Dr. Keren Witcombe
/MBBS DA DRANZCOG FRACGP GRADDIPAPPSCINUTENVMED GCRRM FASLM
Dr Witcombe is a General Practitioner at Ellen Health and a member of the Royal Australian College of General Practice, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and Doctors for the Environment. She completed her medical degree with the Geoffrey Thompson Ashburton Prize in Gynaecology at UWA and then furthered her training in Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, General Practice and Nutritional and Environmental Medicine as below.
Dr Witcombe’s approach to general practice is holistic, with an emphasis on diet and exercise for both prevention and treatment of health issues.
Special Interests
Medical Education
Women’s Health
Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
Experience
Graduated 1989 from UWA, with internship and RMO years at RPH.
Completed Dip Anaesthetics in 1992 in UK, Diploma RANZCOG in 1993, Fellowship RACGP in 1994, Grad Dip Applied Science in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine in 2001, Grad Cert Remote and Rural Medical Education 2015, Fellowship Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine 2018.
Previously GP Obstetrician and Anaesthetist in Kalgoorlie WA and GP Obstetrician at Swan Districts Hospital.
Currently also works as Examiner and Standard Setter for the RACGP, Adjunct Lecturer for Notre Dame University and Perinatal Mortality Investigator for the Health Department of WA.
Achievements
Apart from the above, two adult children, 23 years of marriage to Dr Stuart Paterson, travel to UK, Europe, Middle East, Egypt, Japan and India.
Other Interests
Travel
Reading
Film
Ellen Health Consulting Hours
Monday to Thursday 8am – 1pm and some Saturday mornings.