Family Doctors Highton

25/02/2026

Thank you to all of our wonderful patients who joined us in donating to our amazing local fire brigade Geelong West Fire Brigade and your show of supprt for Dr Catherine who is an active fire fighter with the Brigade. Thank you for all your sacrifice, hard work and dedication to protect us.

The brigade would like to thank Family Doctors Highton who collected donations for the brigade and raised $118.15. Thanks to the staff and patients of Family Doctors Highton for their support and fundraising. Pictured below is one of our members who is a Dr at the clinic.

23/02/2026

Shingles... no... it doesn't mean the roof.

It is a painful rash caused by the same chicken pox virus you had which has been lying quiet in your body.

🔥 burning, tingling or itching on the skin
🔆 sensitivity to light
🤕 headache
💢 a rash or blisters usually on one side of the body or face.

In some cases it can affect your eyes, hearing and your lungs.

Shingles is a serious illness in older adults, people who are pregnant and those with weak immunity.

GOOD NEWS!! There are Government Funded vaccines if you are:

👉 people aged 65 years and over
👉 First Nations people aged 50 years and over, and
👉 immunocompromised people aged 18 years and over with eligible medical conditions.

Talk to our wonderful GPs if you think you may have shingles or would like to find out more about getting vaccinated.



Credit: Queensland Health

19/02/2026

Dr Janny is a burst of sunshine! She is a capable and wonderful GP Registrar whom we are very blessed to work with for the next 6 months.

To become a GP in Australia, a Doctor must Specialise in General Practice and be accepted into the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. RACGP

While a Doctor is specialising, they must fulfil a diversity component in their training, which is why Dr Janny is with us.

Family Doctors Highton is an Accredited Teaching Practice with fully qualified Medical Educators (Dr Ern, Dr Catherine and Dr Yota). We believe in training our next generation of GPs for the good of our community.

Please join us in our vision and hard work to ensure the security of General Practice in Australia by making our Registrars feel very welcome.

You will be in EXCELLENT hands.

17/02/2026

🧨Happy Chinese New Year 🐎

CNY 🧧 is celebrated over 15 days 🧨. Today is FIRST DAY and we all dressed in Lucky Red!

For the Year of the Horse 🐎 we would like to wish you“Long Ma Jing Shen” which means “May you have the energy, strength and vitality of dragons 🐉 and horses 🐎

Stay healthy and happy everyone 💋

❤️your Family Doctors Highton Squad❤️

15/02/2026

THIS TIME LAST YEAR - Flood Anniversary. Thank you everyone for your patience and support when we worked hard around all the issues and challenges.

We are forever grateful for our amazing work fam who stood by us and each other so we can all CARRY ON delivering our usual high standard of healthcare to our lovely patients.

09/02/2026

Our practice philosophy follows the "Cradle to Grave" continuity of care framework.

This means we value, nurture and develop the therapeutic doctor–patient relationship over time.

We are an intimate, boutique clinic and our clinicians work together as a cohesive team to look after you and your family.

☎️ NEW PATIENTS 5292 8474

💛see you soon!💛

05/02/2026

Dr Ern Chang - Principal Specialist GP helping us understand POTS & what we can do to make it better 😍

01/02/2026

Everyone helps each other. That is the spirit of our community.

Being on Barrabool Road, we have been asked to attend to many traffic and other incidents over the years and we never fail to be touched by the kindness of strangers towards those who were hurt.

Just recently, we had people literally giving the clothes off their backs to use as a pressure dressing while waiting for supplies to arrive. You know who you are. THANK YOU.

To everyone over these past 6 years:

🌼Thank you for coming to us when you need help
🍎Thank you for doing your part and giving what you can
🚑Thank you for giving us the space to work by graciously stepping away when appropriate
💛Thank you for helping maintain privacy and dignity during the incident

It really does take a village... We are so proud to be part of this village.

GO HIGHTON, GO GEELONG!!

28/01/2026

A good family GP is worth their weight in gold. They are your best ally 💛 for making sure things are all G👍🏼 mentally or physically.

We are a bunch of local 🏡 health care professionals who are passionate 💛 about being there for our community 👯

And… we are proudly 100% Geelong owned and run. ✅ As locals ourselves, we know who would best suit you ✌🏻when we refer you on for specialised care.

If you don’t have a REGULAR GP start NURTURING a therapeutic relationship now 💛 It will be one of the best decisions you’ll make 💛

Call us on 5292 8474 for a NEW PATIENT APPOINTMENT


👍🏼

22/01/2026

It MUST be the H2O at Family Doctors Highton! Remember Dr Jav 💛&💛Dr Rogan?

INTRODUCING Dr Anne Marie 💗&💗Dr Dan! 😂😂😂

Dr Dan is joining us in February!

🍒Please make him feel very welcome!

Read more about Dr Dan in the link in comments 😍

21/01/2026

WOW... this was posted almost 6 years ago! Not much has changed! Kids still love our little nook (which used to be a cupboard!), still lots of laughs, smiles and genuine care from everyone...

Want a warm and friendly Medical Home? Check us out (link in comments)

OR CALL 5292 8474 to make a new patient registration

Our family looks forward to taking care of you and your family.

Lots of laughs and smiles at the clinic to help lighten up this stormy day! 😌⛈ Hope everyone stays safe and dry despite this incredibly heavy rain!! 💛 Follow our instagram for more photos!

18/01/2026

If you find out that you’re neurodivergent (e.g. ADHD, Austistic, AuDHD) later in life, it does not change who you are. In fact, it doesn’t change who you are regardless of ‘if’ or ‘when’ you find out.

Your Neurotype has been with you since birth; it is YOU (and that's fine)

Led by Dr Ern, our Principal Specialist GP, we strive to be a neuroaffirmming practice - from our Clinicians to our Reception squad.

We embrace neurodiversity. It is a biological fact that we are diverse in our minds, just like we are diverse in our ethnicity. EVERY BRAIN IS VALUED

Have questions? Want to talk to someone who understands? Curious about yourself or a loved one?

CALL US to make an appointment

☎️5292 8474 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩




Ref: Reframing Autism (link in comments)