Dr Chan Dassanayake
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained in Southampton, England, Chan joined the Practice in 1996.
His interest is mainly within General Practice, though he also practices Sports Medicine and Acupuncture. He has an interest in Travel Medicine as well as Emergency Medicine. Chan has a role in teaching General Practice to doctors training in this speciality. Chan is the doctor for the NZ Under 21 Rugby and the NZ Womens Soccer team. He is married with three children.
Dr Jeff Lowe
Jeff is a General Practitioner with a particular interest in Travel Medicine and working with children. He worked at KMC as a Registrar and Locum before deciding to become a partner. Jeff is a trainer in General Practice and has a role teaching General Practice to doctors training in this speciality. He is married, with four children.
Dr Gabrielle Ruben
Gabrielle has a Diploma of Obstetrics and a Post Grad Diploma in Science and Community Nutrition. Her special interests include Nutrition/Weight management, Family Medicine, Paediatrics and Preventive Health Measures. She has two adult children.
Dr Myrto Kenny
Myrto is a General Practitoner with an interest in the field of Counselling. She works Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Some of her clinics are held at our satellite surgery at 146 Karori Road. She is married with one son.
Dr Richard Hornabrook
Dr Richard Hornabrook became one of the Directors of the Karori Medical Centre in October 2006. He has a particular interest in Travel and Tropical Medicine, having worked in West Africa at a gold mine for three years, as an Occupational Health & Safety Medical Officer.
Dr Vincent Wong
Karori Medical Centre
Dr Susie Harichandran
Works Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr Ros Wall
Dr Wall is a Director of Karori Medical Centre. She works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, Thursday evening and Friday afternoon.
Dr Laura Walsh
Laura works Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Dr Isadora Ekawati
Dr Ekawati works part-time. She is here all day Monday, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and all day Friday.
Dr Fadi Elyas
Dr Fadi Elyas is a General Practitioner with a particular interest in minor surgical procedures, and ENT. He was born in Iraq and speaks English, neo-Aramaic as well as Arabic. Fadi originally came to KMC as a GP registrar and has been an associate since 2015. He is married with two children.
Fadi works every day of the week.
Dr Andreea Mogos
Dr Andreea Mogos graduated from the University of Otago in 2012. Before studying medicine Andreea completed a Bachelor of Human Nutrition. Andreea enjoys all aspects of general practice with a further interest in Paediatrics, Sexual Health and Hormone replacement therapy at Menopause. If you would like to consult with Andreea regarding starting Hormone Replacement Therapy please request a double appointment. An additional interest is the delivery of health care at a systems level. Her focus is on creating and enabling systems that deliver equitable, patient-focused and sustainable health care.
Andreea spends her spare time walking the Wellington hills with her dog, Zeke.
Dr Geraldine Fancy
Dr Fancy is currently on parental leave.
Dr Simon Rankin
Simon joined KMC in 2022 and is a final year registrar. Originally from Invercargill, he enjoys mountain biking, hiking and skiing.
Simon works Tuesday to Friday.
Practice Nurses
The nursing team are Evie, Haylee, Helen, Kat, Lydia, Rhona, Sophie and Bernadette. Our Health Care Assistant is Rachael.
The team are committed to delivering a high quality nursing service to the patients enrolled with Karori Medical Centre.
Administration Team
The Medical Receptionists and Administrators are Bea, Cheryl, Kimberley, Erin, Lily, Eve and Odin .
The Admin team is Co-Led by Jacquee and Sophie.
