GP Registrar
Dr. Savithi Somachandra
MBBS, RANZCOG ( Cert), DCH
Savithi hails from Sri Lanka and completed her medical training at Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal. She undertook her residency years within Tasmanian Health Service – Launceston and at Barwon Health, Geelong.
Drawn to general practice, she has gained broad range of experience across various disciplines of medicine including respiratory medicine, haematology, medical oncology, geriatric medicine, obstetrics/ gynaecology, paediatrics, and palliative care.
With a strong interest in women’s health and paediatrics, she has completed the Certificate of Women’s Health (Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) and Graduate Diploma of Child Health (University of Western Sydney).
Savithi enjoys general practice across the whole spectrum of life. She is a registrar, a fully qualified doctor undertaking specialist general practice training.
Outside of medicine, she enjoys spending time with her family, exploring nature trails, and playing badminton.
Her special interests include chronic disease management, preventative medicine, women’s health, and paediatrics.
Drawn to general practice, she has gained broad range of experience across various disciplines of medicine including respiratory medicine, haematology, medical oncology, geriatric medicine, obstetrics/ gynaecology, paediatrics, and palliative care.
With a strong interest in women’s health and paediatrics, she has completed the Certificate of Women’s Health (Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) and Graduate Diploma of Child Health (University of Western Sydney).
Savithi enjoys general practice across the whole spectrum of life. She is a registrar, a fully qualified doctor undertaking specialist general practice training.
Outside of medicine, she enjoys spending time with her family, exploring nature trails, and playing badminton.
Her special interests include chronic disease management, preventative medicine, women’s health, and paediatrics.
At Otway Medical Clinic in the spirit of reconciliation we acknowledge and pay our respect to the Gulidjan People of Maar Nation on whose unceded lands we work and live. We acknowledge their Elders past and present, and the Traditional Owners of the land across the Country where we work and live.