Our Directors

  • MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SAFMP

    Practices At: Strathfieldsaye Primary Health, Spring Gully Primary Health, Emu Creek Health Professionals, Heathcote Primary Health, Elmore Primary Health and Waranga Medical Centre.

    Qualification: MBBCH AMC FRACGP

    Clinical Interest: Training new Doctors to maintain rural services, aged care, travel vaccinations and family medicine.

  • DIRECTOR OF SAFMP

    Practices At: Campaspe Medical Centre

    Qualification: MBBS, FCFP, FRACGP 

    Clinical Interest: Travel medicine, children’s health, men’s and women’s health, chronic disease management, skin checks and minor procedures

Our Administration Team

  • Dr Ewa Piejko

    Clinical Director

  • Laura

    Executive Assistant

  • Jamie

    HR Manager

  • Jodi

    Finance Manager

  • Karen

    Projects Manager

Our Story

St Anthony Family Medical Practice is a well-established name throughout regional Victoria, operating 6 medical clinics and an allied health centre. With a strong vision from the beginning, we have been able to maintain our ideology and ambition throughout the establishment of each medical clinic.

Our first medical practice opened in 1998 in Elmore. This brought much needed medical services to the area which were not previously available. Following the success of this clinic, we extended our services to Rochester, Strathfieldsaye, Heathcote, Rushworth and Spring Gully.

​St Anthony Family Medical Practice operates under the leadership of two directors, Dr Adel Asaid and Dr Eji Ekeanyanwu. We have operated as a family-focused medical service providing patients with the highest quality of care whilst ensuring continual innovation and professional development.

​Maintaining this focus at the forefront of everything that we do, has ensured continual success over the years and enabled us to provide the communities that we hold in such high esteem access to a wide range of medical and allied health services.  

Our vision is to provide the highest standard of patient care whilst incorporating a holistic approach toward diagnosis and management of illness.

​We are committed to promoting health, wellbeing and disease prevention to all patients. We do not discriminate in the provision of excellent care and aim to treat all patients with dignity and respect.

  • We Are AGPAL Accredited

    Being accredited means that our General Practice is committed to a comprehensive program which involves:

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  • Reviews

    Engaging our whole practice team to review our practice’s systems and process.

  • Independent Surveyors

    Open our practice doors to allow a team of independent surveyors to assess how our practice operates.

  • Assessment

    Assessment of our practice and achievement of the nationally recognised Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Standards for general practices that focuses on health care quality and patient safety.

  • Graduates Program

    St Anthony Family Medical Practice proudly supports placement of both Nurses and General Practitioners through accredited training programs.

    Our experienced practitioners are dedicated to supporting and assisting our GP Registrars and Graduate Nurses to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviour necessary to function as confident, independent practitioners.

Our Strategic Plan

Our Objectives

  • Ensure our patients receive high quality primary health care regardless of where they live.

  • Create a vibrant team-based culture that actively values our people’s contribution to quality service delivery, innovation and learning.

  • Strengthen our partnerships across the primary health sector and foster our relationship with our communities.

  • Position our practice and people as leaders in primary health care.

  • Build the systems, infrastructure and environment that enable the continued success, and financial viability of St Anthony’s

Our Principles

  • Ensure our patients have access to timely and affordable healthcare

  • Recognise the value of a continuing relationship between patient and general practice

  • Promote patient centered care and involve patients in the planning and delivery of their care

  • Actively support continuity of care

  • Prioritise and promote prevention and early intervention activities

  • Ensure that our practice is evidence based, effective and

  • Engage in practice-based research, ongoing education and professional development

  • Ensure a culture that supports continuous quality improvement and enables safe practice

  • Commit to efficient and effective use of our resources (informed by RACGP Vision for General Practice)

Our Values

Quality: We strive to achieve excellence in the delivery of primary health care to our patients. Our practice is evidence based and supported by our commitment to teaching and learning as a key component of continuous quality improvement.

​Respect: We believe respect is a fundamental human right. It influences how we care for our patients and how we work together to ensure a harmonious workplace.

Compassion: We recognize the importance of connecting with our patients and the role we play in understanding their vulnerability when experiencing sickness and ill health. We are committed to providing care that enhances patient health and wellbeing.

Integrity: We demonstrate our integrity through the conduct of honest, open and trusting relationships with our patients, service provider partners and each other.

Accountability: We commit to the highest level of accountability to our patients, each other, and our profession.