Our People

DOCTORS

DR MICHAEL 'MIKI' SCHWARTZBORD

Michael returns to "The Hills" with his family after locuming around Australia for a year and working and living in Israel for 3 years. Miki grew up in Melbourne and graduated from Monash in 2002, he completed his GP fellowship whilst working at Monbulk in 2009. Miki holds a Diploma of Child Health and a Diploma of Acupuncture. He has special interests in holistic medicine, acupuncture, child health and the whole spectrum of family medicine. He intends to continue his interest in Aboriginal medicine with regular rotations to remote communities. Miki, Hadas (Miki's wife) and their 4 kids are residents of Kallista and enjoy travelling, communing with nature and with nice people too.

DR ALICE JANE

Alice has worked at Kallista for over 10 years. Alice enjoys a broad range of medicine. She has a special interest in geriatrics, which means she enjoys caring for the elderly members of our community, as well as patients throughout the broad spectrum of life. Alice is interested in complex medicine and has a particular love of cats, Tasmania, native gardening and wildlife.

Dr. Dushy Blanchard

Dr Dushy Blanchard graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2014 and spent 3 years in hospitals in the Eastern suburbs before joining the Registrar training program. She has since obtained her Fellowship of RACGP in 2020.
Having acquired her G.P. fellowship she will now stay on with us as a permanent doctor. She has experience in paediatrics, women’s health and emergency medicine with an interest in children’s health, obstetrics & gynaecology, having completed Diplomas in these specialist areas. She enjoys music and singing in her spare time and loves to travel.

Dr JOHN GRUNER

John joined Jeff Lindenmayer at Selby in 1995, opened the Monbulk Clinic in June 1999 and joined Kallista in 2012. He is married to a local, Kirsti, and they have 4 children. John’s interests are playing chamber music, singing, horticulture and goats. He has completed a Master of Bioethics, to do with the ethics of complementary medicine and is now doing a PhD. John is also an examiner for the Royal College of General Practitioners and enjoys teaching. John works at Kallista when needed and to cover other Doctor's leave, working various other times at Monbulk and Selby. Full records are available by remote computer access to each clinic.

DR GEOFFREY MINTER

2011 saw Geoff retire from general practice after 37 years and we are all grateful he has continued at Kallista as a pyschotherapist. Over many years Geoff has made the transition from being a G.P. to exclusively practising psychotherapy. When Dr Gruner bought the practice the intention was and remains, to maintain the clinic as a quality focused practice and avoid the corporate model. We are all grateful for Geoff's ongoing mentorship!

REGISTRARS

Dr Steven Pinolo

Dr Steven Pinolo is our Registrar who is with us from February to August 2020. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2014. He has 4 years of hospital experience, in a wide variety of settings including Austin Health, Eastern Health, Northern Health and Echuca Regional Health. His interests include acute and emergency medicine, chronic disease management, dermatology, and practical procedures (plasters, wound care, sutures and more). He has a growing interest in child health, and has recently completed the Sydney Child Health Program. He grew up and continues to live in the outer North East suburbs of Melbourne with his fiancé and new baby daughter. In his downtime, he enjoys hiking, gardening, sports, exercising, travelling, and trying to learn Italian.

NURSES

Sarah, Nicole, Louise and Kirsti
Our nurses are available on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to assist Doctors with procedures, provide wound care, Immunisations, Health Assessments, Chronic Disease Management Plans and Cervical Screenings.

OUR ADMINISTRATION AND RECEPTION

Practice Manager: Tania Worroll
Finance Officer: Kingston Ho