My Story...

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Specialist GP/Primary Care Physician/Cancer Survivorship Physician/Clinician Researcher 
 

Dr Elysia was a highly ranked Australian junior and American College Circuit tennis player who chose to pursue a career in medicine instead of sport, and has been a Doctor since 2003. 
 

Dr Elysia obtained a BSc. from Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas, USA in 1996 while on full tennis scholarship. She completed her Medical Degree with Honours from the University of Western Australia in Perth and her internship at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.

 

Dr Elysia then returned to her hometown of Sydney. She has worked in a broad range of General Medical, Surgical and Emergency hospital terms. Dr Elysia worked as a Resident and Senior Resident at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) in terms inclusive of Emergency, ICU, Melanoma/Surgical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Haematology, Radiation Oncology.Dr Elysia spent 2 years as an Advanced Trainee Registrar in the Radiation Oncology Specialist Program at RPAH.
 

 After choosing to leave Radiation Oncology for more Generalist Medicine, Dr Elysia worked as a Community Palliative Care Registrar and in Paediatrics as a Senior Resident. 

 

In 2005, Dr Elysia was awarded a PhD for her thesis on improving edge detection of mammograms using a neurological vision system model and has several published research papers.

 

Dr Elysia entered Specialist GP training in 2009, completed her Fellowship exams in 2012 and following from this became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

 

Dr Elysia comprehensively cares for patients of all ages, genders and health backgrounds from managing pregnancies, newborn and paediatric care right through to acute and chronic illness, inclusive of mental health support, in the young, middle aged and elderly. She has experience and expertise in women’s health including peri-menopause and menopause care. 

 

Dr Elysia is accredited to perform Antenatal Shared Care for Royal Women's Hospital Randwick,  RPAH and St George Hospital and can also provide breastfeeding and postnatal support.

 

Dr Elysia performs screening skin checks in addition to other recommended screenings, providing holistic, compassionate, preventative healthcare.

 

Dr Elysia is involved and has expertise in Cancer Survivorship on a local, state and national level. She is a former Executive Committee Member of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) Cancer Survivorship Group, a member of the CSANZ/COSA Cardio-Oncology Working Group, plus provides advisory to various related initiatives and organisations including the prior GPCanShare Program through the Central Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN), and a Strategic Advisory Board Member for LiveWorkCancer. She is a reviewer for various Cancel Council Information booklets/resources and has a continued working relationship with the Cancer Council, plus has been an inaugural member of the PC4 (Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials) GP Advisory Grouo. She was a co-author of the updated (2020) COSA position statement on Exercise in Cancer Care.

 

Dr Elysia has worked part time as a University of NSW Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow including providing primary care input to Multidisciplinary Meetings and research/publications for survivors of childhood cancers through the Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick, now part of the Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre. She continues to work as a clinician researcher on various research studies, publications and projects, including for adolescent and young adult survivors and in cardio-oncology.  

 

Dr Elysia has co-authored multiple published papers in well respected journals, in addition to having been an invited speaker at various international conferences. 

 

Dr Elysia was one of the resident GPs for Kinderling Kids Radio/Babyology FeedPlayLove Podcasts and has some general media experience across various platforms.

 

Overall, Dr Elysia values and provides holistic primary and general practice care, inclusive of illness prevention and optimising wellness. 
 

www.drelysia.com.au