Personalised General Practice & Holistic Health

Right Medicine, Right Person, Right Time

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Caring for families Since 2005


Blue Shield Family General Practice is an accredited teaching practice through RACGP. Full time and part time GP registars are part of our team.

We aim to provide personalised care with holistic approach. We have special interest in prevention, herbal and drug interactions, women’s health and children’s well being.

We operate on appointment basis Monday to Friday and provide after hours care if requested. We always prioritise urgent medical cases and try to accommodate our patient’s need to the best of our knowledge and abilities. In our practice a Registered Nurse is employed to triage patients who present by appointment or on walk in basis, facilitating preventative care, provided patient permission is granted. We are located opposite St George hospital  Kensington street Entrance. Emergency Department is located in Gray Street.

Our mission is to provide the highest standard of patient care whilist incorporating a holistic approach towards diagnosis and management of illness.

We are commited to promoting health, wellbeing and disease prevention to patients, We do not discriminate in the provision of excellent care and aim to treat all patients with dignity and respect.

We specialise in the following health services


  • Check-ups

  • Disease Prevention

  • Herbal Medicine

  • Immunisations

  • Iron Infusion

  • Children’s Health

  • Drug Interactions

  • Women’s Health

  • Travel Vaccines Yellow fever accredited practice

  • Medicinal Cannabis

  • In-House Pathology

  • Speech Pathology Services

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Meet our Team


Dr Ata Kichkin

General Practitioner

Dr Atanaska Kichkin (MBBS University of New South Wales 1995, MD Medical Academy Bulgaria 1985) is a Fellow of RACGP (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners), who completed her fellowship degree through the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2002.Dr Kichkin facilitates a holistic, personalised approach to patient care and is well-known for her patient-centred, family-orientated expertise within the ST George Area of Sydney for the last 18 years.
Dr Kichkin is a well-established educator within her field and actively supervises accredited General Practitioner registrars and Medical Students undertaking their studies at Sydney University.

Dr Kichkin Values continuous professional development and has completed a number of post graduate courses, which include early management of severe trauma (Royal Australian College of Surgeons 2001), herbal and nutritional medicine (Swinburne University Melbourne). Dr kichkin engages in the latest professional research and education through courses offered by the Royal Australia College of General Practitioners.
Dr Kichkin Participates in Antenatal shared Care Programme and is a Yellow Fever immunisation Provider.

Dr Harry Alan Knox

General Practitioner

Dr Harry Knox is a current registrar working towards his RACGP fellowship. He graduated from University of Wollongong with an International Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in 2013. He subsequently completed a Doctor of Medicine at University of Sydney in 2019. He has an interest in Pediatrics, chronic health management, men’s health and disease prevention.

Dr Vandana Pala

General Practitioner

Dr Vandana Pala is a fellow of RACGP and Accredited GP Registrars Supervisor and actively participating in teaching of Medical Students through Sydney University – school of medicine has special interest in women’s health plus Antenatal Shared Care Programme, children’s health, ongoing management of chronic conditions, preventative medicine, holistic health, travel medicine, including yellow fever immunisation. Dr Pala has great passion to teach & motivate all her patients, medical students & GP Registrars.

Juliana Kichkin

Speech Pathology Services

Juliana is a certified practicing Adult and Paediatric Speech Pathologist with strong
interpersonal skills. She is a current practicing member of Speech Pathology Australia. She has
a passion for holistic, evidence based practice to empower you and your family to achieve your
goals.
She has experience working with adults, children and teenagers and has consistently achieved
outcomes for her clients in a variety of settings (multi-disciplinary, private practice and public
settings).
Her special interests include helping adults and children with strengths-focused practice to
support participation in the community, school and higher education.
She is certified and trained in Lee Silverman Voice Therapy, which is a voice treatment for
adults with Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions.
She currently offers face to face therapy services, conveniently located in Kogarah as well as
teletherapy services to suit your schedule.

Dr Jonathan Barel

General Practitioner

Dr Barel graduated from the University of Tasmania before completing his residency at Royal North Shore Hospital. He is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and an active member of the fertility society if Australia and New Zealand. He took on a specialty training program in Canberra Hospital before choosing his career in general practice. Compassionate, attentive and patient-focused, he strives to achieve the best outcomes for his patients and community. He has a keen interest in chronic disease management, men’s health and family planning.

Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse

Our nurse is an experienced general practice nurse with exceptional caring and professional attitude. 

Fee and Appointment


The Surgery operates on an appointment based system. Walk-in presentation can be seen too, please contact our friendly Administrative Staff for further advice

All consultations are mixed billing of all consults.