Dr Susan Wearne

Susan trained as a general practitioner in England and has over 30 years’ experience.  She has owned a practice and has worked at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Alice Springs and for the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Ayers Rock Medical Centre. She has extra qualifications in child health, women’s health, family planning, primary health care and medical education. Susan enjoys the variety of general practice and fits the long-acting contraceptives Implanon and the Mirena intra-uterine system.

Susan is a Clinical Associate Professor at Australian National University and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles on general practice and medical education. Her textbook ‘Clinical Cases for General Practice Exams’ has run to 4 editions. She is Senior Medical Adviser in Workforce Division and acting Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

Susan’s husband is the eye surgeon at Alice Springs Hospital. Their daughter lives in England with her family, and their son works in Adelaide. Between flights home to Alice, Susan swims, makes clothes, listens to classical music and enjoys the scenery on the lake as she rows.

Susan consults on Tuesday afternoons, Friday mornings and some weekends, at East Canberra General Practice. Susan uses Lyrebird AI transcription during consultations