Our team

Dr Stefanie Bracknell

Doctor

Dr Bracknell is a family general practitioner with additional skills and experience in tropical medicine and travel health.

She has worked in regional and remote areas of Australia, in the UK as a general practitioner, and in Africa in the international aid sector.

Her professional interests include family, child and women’s health, as well as travel health, both pre-departure prevention and post-return illness.

Dr Bracknell is also able to perform dive medicals for students or staff wishing to become recreational divers.

Dr Peter Burke

Doctor

Dr Burke is a local graduate with thirty years experience in general practice. In this time he has done a bit of everything, including ten years of remote and rural medicine in the north-west of Western Australia. Dr Burke has special interests in travel medicine, occupational health, and men's sexual health.

In addition to Murdoch University, he works in general practice, has his own specialist travel medicine clinic, Ulysses Medical in Nedlands, and does sessions at the Keogh Institute for Men's Sexual Health at QEII.

Outside of work, he is a writer of historical fiction, with a previous novel shortlisted for the Vogel and WA Premier's awards, and a book about C.Y. O'Connor.

Dr Beverly Day

Doctor

Dr Day has worked for many years in general practice in Western Australia, as well as spending time in family planning clinics in New South Wales. Dr Day is a long standing member of the team here at Murdoch, having been here since 2010.

Her professional interests include family planning, contraception inclusive of implanon insertion and removal, sexual health, women’s health, pap smears, obstetric/antenatal care to 20 weeks gestation, and mental health.

Dr Richard Gibson

Doctor

After 25 years of practice in South Africa, including rural and regional and university teaching, the Gibson family emigrated to Perth in 2009. After a few false starts, Richard settled into general practice in the south western suburbs.

Richard’s ethos is firmly grounded in the biopsychosocial approach to Medicine, striving to understand the whole individual. Richard has focused his recent professional development on health needs of adolescents and young adults.

As well as working at Murdoch University, Richard works in general practice and at headspace in Armadale.

Away from work, you will find Richard outdoors, enjoying his garden and the Australian bush.

Dr Jane Whitaker

Doctor

Dr Whitaker is a locally trained general practitioner with extensive experience in family and women’s health in particular, which she combines with her work at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women.

Her areas of interest include sexual and reproductive health, pre- and post-natal care, contraception, mental health, family, and general health.

Lisa Cranfield

Nurse Team Leader

Lisa is a local graduate in nursing with over 20 years experience in the health sector locally and internationally. Lisa has enjoyed a varied career in regional and remote area nursing in Western Australian hospitals and nursing posts.

With a keen sense of adventure, Lisa has worked overseas in medical assistance roles, as a medical coordinator and a flight nurse for medical patient retrievals and evacuations.

In 2010 Lisa spent time in Costa Rica and Nicaragua with the global youth development charity Raleigh International, where she worked as lead medic and project manager on health and sustainability projects.

Lisa has a passion for public and international health, and is committed to helping people make positive life choices in order to reach their potential.

Lorri Fletcher

Nurse

Lorri is a local graduate, having trained at Fremantle Hospital she has experienced a varied career including; primary health care, occupational health, sexual health, emergency department and general hospital nursing. Most recently she has worked with Fremantle Street Doctor and as clinical facilitator for student nurses both at Murdoch and Notre Dame.

Lorri has a professional interest in sexual health and mentoring the next generation of nurses.

Outside of work you can find Lorri, gardening or enjoying water sports.

Leith Harper

Nurse

Leith has worked as a registered nurse for 28 years. After completing her graduate year at Fremantle Hospital she moved to Kalgoorlie to work as an occupational health nurse during the mining boom.

She worked for approximately ten years in remote locations before joining the Department of Corrections as a prison nurse for six years.

Leith now feels at home working in general practice/clinic nursing. She met her lovely fiancé and they live together in their beautiful home with her other love, Holly the dog.

Sharon Manson

Nurse

Sharon qualified as a Registered Nurse in the UK and has skills in a range of specialities including ICU/CCU, ENT, practice nursing and clinical facilitation for student nurses.

After emigrating to Perth with a young family in 2006, Sharon gained experience at Joondalup Health Campus in ICU and CCU. Following this she gained experience in primary health care in the community and then subsequently at Edith Cowan Medical Service. This led to a role with the school of nursing as a clinical skills and simulation facilitator.

Prior to emigrating Sharon also worked for British Airways as cabin crew staff and as a basic life support instructor for new entrants. Experience gained in simulation training would later prove valuable for her role within the school of nursing.

Sharon has an interest in both student learning and patient health education.

Zhelan Wu

Nurse

Zhelan moved to Perth in 2009 and completed her nursing degree here. She has worked in various clinical settings across WA since graduating in 2011, spending the majority of her time in general practice.

Zhelan is halfway through her Master of Public Health and is passionate about promoting health and wellbeing in university students.

She is particularly interested in enhancing both physical and mental wellbeing among international students, as she shares similar background and experience with them.

When not at work, Livia enjoys exploring different sports and activities, such as dancing, snorkelling, badminton, ice skating, arts and crafts.

Sue McDonald

Administration Officer

Sue Commenced working at the Medical Service in July 2019.

Sue has a broad and varied background in the medical field specialising in general practice and occupational health. Sue has enjoyed working in remote locations throughout Western Australia gaining valuable experience in diverse communities and service delivery.

When not at work, Sue enjoys spending time with her family and travelling.

Ashley Peacock

Administration Officer

Ashley commenced working as an administrative officer for Murdoch University Medical Service in May 2016. Ashley has a wealth of experience in medical administration, including practice management for a busy occupational medicine centre in the Perth metro area, as well as regional work in general practice in Broome.

Ashley’s exceptional customer service skills have been shaped by her experience of patient and client care within the mining, oil and gas industry.

In her spare time, Ashley can be found enjoying quality time with her young family, as well as outdoor activities such as fishing, camping and the beach.