Dr Thilini Thiruchelvam

MBBS/B. Med Sc (Melb), FRACGP, DCH

Dr Thilini Thiruchelvam grew up in Melbourne, and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2006. She trained at St Vincent’s Hospital and Monash Health networks in Victoria, and received her specialist qualification in General Practice in 2012. She also obtained a Diploma of Child Health through Westmead Children’s Hospital Sydney.

After working in Melbourne for several years, she moved to Newcastle with her family and worked in general practice there for the past 7 years.

She loves general practice for its diversity and the opportunity to get to know her patients and their families over time. In her spare time she enjoys reading and spending time with her 2 young children.

Interests: Women’s Health (including contraception and Implanon insertion and removal), Child and Adolescent Health, Preventative Health and Chronic Disease Management, Travel Medicine.