About

Dr Chamira Ranatunga is the General Practitioner at The Doctors Werribee. Originally from Sri Lanka, Dr Chamira have lived in Pakistan and New Zealand before settling in Australia. He speaks fluent English, Sinhalese, Hindi and Urdu.

Dr Chamira has worked in the areas of Gastrointestinal Surgery, General Surgery, Urology and Older People Health Medicine including Rehabilitation Medicine. His special area of interest is in Skin Cancer Surgery and Dermoscopy. Find out more about Dr Chamira

Dr Sashika Majuwane Kankanamge has been practising medicine for more than 8 years. She obtained her primary medical qualification (Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery) in 2005 from University of Ruhuna in Sri Lanka. Dr Sashika is fluent in English and Sinhalese languages.

Before becoming a General Practitioner at The Doctors Werribee, she worked in a leading teaching hospital and medical centres in Sri Lanka. Dr Sashika is highly experienced in General Medicine, Women’s Health, Geriatric Medicine, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesia. Since migration to Australia in 2011, she has obtained hands on experience about Australian healthcare system, healthcare best practices and Australian communities and culture.

Dr Sashika lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children. She was in Canberra for 3 years and Brisbane for 5 years, before moving to Melbourne as her destination to settle down. Dr Sashika spends her leisure time cooking dishes from all around the world, reading general subjects and travelling. She is a well organized person and always find smart ways to manage her time and tasks.

Julie is the Practice Manager at The Doctors Werribee. With 13 years of experience in health practice management, Julie has extensive knowledge in all aspects practice management. She leads a team of dedicated staff and is responsible for the day to day operational management of the practice on behalf of the Director.

Feel free to get in touch with Julie if you would like to discuss any aspect of the practice, the service or the team. She’s always happy to take positive comments, suggestions or complaints! Outside of work, Julie enjoys photography and watching basketball.

Adrianna is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) who has completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Dietetic Practice at La Trobe University.

Adrianna is passionate about empowering individuals to enhance their health and wellbeing through food and nutrition. She believes in supporting individuals to reach their goals and health needs by helping them to make sustainable changes which fit their lifestyle. Adrianna’s interest areas include weight management, diabetes, gastrointestinal conditions, cardiovascular health and aged care.

In her spare time, Adrianna enjoys spending time with family and friends and keeping active outdoors.

Kiran is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist graduated from Victoria University in 2009. He has an overseas Physiotherapist too. He has particular interest in improving quality of life, health and wellbeing through prescription of exercise. He is specialised in graded exercise therapy and lifestyle interventions for persons at risk of developing, or with existing chronic and complex medical conditions and injuries.

Kiran gained experience in a wide variety of clinical settings through Monash Medical Centre conducting individual and group exercise classes for people with kidney disorders and undergoing dialysis. Kiran also works with elderly population living in nursing homes to age well and longer. He has also been providing services in medical centres to specific populations with a wide range of chronic conditions under Medicare, DVA and CDM (chronic disease management).

Kiran provides evidence based exercise programmes that are specifically tailored to each individual client. He applies “exercise as a medicine” for the treatment of chronic diseases such as musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, Metabolic, neurological and other conditions.

Katrina has been a practice nurse for over 10 years in the local Wyndham community. She loves being a nurse and being able to help people manage their health. Being able to educate people on self management of their chronic illness she believes leads to better health outcomes long term and leads to greater satisfaction and happiness. Diabetes management and education as well as women’s sexual health are her main areas of expertise. She is also an immunisation nurse and can help sort out your and your child’s immunisation needs.

Katrina is a mother of two young children who give her the greatest joy in life. She loves the theatre and is involved in a local theatre group and choir and has been learning to tap dance also! She will often be caught singing and reading in her spare time. Katrina looks forward to meeting you and helping you with your health needs.