Vale Medical Practice
1 Brookvale House, 1A Cross St, Brookvale NSW 2100
Vale Medical Practice, located at Westfield Warringah Mall in Brookvale, provides a wide range of healthcare services for individuals and families in a welcoming and professional environment. Open seven days a week, the practice operates as a mixed billing centre, with general practitioners charging private fees while offering bulk-billing at their discretion. The clinic’s experienced team delivers care across a variety of medical needs, including preventative health, specialist consultations, and chronic disease management.
Comprehensive Services at Vale Medical Practice
Antenatal Care
The practice offers comprehensive antenatal care to ensure the health and well-being of both mother and baby. GPs provide guidance and support throughout pregnancy, conducting regular examinations, screenings, and ultrasounds to monitor progress and address concerns.
Childhood Immunisations
Vale Medical Practice administers routine immunisations to protect children from preventable diseases, including measles, chickenpox, hepatitis B, and whooping cough. Many vaccinations are government-funded, ensuring accessible care for families.
Chronic Disease Management
For patients managing long-term conditions like diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, or chronic pain, the clinic develops personalised GP Management Plans. These plans ensure coordinated, ongoing care between the patient’s healthcare providers to improve outcomes.
General Immunisations
The practice provides immunisations tailored to individual needs, including routine vaccinations, travel-related immunisations, and workplace-specific requirements, ensuring patients and their families are protected from preventable illnesses.
Iron Infusions
For those experiencing iron deficiency where oral supplements are ineffective or poorly tolerated, Vale Medical Practice offers intravenous iron infusions as a safe and efficient alternative.
Mental Health Care
The practice provides compassionate mental health support for patients dealing with anxiety, depression, or other emotional challenges. GPs also offer assistance for individuals facing addiction or dependency issues, ensuring they receive the care they need.
Integrated Services Onsite
Vale Medical Practice provides a range of onsite allied health services, including nursing, podiatry, psychology, x-ray, and pathology services, offering patients convenience and a seamless healthcare experience.
Occupational Health
The clinic delivers pre-employment medical examinations, including fitness, hearing, and vision tests, as well as work-related injury support through workers’ compensation and WorkCover services, ensuring comprehensive workplace health care.
Skin Cancer Services
Highly trained GPs at Vale Medical Practice utilise advanced tools like dermatoscopes and photographic monitoring to detect and treat skin cancers. Treatments include non-surgical options for early lesions and surgical procedures such as biopsies, excisions, and skin grafts when required.
Telehealth Consultations
Telehealth services are available for regular patients who are unable to attend the clinic in person. This flexible option allows patients to receive quality care remotely, depending on GP availability.
Travel Medicine
Vale Medical Practice offers expert travel medicine services, including vaccinations, advice, and preventative medications for conditions such as malaria and altitude sickness. As an accredited Yellow Fever Vaccination clinic, the practice provides World Health Organisation-certified yellow fever vaccination certificates for travel to high-risk regions like sub-Saharan Africa and South America.
Women’s Health
The clinic supports women’s health through all stages of life, providing services for contraception, cervical screening, menopause management, pregnancy care, and treatment of conditions such as ovarian cysts, period irregularities, and sexual health concerns.
With a commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care, Vale Medical Practice ensures comprehensive health services are accessible to the Brookvale community and surrounding areas.
Our Practitioners
GP
Sydney - Northern Beaches
Dr. Katharina Schmid
Dr. Katharina Schmid is a Lifestyle Medicine GP and Lifestyle Medicine Physician. She focuses on evidence-based lifestyle strategies to augment existing treatment plans and help patients achieve optimal health outcomes. Dr. Schmid has particular interests in chronic disease prevention, management, and reversal, healthy aging, metabolic conditions (type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity), women‚'s health, paediatrics, and dermatology.
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