Clinical Leadership Team:
Josh Banky -APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist / Director
In his spare time he is either going for a run or cheering on his beloved Collingwood Football Club.
Samantha Lee - Clinical Leader Physiotherapist
Sammy enjoys playing tennis, baking experiments, and travelling around the world with her happy little family of four.
Kelly Laing - Clinical Leader Physiotherapist / McKenzie credentialled therapist
Matt Roussidis - Clinical Leader Physiotherapist
Marina Teo - Clincal Leader Physiotherapist
Outside of her physio work, Marina enjoys taking her 2 welsh corgis out for walks and to the beach for a swim. She also enjoys cooking and working out at the gym.
Physiotherapists:
Catherine Nasr - Senior Physiotherapist
Catherine Nasr graduated from La Trobe University, School of Physiotherapy in Bundoora in 2004. She has over 15 years experience in the public and private heath sectors, including hospitals, private practices, domiciliary based rehabilitation, occupational rehabilitation as well as aged care.
Catherine is keen for ongoing education and development. She has completed many short courses to further specialise in Neurological and Vestibular Physiotherapy.
Catherine has a passion for home based therapy to help people maximise their mobility and abilities in their own environment, where it makes the most sense. She has many years experience in this field and continues to grown and achieve great results for her clients.
Outside of work, Catherine enjoys spending time with family and friends, travel, as well as volunteer work with different organisations.
Stephen Hardman - Senior Physiotherapist
Outside of work Stephen follows Manchester City and spends time with family, friends, two dogs and his geese.
Dr Marilyn Webster - Senior Physiotherapist
Physiotherapy in 2010. Her passion is in orthopaedics and sports physiotherapy and she has worked at
the Fina World Championships, Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Marilyn worked in private practice
for many years and has been teaching in physiotherapy education for over 20 years. She has also
worked in occupational rehabilitation and in aged care.
In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, cycling and the odd session at the gym and occasional finds
time to read a good book. Marilyn is enjoying her newest role as a grandmother and loves to spend time
with her grandchildren.
Sarah Elliott - Physiotherapist
Sarah balances her work as a physiotherapist with time at home with her husband and 3 children. She enjoys all things sport and outdoors.
Kate Rowell - Pre Pointe / Senior Physiotherapist
Outside of her PT work, Kate is mum to two girls. She is a passionate photographer and cook, and a long suffering, but dedicated St Kilda FC supporter.
Jojo Francisco - Physiotherapist
As a family man, he loves to spend quality time with his two boys and his wife. If time permits, he plays basketball with his friends.
Ross Fraser - Senior Physiotherapist
Anna Morrison - Senior Physiotherapist
Prior to her physio career Anna was a registered (DIV 1) nurse. She has worked in acute medical, surgical, plastics and orthopaedics. She was a community nurse consultant in Sydney for 4 years and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Midwifery.
Having grown up in the country Anna loves taking her 2 young children back there to spend time with family, gardening, picking fruit and caring for animals. Anna plays classical guitar and probably should do more exercise.
Vivian Kong - Physiotherapist
When Vivan gets some free time, she tends to hit the gym or attend Reformer Pilates classes to get some exercise in. Outside of work, she has a keen interest in health and fitness, singing, music, dance, and catching up with friends.
Kendra McLean - Senior Physiotherapist
Kendra has 3 children and spends a lot of time running around to netball, basketball, football and tennis games and various athletics events. She is a committee member of her local Little Athletics Centre and a tennis team manager. When she can, Kendra likes to go for a run and hopes to be able to do more fun runs with her children over the coming years while she can still keep up with them.
Joyce Chan - Physiotherapist
Joyce graduated from La Trobe University with a Masters in Physiotherapy Practice and Bachelor of Health Science. Since then, she has gained experience within private practice, aged care, and community rehabilitation.
Joyce has a strong interest in musculoskeletal related injuries, developing functional exercise program to maintain client’s health and achieve their goals.
Outside of her physio work, Joyce enjoys running with her dog, dancing, travelling and playing piano.
Isabella Ierardo - Physiotherapist
Emily Wardill - Physiotherapist
Sarah C - Physiotherapist
Away from work, you’ll find Sarah either at the zoo, museum or anywhere her toddler wants to go!
Chris Verveen - Senior Physiotherapist
Chris trained at University College Dublin, Ireland. She completed a graduate certificate at Melbourne University in women’s health/ pelvic floor physiotherapy in 2009. She completed her Master of Physiotherapy in 2015, also at Melbourne University. Her special interests include rehabilitation following orthopaedic surgery, core conditioning and women’s health.
Away from work, Chris is a busy mum with two children and enjoys travel, skiing and camping with her family.
