General Practice
The Forest Lakes Medical Centre was established by Dr Hamza Amira in 1989. It was relocated to the current address and the new building opened on the 11th November 1996. As the Practice has grown, the building has been extended to accommodate more doctors and reception staff.
In October 2009 building commenced on the extensions for new doctor’s rooms and a new upstairs staff room. The extensions were completed in late January 2010 and the clinic opened on Monday the 8th February 2010.
Adjacent to the clinic was a small house which has been converted into a double story building that was completed in 2017 named building B which has a Dentist, Chiropractor and a Clinical Laboratory. Another addition is building C which sits in front of building B which holds the Physiotherapist. The buildings are encircled by a one-way drive through car park.
Dr Hamza Amira
General Practitioner, Male, FRACGP, MBBCh, Dip of Obst, Dip of Child Health
Languages: English & Arabic
Special Interests:
All General Medicine, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Chronic Disease, Children’s Health, Immunisations, Travel Medicine (including Yellow Fever Immunisations) and COVID 19.
Dr Hamza Amira graduated in Egypt in 1982 and moved to Perth in 1983. He established Forest Lakes Medical Centre in 1991.
Interests include Women’s Health and Antenatal Care, Child Health, Adult General Medicine, Mental Health, Workers Compensation and Motor Vehicle Accident, treatment and rehabilitation, as well as sport and industrial medicine and rehabilitation.
Dr Ilham Al-Hakeem
General Practitioner, Female, MD, AMC, FRACGP
Languages: English & Arabic
Special Interests:
Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Skin Conditions, Chronic Diseases & Mental Health. Removal of Mirena, Family Medicine, Mens / Womens Health, COVID 19 & Child Immunisation.
Dr Jennifer Smith
General Practitioner, Female, MBBS, FRACGP, Dip of Child Health (WA)
Languages: English
Special Interests:
Women’s Health, Paediatrics, Competent in the Insertion & Removal of Implanon, Chronic Diseases, Care Plans, Antenatal, Child Immunisations, Diabetes, Over 75 Yr Health Assessments.
Dr Jenny Smith is a graduate of UWA and has been a GP at Forest Lakes Medical Centre since 2003. She covers all aspects of general practice, with a particular interest in women’s and children’s health. Dr Smith is also very involved in the education of medical students and GP registrars.
When not working, she is busy raising four children.
Dr Gopal Sankaran
General Practitioner, Male, FRACGP, MBBS
Languages: English, Tamil and South Indian languages
Special Interests:
Adult and General Medicine, Minor Surgical Procedures, Emergency Medicine, Chronic Diseases, Wound Care, Mental Health Plans, Child Immunisation, Flu Injections, Family Medicine & Iron Infusions.
Originally from India, Gopal finished medical school in 2002, working in tertiary hospitals in South India and the UK before coming to Perth in 2006.
He gained his experience in various specialties in all referral hospitals in Perth, including many years in Emergency Medicine.
He moved to the specialist area of general practice in order to spend more time with his family.
Dr Sankaran is available for telephone consultations. Please use the book on-line facility. (Fees may apply.)
Dr Amira Hafez Sobhy
General Practitioner, Female, FRACGP, MBBS
Languages: English, Arabic, Spanish
Special Interests:
Family Medicine, Travel Medicine, Sexual Health, Women & Children’s health, Chronic Disease Management, Flu Injections, Child Immunisations, Chronic Diseases, Mental Health Plans, Chronic Diseases, Workers Comp Injuries, Health Assessments & Iron Infusion.
Dr Sobhy has 7 years of experience in the general practice speciality.
Dr Sobhy also worked in the rural and remote areas, received training in Paediatrics health, women’s health and mental health and has finished her advanced skin cancer training
G.P. Registrars
Dr Javena Ali
Languages: English, Hindi, Pashto, Urdu
Special Interests:
Dr Javena, MBBS (Pakistan, 2011) is a compassionate GP who enjoys family medicine with an interest in Preventative Healthcare, Health Assessments, Mental Health, Women’s Health, Paediatrics, Vaccinations, Development Disability and Chronic Conditions especially Diabetes.
Outside of work Dr Ali is a busy Mum to 3 children. Finding calm in painting and getting lost in a good book.
Dr Vivian Fu
Languages: English, Mandarin
Special Interests:
Dr. Vivian is a WA-trained doctor who completed her medical degree at the
University of Western Australia. She’s worked in a number of local hospitals,
including Fiona Stanley, Rockingham, and the Cockburn Women’s Mental Health
hospital.
Her clinical training spans a wide range of specialties, including Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Mental Health, General Medicine, Palliative Care, and
Emergency Medicine.
With a longstanding interest in General Practice, she is passionate about delivering
compassionate, whole-person care to patients of all ages and backgrounds.
When she’s not working, you’ll likely find her baking something sweet, playing in an
orchestra, or curled up with her cats Mimi and Mochi.
Special interest: women’s health, implanon, sexual health, paediatrics, mental
health, iron infusions, general family medicine, chronic disease
Dr Sidra Hafeez
Languages: Urdu, Panjabi and English
Special Interests:
Dr Sidra gained Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of surgery in 2008 from Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences Lahore in Pakistan.
She then moved to live in Perth Australia with her family. She has been fortunate to work in a variety of hospitals in WA in both regional and metropolitan hospitals including Bunbury regional and Midland Hospital Perth. She has gained valuable experience in emergency medicine, chronic disease management, aged care, mental health, women health and paediatric medicine.
She has a special interest in Paediatrics and she has completed Diploma in Child Health from Sydney Children Hospital.
Outside the practice she likes to spend time with her family of 3 kids, likes to play Badminton and enjoys cooking with her family.
Dr Lakmal Nandadewa
Languages: English
Special Interests:
Practice Manager
Rachel Kerr
Reception Staff
Eileen, Dalal & Heba
The practice has grown over the years to accommodate more services and staff. There are three buildings on the site, with Allied Health Professionals, Clinical Labs Pathology and Enhance Physiotherapy.