Meet Angela, her General Physician Angela can best be described as an enthusiastic clinician who believes in achieving good patients care through maintaining strong communication with her clients and treating them with gentle kindness. Specialising in general medicine for adults, preconception counselling and obstetric medicine, Angela’s passions are centered around women who require specialised care during delicate times of their lives, such as pregnancy. Angela believes medical care is not just about pharmacological treatment, but providing continuity of care through a balanced, individualised approach with rationale investigation and intervention to maintain maternal wellbeing. She is also an advocate of pre-conception counselling for high-risk patients to minimise the risk of potential complications during the antenatal and postpartum periods. Since graduating from the University of Adelaide in 2004, Angela has worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in acute and general medicine. She is currently employed part-time by the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide as Obstetric Physician in obstetric medicine. Her private works include providing services to the Gawler region as a visiting consultant for the general and obstetric patients, and Port Augusta Hospital maternity services. Angela is also a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. When not at her, Angela can be found gardening, meditating over Psalms and hymns, or out exploring new places with family and friends.

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Dr. Renjy Nelson was born and raised in India. He completed his undergraduate degree in medicine and post graduate degree (MD General medicine) studied medicine from Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India in 2000. He completed speciality training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and obtained his Fellowship in General Medicine and Infectious Dieases (FRACP) in 2011. He was appointed Consultant Infectious Diseases at The Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia and Lecturer in the School of Medicine, University of Adelaide in 2011. He continues to be actively involved in research and his work has been presented at international conferences and published in prestigious international journals. He has authored a book chapter in a reputed Textbook. His laboratory project evaluating the susceptibility patterns of anaerobic organisms over a five-year period was chosen as one of the best five posters at the national Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases Conference in 2012. He has been the principal investigator for South Australia for a number of clinical trials including one at Burnside Hospital. He has extensive clinical experience both in India and Australia. In addition, he has interest in Hospital Infection Control with a particular focus on surgical site infections, and Animicrobial Stewardship. He has participated and led various quality improvement projects. He is instrumental in the establishment of multidisciplinary management of prosthetic joint infections and infective endocarditis. He is a strong contributor to teaching at a number of levels, from medical students, junior medical doctors and registrars. He was awarded the inaugural Professor Richard Ruffin award in excellence in teaching in 2012. He is an invited speaker to local, national and international conferences.