Oliver Ciejek - Physiotherapist
He worked as a hydrotherapist and rehab support worker specialising in working with individuals that had sustained traumatic brain injury in Canada. In Australia Oliver has gained experience within private practice and clinical Pilates.
Oliver is passionate about empowering all of his clients and helping them reach their goals, restore function and performance through physiotherapy.
Oliver grew up in Canada where he loved to snowboard and spend time racing motocross.
He loves the outdoors and you will find him chasing swell on the surf coast when he is not working as a physiotherapist.
Georgia Isaacs - Physiotherapist
Georgia graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from Australian Catholic University, Ballarat in 2021. Since graduating, she has had a wide range of experience across multiple healthcare settings including private practice and hospitals both in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Alongside her work at Rehab Ready, she delivers weekend physiotherapy services to post-operative orthopaedic and general surgical patients at a private hospital in Geelong.
She is a strong advocate for person centred care and enjoys treating clients in the comfort of their own home, helping to maximising their independence and lifelong health.
In her spare time, Georgia enjoys spending time travelling with her partner and their (not so mini) dachshund, Hulk.
Natalie Ly - Physiotherapist
Shaveta Joshi - Physiotherapist
Has special interest in geriatric and community care. Likes to treat musculoskeletal conditions, surgical rehab and pain management.
Passionate about helping people get stronger and achieve their goals. Focus on client centered care and like to involve clients in choosing their treatment to keep them motivated.
Outside of work, Shaveta is a busy mum. Her daughter and son both play cricket, so she makes regular visits to cricket ground/nets to support them. She also like to spend time with family and friends, listen to music and cook.
Daniel Clarke - Physiotherapist
Outside of his physiotherapy work, Daniel is a very keen hiker and spends most of his weekends and spare time in the outdoors in some way shape or form. He endeavours as much as possible to share this love of the outdoors and being active with his clients and often uses this to collaborate with clients to help develop specific functional goals he can help them achieve.
Jackie Marshall - Physiotherapist
Jackie graduated from Latrobe University in 2008 and has worked in various private practices since then. She has extensive experience in Sports Physiotherapy having previously worked as a physiotherapist for VFL football club Port Melbourne. More recently Jackie has specialised in Clinical Pilates and exercise based rehabilitation, and has a keen interest in lower limb movement disorders.
In her spare time Jackie is busy chasing after her two young kids and enjoys keeping fit through group fitness classes and Pilates
Eamonn McColl - Physiotherapist
Madhuri Pathi - Physiotherapist
of Melbourne. She has been working as a Physio since 2008 primarily in the aged care industry
providing physiotherapy services to ageing clients. For the last past couple of years, she has started
working as a community physiotherapist. She enjoys work and love the flexibility of my role and in her
free time she likes to spend time with kids and do gardening.
Hesham Azer - Senior Physiotherapist
Travis Downes - Physiotherapist
Ambarish Akre - Physiotherapist
Sean Koay - Physiotherapist
Sean has clinical interest in managing musculoskeletal injuries, dealing with chronic pain, falls prevention management and treating neurological condition. He is passionate in assisting his clients to return to activities they enjoy, regaining independence, or exploring new possibilities. His physiotherapy approach is centred around gaining a thorough understanding of his patient’s needs and tailor a graded exercise program to achieve their goals.
Outside of work, Sean enjoys going to gym, plays badminton, travelling and participates in outdoor activities.
Laura Cheung - Physiotherapist
She is passionate about enabling people to achieve their independence and other goals which will improve their quality of life and wellbeing. In addition, Laura has completed a Pilates Matwork, APA Spinal course, Parkinson’s disease course, and COVID-19 infection control course.
On the side, she does freelance photography and enjoys the outdoors.
Adrain Magalas - Physiotherapist
He graduated with Physiotherapy honours from The University of Melbourne in 2000 and has special interests in rehabilitation following orthopaedic surgery, treatment and management of musculoskeletal conditions and strength and conditioning training for overall health.
When not working, Adrian enjoys home life with his wife and three young kids plus cycling up big hills, skiing down even bigger hills, travelling and barracking for the mighty Pies!
Wilber Kwok - Physiotherapist
Wilber has experience working in community home based care and residential aged care focusing on musculoskeletal rehabilitation and reconditioning. Wilber believes in client based practice working with client’s motivations to achieve the best outcome. Personalising each session towards the clients goals and helping them to get the most out of their treatments. He wants to see his clients get back into what makes them happy.
In his spare time Wilber likes to dance ballroom and salsa, play volleyball and go for a hike in the great outdoors!
David Koh - Physiotherapist
David strives to educate his clients to understand their own conditions and works alongside to empower them to get better through manual therapy and exercises.
