Associate Professor Tuly Rosenfeld is an accomplished clinician with over 30 years of experience in geriatric medicine and aged care rehabilitation.

He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1978 and obtained the Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 1984 in Specialty Geriatric Medicine.

Professor Rosenfeld is passionate about providing the best possible clinical services for older people and his focus is on connecting services and providing information and support to families and carers. He will communicate and work with your GP.

Adjunct Assoc Professor University of Notre Dame, Sydney; Adjunct Professor, University of Technology, Sydney.

Daniela Meinrath is a senior neuro-physiotherapist with a specialist interest and more than 10 years of experience working with patients with vertigo. She graduated from the University of Sydney in 2007 and has since become a senior physiotherapist in the neurosciences department at The Prince of Wales Hospital.

Daniela completed a research master’s degree with the University of NSW and Neuroscience Research Australia in 2017 in the clinical area of dizziness in middle-aged and older adults. Daniela is passionate about providing care to patients with vertigo and uses specialised equipment including infrared goggles in the assessment and management of these patients.

Dr Tasha Kvelde is a Clinical Neuropsychologist with more than 15 years of experience in the public and private sector. She has specific expertise in working with older adults and individuals with acquired brain injury and developmental conditions.

Dr Kvelde graduated from Macquarie University with a Master’s degree in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2003. She completed her Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology) in 2013. She has been a conjoint lecturer at UNSW and UTS and a field supervisor for students at Macquarie University.

Her work includes capacity assessments (e.g. guardianship, testamentary capacity), medicolegal consultations (including compensation claims) and clinical assessments (differential diagnosis, dementia, clinical impact of memory problems, learning problems etc).

Dr Kvelde is also able to provide advice and treatment for people recovering from brain injuries or people affected by behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Ms Jodi Lonstein is a Masters-qualified psychotherapist and counsellor with over 20 years of experience. Having worked in the mental health sector since 2001, she is skilled in individual, couple, and group therapy.

Jodi uses an integrative model, drawing from a variety of evidence-based and therapeutic modalities and techniques to tailor her approach to each unique requirement (Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Family Systems Therapy).

In an empathetic, non-judgemental and collaborative way, Jodi passionately supports her clients to cope with problems that have arisen, to gain clarity or a new perspective on their lives or relationships, or to deal with longer-term unresolved issues. As a Trauma-Informed practitioner, she has worked with people of all ages and from many diverse backgrounds and life experiences, including those experiencing depression, grief, anxiety, social phobia, panic attacks, anger issues, addictions, homelessness and relationship and family problems.

Jodi works part-time at Relationships Australia as a couple and family therapist, is a part-time educator for Pre-Marriage Relationship programs at Catholic Care and is a registered PREPARE / ENRICH Relationship and Parenting facilitator.

Prior roles were with The Hills Mental Health Clinic facilitating Outpatient DBT groups, Waverley Drug and Alcohol Centre facilitating weekly SMART recovery groups as well as counselling individual clients, and with Catholic Care Family Recovery Programs (Holyoake) facilitating the FOCUS and PAUSE Group Programs.

Mrs Lynne Moore is a registered physiotherapist with extensive experience.

Dr Alexandra Capon prides herself on being a compassionate communicator. She believes in the importance of managing the person as a whole, not just the condition. Dedicated to helping people with a wide range of rheumatic conditions, she has a particular interest in inflammatory arthritis (Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Gout).

Having always been physically active, Dr Capon has a keen interest in sports medicine and has co-authored a number of book chapters relating to master athletes.

Dr Capon graduated from the University of New South Wales with Honours in 2007. She trained at John Hunter, Royal Prince Alfred and Royal North Shore Hospitals attaining her Rheumatology Fellowship in 2015. She enjoys teaching junior doctors and regularly provides lectures in Rheumatology to prepare them for their specialist exams.

Dr Simon Chalkley is a practising specialist physician with qualifications in both Geriatric Medicine and Endocrinology.

He is a conjoint senior lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales.

Simon completed his PhD in Medicine at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in 2003. Dr Chalkley works as a geriatrician and endocrinologist in private practice.

He is a member of the RACP, the Australasian Society of Geriatric Medicine, the Australian Association of Gerontology, the Australian Diabetes Society and the Endocrine Society of Australia.

NB: Dr Ted Tsai is permanently relocating to Canberra at the end of 2024.  He can be contacted through his Rooms at ACT Rheumatology, Level 1 1 Bowes Place, Phillip. Phone 02 6260 3796; send referrals to referrals@rheumatologyact.com.au

Dr Ted Tsai has served as a rheumatologist on our clinical team at Randwick Specialist Centre since March 2017. He graduated with a combined MB BS/B Sci(Med) and Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) degree from the University of NSW in 2006 with Class I Honours.

He completed his rheumatology training in Prince of Wales, Liverpool, and Canberra hospitals. He works in private practices in Randwick and Canberra and is a part-time staff specialist at Canberra Hospital.

He was a conjoint associate lecturer at the UNSW medical school, and a clinical tutor at Notre Dame University. Ted has special interests in clinical research, medical education, and patient education. He is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin).

Adjunct Associate Professor Jan Baker is a speech pathologist and family therapist with post-graduate qualifications in psychotherapy. Throughout her practice of over 30 years, Jan’s teaching, clinical work and research interests have been focused upon the differential diagnosis and management of organic and functional disorders in adolescents and adults, with recognised specialist knowledge and skills in the area of Psychogenic Voice Disorders. She has also worked extensively with professional voice users such as teachers, actors and singers, and in her capacity as a mezzo-soprano, she has particularly enjoyed performing in the recital and oratorio repertoire.

Dr Sammel is a consultant rheumatologist and vasculitis specialist. He sees patients with all forms of rheumatic, connective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases and has subspecialist expertise in vasculitis. Vasculitis refers to a family of conditions where the immune system attacks blood vessels and includes conditions such as giant cell arteritis, Takayasu arteritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis, cryoglobulinaemia, IgG4 and Behcet disease.

Dr Sammel has public hospital appointments at the Prince of Wales and Sydney Eye Hospitals. At these sites, he leads the rheumatology vasculitis service and coordinates clinical trials. He admits and consults on patients with general rheumatological conditions including gout, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, SLE (lupus), osteoarthritis, myositis and bursitis. He also provides rheumatology support for the uveitis, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension teams

He completed rheumatology training at the Prince of Wales and Royal North Shore Hospitals before undertaking a vascular medicine fellowship at St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst. Subsequently, he undertook a clinical observership with the rheumatology vasculitis service at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.

In addition to clinical work, Dr Sammel is a conjoint lecturer at the University of New South Wales and has published extensively on giant cell arteritis, a condition which was the focus of his PhD. He has spoken on this topic at national and international conferences.

Mark Hohenberg is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and an experienced geriatrician with expertise in guiding older persons and families through the complexity of managing both health and maintaining independence as we age.

Mark trained at the Royal Free and University College London and moved to Australia in 2008 where he completed his specialist training across Sydney’s best public hospitals. Whilst Mark has led clinical trials in dementia therapeutics, he also has interests in malnutrition, falls and frailty. Mark’s overall aim is to support patients and families not just to improve health but also to maintain it long into their future, supporting independence and improving quality of life.

Mark also has a background in research through collaboration with a large team at Western Sydney University, Education as a former Clinical Dean at Western Sydney University and in governance of healthcare and aged care organisations ranging from aged care facilities to international companies within the healthcare, technology and digital health industries.

Mark will be consulting at Randwick Specialist Centre on a Friday.