You may have seen recent ABC reporting about Veterans’ healthcare that references Total Veteran Healthcare. The program described one veteran’s experience, and the distress it caused him and his family. We are sorry for what they went through and take the concerns raised seriously. While patient privacy means we cannot comment publicly on an individual…
Pain’s a physical problem, right? And depression’s a mental one. Two separate, unrelated issues…if only it were that simple! At Total Veteran Healthcare, we recognise that health issues don’t exist in isolation: physical health influences mental health and vice versa. Our coordinated care model is designed to support the whole person, recognising the complex physical,…
You’re in a shopping centre, and something sets you off, perhaps a particular sound or smell, or a sudden movement in the crowd of shoppers. Your body reacts before your mind can think rationally. Your chest tightens. The floor seems to tilt. The nausea rises. Or perhaps, for you – a persistent flatness, chronically bad…
The ADF has battalions, squadrons, brigades, wings – and somehow that all made sense once you were inside it. Civilian healthcare can feel similarly complicated from the outside, with its different providers, plans and funding streams. The difference is, nobody runs you through an induction and you’re usually trying to work your way through the…
Veterans are more likely to experience complex, chronic disease, come from a culture that encourages pushing through discomfort, and must navigate a complicated medical system. Veterans are not like other patients, so it makes sense that their GP should not be a standard family General Practitioner. What is a Veteran GP? A Veteran GP, or…
Dr Sanjay Sudarshanan is a GP who trained at Flinders University in Adelaide, before gaining broad experience across general medicine, geriatrics, surgery and emergency care in hospitals across Adelaide and Melbourne. He completed his General Practice Fellowship in 2021, and has since continued to serve the community as a GP in Melbourne’s north.
Dr Sudarshanan has a friendly, patient-centred approach to care, with experience across the breadth of general practice, and special interests in preventative and lifestyle medicine, men’s health, and chronic disease management including chronic pain treatment. He has also served as Medical Director of a national telehealth clinic, where he led the development of clinical governance systems and upheld high standards of practitioner care.