Outside of work, David spends time with his family, enjoying the beautiful outdoors caravanning and going to the beach or snow.
Vrishali Bhale - Physiotherapist
Vinay Hiremath - Physiotherapist
Rupa Newasekar - Physiotherapist
She values the importance of active listening to understand complexity of symptoms to discuss and implement treatment goals. In her spare time she enjoys travelling, dancing and spending time with family.
Adam Rose - Physiotherapist
Erika Diaz - Physiotherapist
Graduated in 2009 from Universidad Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia.
Completed placements in three different hospitals where she acquired skills in physiotherapy assessment and treatment, emphasizing in sports rehabilitation and having the opportunity to be part of the rehabilitation team for elite athletes of the National bowling league. Also, worked at the rehabilitation unit for soldiers wounded in combat, specifically with amputated soldiers who trained to compete in various disciplines as Paralympians.
Upon graduation and in search of broadening Erika’s experience, she started working at a public hospital in the outpatient’s clinic, before moving to work in community-based rehabilitation where she developed her rehabilitation skills working with patients suffering neurological and chronic conditions.
Hetal Bathani - Physiotherapist
Hetal finished her study from overseas and has more than 8 years experience working as a physiotherapist in Australia.
She has worked across different settings including rehabilitation, private practice and nursing home. She has specific interests in treating orthopaedic and numerological conditions, pain management and post surgical rehabilitation.
Hetals main motivation is her patients smile and progress. She believes physiotherapy improve person’s quality of life and also help them to achieve more in their health which makes her proud of being a physiotherapist.
Michael Beasley - Physiotherapist
Harrison Shill - Physiotherapist
Harry has experience in many fields of physiotherapy, working across private practise, aged care, elite sport and home-based physiotherapy. This means he is passionate about helping those from all walks of life to achieve their rehabilitation goals whether that be competing in their first fun-run or just walking the dog along the beach.
Harry has a strong focus on including his clients in the decision making of their treatment which he finds leads to better long-term results.
On the weekends you can probably find Harry riding his bike on the road or in the mountains, playing golf or watching the never-ending struggle of the Richmond Football Club.
Grace Woo - Physiotherapist
Dean McCluskey - Physiotherapist
Dean graduated from the University of Sydney in 2019 with a Masters in Physiotherapy and has worked in private practice for 5 years treating a variety of clients in home, clinical and group exercise settings. Dean has a particular interest in falls prevention, spinal and postoperative care related areas. Dean has helped clients implement exercises aswell as provide guidance on pain management and loading into their daily lives whilst carefully negotiating around any limitations to ensure excellent care.
In his spare time Dean enjoys watching sports, going to the gym and grabbing a coffee.
Jagjivan Kaur - Physiotherapist
Fanaye Seifu - Physiotherapist
Anja Kolodziej - Physiotherapist
Anja graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) in 2020. With a passion for helping others to achieve optimal health, Anja has 3 years extensive experience working in a busy multidisciplinary clinic covering various musculoskeletal cases. This includes orthopedic, DVA, workers compensation and national athletic population groups.
Undergoing her own sporting rehabilitations, Anja understands the impact an injury can have on one’s life and enjoys working with the individual to develop a holistic treatment approach. She continues to stay informed with evidence based research. Through targeted and individualised education, goal setting and exercise, Anja provides her patients with the tools needed to get back to the lifestyle they enjoy.
In her spare time, Anja enjoys the outdoors, travelling and participating in various sports.
Occupational Therapists:
Peony C - Occupational Therapist
Nahama Franck - Occupational Therapist
She has a strong interest in working towards people being able to remain living in their homes, and enjoys thinking outside the square in order to overcome obstacles that may arise.
Nahama focuses on promoting safe living at home, tailoring her advice to each individual person.
A great deal of satisfaction is derived from finding simple solutions to challenges, whether it be the way a person completes a task, or what equipment is appropriate.
Working at Rehab Ready allows Nahama to maximise peoples’ independence, particularly after a period of being unwell or a medical procedure. She is also able to discuss options for community services and resources that may be of benefit to people so that they can continue to enjoy living at home and manage their daily tasks.
Madeleine Hosking - Occupational Therapist
Rhonda Ng - Occupational Therapist
Rhonda is also a former ACAS Assessor with extensive knowledge about Aged Care funding, frameworks, and regulations. Outside of work, Rhonda likes going to the gym, playing PS5, and spending time with her family and cat.
Emily Munoz - Occupational Therapist
Wendy Ng - Occupational Therapist
Phil Valoppi - Occupational Therapist
Admin Team:
Deborah Birchall - Practice Manager
Away from work Deb enjoys traveling, dining out and spending time with her family.