THE TEAM

Dr Louisa Hope

MBBS, BSc DCH, FRACGP, DRANZCOG, Dip Pall Med

I am a GP of 25 years’ experience. I have worked at the Mostyn Street Clinic since 1994. I want to provide patient centred care that is thorough and caring.  I want to work with my patients to optimise their health through education, conversation and shared decision making. I particularly enjoy seeing children and pregnant women and want to support women’s contraceptive choices, sexual health and through menopause. I feel very strongly about the importance of providing good palliative care for people at the end of life.

When I am not seeing patients I am walking in the bush, walking our dog, seeing friends, learning Spanish, still playing cello badly and trying to find time to finish a good book.

Dr Veronica Moule

MBBS (Hons), DRANZCOG Adv, FRACGP,FRACRRM, Grad Cert Integrative Medicine

After graduating from Monash Uni, and completing my general practice and obstetrics training, we moved to Castlemaine in 1999.

I encourage patients to be active decision makers in their health care choices, and look at illness with a holistic view.  I have special interests in women’s and children’s health, pregnancy and childbirth, and work in urgent care and acute medical ward.

I have recently completed my advanced diploma in obstetrics, increasing my surgical skills, and provide GP Obstetric support to the maternity service at Dhelkaya Health (formally Castlemaine Health).  I have also recently completed my Fellowship of ACRRM. With these extended skills, I plan to provide locum work in remote Australia in general practice and obstetrics, in addition to continuing my work in Castlemaine.

When not working, I play basketball, guitar, paddle in the kayak, and dance (I’m also known to break into interpretive dance during consults). I love to read, and one day I’ll have time to garden. I’m the mother of 4 sons, we buy our wholefoods in bulk and cook in big pots.

Dr Ilze (Elizabeth) Alexander

MD, BSc.

Ilze graduated from Flinders University in 2019 and is a registrar with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She has spent her hospital years in South Australia and Victoria mainly focussed on geriatrics and palliative care, however is keen to see patients from all areas of general practice. Ilze continues to chip away at a Masters of Public Health as she has a strong interest in holistic and preventative care of the community at a population level. She has made Central Victoria her home and is an enthusiastic traveller, dancer and book club member.

Dr Frances Harkin

MBBS (hons), BPhysio (hons), DRANZCOG Adv, FRACGP, FARGP                      

Frankie joined the team in 2019 after moving to Castlemaine in 2017, settling in and starting a family.

She originally lived and worked in Castlemaine as a physiotherapist a decade ago, and returned to follow her dream of rural general practice.
She did her obstetrics training at Bendigo hospital and is honoured to be attending births in Castlemaine. She enjoys seeing a wide range of clients. In her free time she loves to sew.

Dr Dan Heathcock

BBioMedSci (Hons), DCH, MD, FRACGP

Dan is a caring and highly motivated doctor with a broad range of clinical skills, and is dedicated to improving access to health services in the Mount Alexander Shire.

Dan graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2016 and in 2023 completed his post graduate training with the Royal College of General Practitioners. He has a strong interest in skin cancer management and is currently undertaking a Masters of Medicine – Skin Cancer (University of Queensland) to improve local access to skin cancer surveillance and management. Dan also has a strong interest in men’s health and older person’s health.

Dan has worked in various locations around Australia. He lives in Campbells Creek with his partner Jen, two children Willem and Neive and a smaller, furrier child, Polly.

Dr Lauren Rogers

BBiomed, MD

Lauren is an excited recent addition to the Castlemaine region and Mostyn Street Clinic. Having worked the last 6 years in hospitals in Melbourne and Ballarat, Lauren recently commenced general practice training. Lauren has worked the last 4 years in women’s health, and is particularly eager to translate those skills into community based gynaecology, sexual health, contraception counselling, family planning and antenatal care. She is also interested in seeing a wide range of presentations in general practice.

When not working, Lauren enjoys watching movies, playing video games and reading fantasy fiction books. She loves to test her pop culture knowledge at local trivia nights!

Dr Holly Grimalkin

MBBS (Hons), B Sc

Holly and her wife have lived in the region for 14 years, and she has been practicing medicine since 2019.  She is training with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine with an interest in Emergency Medicine and providing compassionate, accessible health care.