Meet your Fitzroy North Doctor

Dr Farnaz Sabet studied medicine at Monash University winning the medal for highest aggregate marks in medicine. She did her internship at the Royal Darwin Hospital and continued her medical training in Melbourne doing a stint in psychiatry and rural paediatrics. She has continued to practice all over Australia with experience in Indigenous, refugee and rural health and has also practiced and trained doctors internationally.

 

She believes in providing holistic health, with recognition of the influence that the relationships and environments around us have on our wellbeing. She has particular interest in building capacity for good health both in patients, particularly young ones, and in the next generation of doctors.

 

To better understand how to promote health in individuals and communities, Dr Sabet undertook public health training at Oxford University and recently received a PhD in Adolescent Health from Melbourne University. She continues to be involved in research and is a Senior Research Fellow at Melbourne University. She advocates for ensuring medicine and research is inclusive of all.

 

Dr Sabet has an interest in all aspects of General Practice and looks forward to getting to know her patients well. Outside of medicine she is actively involved in community service and exploring the world with her family which includes two wonderful children.

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Areas of interest:

• Mental health

• Paediatrics

• Adolescent health

• Preventative health

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