B.Ch.B. FRACP, FRCP
Dr Talib Al-Jumaily graduated from the University of Basrah, Iraq in 1993 which lead him to undertake postgraduate training in general medicine in London. Once he gained his membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) he continued his specialist training at the Royal Free Hospital, UK. Since 2006 he has been working in the Department of General Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital.
Dr Al-Jumaily’s area of interest include General Medicine, Diabetes and it’s complications, hypertension, Osteoporosis and Prevention of CVD.
He has obtained his fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 2009.
Dr Al-Jumaily has been providing bulk billed services (with a GP referral) at Biggera Waters Family Practice since 2014 and is available every Friday.
Medical Staff
Raisa Mehmedovic
Enrolled Nurse
Kathy Fitzgerald
Enrolled Nurse/Practice Manager
Sarah Wilkinson
Registered Nurse
Denise Cameron
Senior Medical Receptionist
Allied Health
Dr. Hossein Khosravi Boroujeni
Dietitian
Hossein graduated as a dietitian in Iran in 2000, then followed his passion in research and academic jobs at different universities and research centres in Iran. He moved to Australia in 2013 continuing his professional development and completed his PhD in Griffith University in 2017. He published two book chapters and over 40 scientific papers from his research in highly ranked academic journals.
Having an extensive international experience and academic background, Dr.Hossein can improve your overall nutrition and health.
Dr Hossein speaks Persian/Farsi and English and is familiar with the culture and diet of different countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and Middle East countries. He is available at Biggera Waters Family Practice for face to face and telehealth consultation.