(Hervey Bay)

Carrie been working as a CPAP Consultant for over a year now, helping people navigate their sleep apnea treatment with confidence and comfort. From mask fittings to machine support and education, Carrie is passionate about making sure each patient finds a solution that truly works for them.

Before stepping into this role, Carrie worked as an Enrolled Nurse for more than 24 years, gaining hands-on experience in patient care across a variety of settings. That clinical background gives me a solid understanding of individual needs and how to tailor therapy effectively.

Carrie stays informed on the latest developments in CPAP technology and work closely with a skilled, supportive team—ready to step in whenever extra guidance or expertise is needed. Together, we’re here to make sleep health a priority for every patient.

(Hervey Bay)

Dr Goudge is a consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician with over 20 years experience in the management of a wide variety of respiratory and sleep disorders. After graduating from the University of Melbourne in 1992, Dr Goudge began his medical career at the Austin hospital and he continued this tertiary hospital association throughout his working life. Dr Goudge has been in private practice in Bundoora for 18 years and has a particular interest in asthma, COPD, interstitial lung diseases, chronic cough, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and narcolepsy.

Dr Goudge is available for consultation in Hervey Bay.

(Brisbane and Hervey Bay)

Dr Zappala is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician. He achieved his MBBS(Hons) at the University of Queensland and underwent his advanced training at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital. Dr Zappala worked for two years in London at the Royal Brompton Hospital where he began his interest and research in interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension.  He has an active interest in airways disease and sleep apnoea also.

His research interests include examining how change in serial pulmonary function and chest imaging describe disease behaviour and predict survival in interstitial lung disease, epidemiology of pulmonary hypertension, assessing diffuse lung diseases at baseline

Dr Zappala is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Australian Medical Association.

Dr Zappala consults at Wesley Medical Centre and St Stephen’s Hospital Hervey Bay. (From QRSS website)

(Brisbane and Hervey Bay)

Dr Bashirzadeh is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician. He obtained his medical degree in Iran and completed his FRACP training at The Canberra Hospital and Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital in Brisbane. Farzad has completed further training in interventional bronchoscopy including Thoraxklinik Heidelberg and robotic bronchoscopy at Intuitive Surgical in US.

Farzad’s main interest area is interventional pulmonology, including diagnostic and management of lung cancer using endobronchial ultrasound, narrow band image (NBI) bronchoscopy, bronchial stenting and medical thoracoscopy. He performs Endobronchial lung volume reduction for management of severe COPD in both public and private.

Farzad consults for diagnosis and management of lung cancer, asthma, emphysema, sleep disordered breathing, chronic cough, sarcoidosis, pleural disease and other respiratory conditions.

Dr Bashirzadeh is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society.

Farzad consults at Wesley Medical Centre, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital Hervey Bay and Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton. (from QRSS website)

(Brisbane & Hervey Bay)

Dr Tom Skinner graduated with Honours
in Medicine from the University of Queensland in 2012, after initially completing a degree in Physiotherapy in 2005. He undertook specialist training in Thoracic Medicine at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Greenslopes Private Hospital, and The Prince Charles Hospital, and previously worked as a respiratory physiotherapist in both Brisbane and London.

Tom is an experienced respiratory and sleep physician with expertise across the full spectrum of respiratory and sleep disorders. His respiratory clinical interests include COPD, asthma, lung cancer, unexplained breathlessness and cough, and pleural disease. He has advanced training in interventional bronchoscopy, including both radial and convex EBUS procedures.

In 2020, Tom completed a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at The Prince Charles Hospital, with a focus on obstructive sleep apnoea and complex sleep-disordered breathing. During this time, he also gained extensive experience in the management of neuromuscular disorders and respiratory failure, including Motor Neuron Disease.

Dedicated to providing personalised, patient-centred care, Tom combines clinical expertise with a compassionate approach. He has presented and published research in respiratory and sleep medicine and remains committed to ongoing professional development.

(Brisbane and Hervey Bay)

Dr Alistair Cook is a Respiratory Physician who graduated from the University of Queensland and completed his training at Logan and Gold Coast University Hospitals. He has since completed fellowships in Severe Asthma at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, and Interventional

Bronchoscopy at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Dr Cook is currently completing his PhD investigating asthma attacks in patients receiving advanced asthma treatments.

Dr Cook has a public position at RBWH, and he has recently commenced seeing patients in private practice and has appointments available for immediate consultation. Dr Cook has broad expertise and is happy to be involved in the care of all general respiratory conditions. His subspecialty interests are difficult asthma, COPD, lung cancer and bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound.

Dr Cook is available for consultation at the Wesley Medical Centre and St Stephen’s Hospital Hervey Bay.

(Brisbane & Hervey Bay)

Alex graduated from the University of Queensland in 2004, receiving first class honours and the University Medal for Medicine. He completed Thoracic Medicine training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and then a Sleep Fellowship at The Prince Charles Hospital in 2013. After obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians he completed a year-long Clinical Research Fellowship at the British Columbia Cancer Agency, based in Vancouver.

Alex is available for consultation in general thoracic medicine including asthma, COPD and chronic cough. He has a special interest in the early diagnosis of lung cancer, lung cancer screening and lung nodule evaluation. Alex is a skilled bronchoscopist, with extensive training in endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS).

In addition to his interest in thoracic oncology, Alex provides consultation to provide patients and clinicians with comprehensive evaluation and management of the broad range of respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders. In particular, he is experienced in the management of sleep disorders that complicate cardiac disorders, neuromuscular weakness and chronic respiratory disease.

Dr Ritchie is currently consulting out of St Andrews Place in Spring Hill and Hervey Bay.