Our medical team
Dedicated and diverse doctors
Our medical doctors are as diverse as our patients. We each come from different backgrounds, and our lives have followed varied paths to bring us to General Practice. Our diversity enriches our experience and unites us with a genuine desire to improve the heath and wellbeing of our patients. We are fortunate to have a group of male and female doctors who together provide the full range of medical services for the Pottsville and wider Tweed community
Meet our Medical Team
MBBS FRACGP
Dr Kirsten Patterson
Dr Patterson completed her medical training at The University of Queensland in 2007. Prior to this, she worked in the Tweed and overseas as a High School Science teacher – and this love of education remains with her today. Kirsten has a real devotion to continuing her education and furthering her expertise in General Practice, always seeking to further her study in her key interest area of women’s health. She is also specifically interested in paediatric and adolescent health, skin cancer medicine and geriatric medicine. Kirsten has a special interest and training in travel medicine. As a former teacher, Kirsten is also committed to the mentorship and education of the next generation of doctors and is heavily involved in supervision and training of medical students and general practice trainees. Kirsten truly thrives on the variety of general practice, and enjoys looking after the health of individuals and families of all ages.
BMed. MD FRACGP
Dr Nicholas Papadopoulos
Nicholas completed his medical studies at the University of New South Wales in 2015 and subsequently worked at St George Hospital in Sydney.
He enjoys working in all aspects of General Practice with specific interests in paediatrics, reproductive, sports and musculoskeletal medicine, having undertaken an additional year in orthopaedics in one of Sydney’s largest trauma hospitals.
Having grown up on the North Coast, Nicholas has now returned with his young family to continue his work in General Practice. He is passionate about providing quality health care and has excellent knowledge of the local community, facilities and services available to help his patients.
BSc (Hons), MBBS, MPH, Dip Child Health, FRACGP
Dr Robin Watts
Dr Watts grew up on the North Coast of New South Wales. She completed her medical training at the University of Sydney in 2002. Prior to medicine she had been working as a research scientist in molecular genetics at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore. She has completed a Masters of Public Health (University of Sydney), as well as furthering her studies in women’s and children’s health. She enjoys the wide range of issues dealt with as part of a community-based health care team, as well as the opportunity to engage with, and support, clients over an extended time course. Robin has worked in practices in the inner western Sydney, Wagga Wagga, and Ballina, but has found true contentment in the Tweed region, where she has settled with her four children.
BmedSci, MBBS, Dip Ch Health, FRACGP
Dr Emily Watt – Parental leave
Dr Emily grew up in Central West NSW and completed her medical training at the University of Wollongong graduating in 2015. Following this she worked as a junior doctor in Coffs Harbour before moving to Northern NSW in 2018.
She enjoys working in all aspects of general practice with specific interests in women’s health, chronic disease and paediatric and adolescent health. She has completed her diploma of child health and has also done further training in women’s health. Emily has worked in practices in Bellingen, Mullumbimby and Miami but has recently settled in the Tweed Region for the long term with her young family. She is passionate about looking after her client’s health and providing continuity of care for people of all ages.
MBBS FRACGP
Dr Sarah Martin
Sarah completed her medical degree in 2016 at Notre Dame University, Sydney. Afterwards she moved to Northern NSW where she trained at Tweed Heads Hospital before completing her Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Certificate in Emergency Medicine in 2019. Over the last year she has trained in various hospitals throughout Australia, focusing on Women’s Health and Emergency Medicine, which she has a strong interest in. She also enjoys all the varied aspects of General Practice including Child and Adolescent health, Mental Health and Skin Management.
BSc, MD
Dr Erin Martinelli
Dr Erin completed her medical training at the University of Western Australia in 2019. She went on to work at Royal Perth Hospital before moving to country WA to live and work. She undertook additional hospital training in adult medicine, gaining a strong foundation to care for her patients in General Practice. She has now relocated to the North Coast with her husband to complete her General Practice training. She enjoys all aspects of medicine, particularly paediatrics, women’s health and chronic disease management.