Platinum On North

Dr Phil Stark

MB ChB. Dip RACOG FRACGP

General Practitioner

Platinum on North Medical Centre

Dr Philip Stark graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Leeds UK in 1982. He has a Dip RACOG and is a fellow of the RACGP.

Dr Stark moved to Toowoomba in 1986 where he managed the Stenner Street Medical Centre from 1990 to 2011.

Joining the Platinum Health Group in 2012, Dr Philip Stark has interests in all aspects of General Practice. Dr Philip Stark is a Medical Educator and a Registrar Supervisor at Platinum On North Medical Centre.

Dr Michael Gordon

General Practitioner

Platinum on North Medical Centre

Dr Michael Gordon graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Queensland in 1986. Michael has attained a post-graduate fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM).

After graduation, he spent 9 years gaining rural generalist experience at Redcliffe, Logan and Caboolture Hospitals.

Dr Michael Gordon moved to the Darling Downs in 1996 as Medical Superintendent of Oakey Hospital, and simultaneously commenced General Practice in Oakey. Dr Michael Gordon joined the Platinum team in 2014, enjoying all aspects of General Practice at the Platinum On North Medical Centre.

Dr Roy Nicholls

Bsc Hons 1 PhD MBBS FRACGP

General Practitioner

Platinum on North Medical Centre

Dr Roy Nicholls graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Bsc Hons 1 ) from the University of Queensland in 2003. He has a fellowship with the RACGP and FRACGP and a Doctorate in Biochemistry (specialising in alcoholic liver disease). Dr Nicholls has worked in cardiac theatres at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane as a medical perfusionist (heart-lung machine during cardiac surgery and other surgeries), trained in Paediatric emergency before joining the Platinum team in 2013.

Dr Nicholls has a particular interest in general dermatology and skin cancer medicine and surgery. He currently lectures at the University of Queensland Rural Clinical School and is studying for a diploma in dermatology.

Dr Kate Craft

General Practitioner

Platinum on North Medical Centre

Dr Kate Craft graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Queensland in 1993 (Hons). After graduation, she worked at the Nambour Hospital for three years and completed a CSCT in Women’s Health. She commenced her GP training on the Gold Coast before moving to Toowoomba to complete her GP training at the Wilsonton Medical Centre in 1999.

In the same year, she achieved her Specialist General Practice qualifications becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practice. She moved her practice to St Andrew’s Medical Centre when it opened in 2007 and is proud to have been working alongside some of the original “Platinum” doctors for over 20 years.

In 2023, she commenced practice at Platinum on North. She supports patients, manages their complex physical and mental health issues, and works collaboratively with allied health practitioners, where she feels privileged to have provided continuity of care to many families over the years.

Kate works part-time as a surgical assistant and in her spare time enjoys gardening, mountain biking and bushwalking.

Dr Cormac Carey

General Practitioner

Platinum on North Medical Centre

Dr Cormac Carey graduated in Dublin, Ireland in 1976 and has spent over 34 years at the Wilsonton Medical Centre practice, watching Platinum Health Group grow to the multi-site practice it is today.

Dr Cormac Carey enjoys all areas of general and family practice and is especially passionate about mentoring trainee GPs. He has visiting rights at both St Andrew’s and St Vincent’s Hospitals and is an active committee member at St Andrew’s Hospital.

He has a special interest in travel medicine and is a foundation member of the Travel Medicine Alliance group, Australia’s largest group of independent travel medicine clinics. Dr Cormac Carey holds a Certificate in Travel Health issued by the International Society of Travel Medicine.

Dr Carey has strong links with Occupational Health Medicine and holds both Coal Board and Railway Workers Certifications and provides occupational health services to many local Toowoomba businesses. He has a Queensland Health-approved spirometry practice and is accredited for hair drug analysis sampling.

Dr Caitlin Judge

GP Registrar

Platinum on North Medical Centre

Karen Reid

Psychologist

Platinum On North Medical Centre

Karen Reid (she/her) was originally qualified as an early years teacher, before specialising in Specific Learning Difficulties. This was followed by an Honours and Masters degree in Educational Psychology and then ten years later a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Univeristy of Southern Queensland.

Karen has experience working as a teacher, before moving into Learning Support, then became the Director of a multi-disciplinary team of therapists involved in the assessment and design of intervention programs for children.

After immigrating to Australia and working for Education Queensland for six years, Karen started a private practice in 2009. An area of interest for Karen is helping clients overcome the effects of trauma, adversity and neglect to lead a meaningful life.

In support of this role, Karen is a registered EMDR consultant and Internal Family Systems (IFS) Certified Therapist, Approved IFS Clinical Consultant and Level 2 trained IFS therapist.

Karen also uses Schema, CBT, Narrative and ACT therapies to dovetail with IFS and EMDR. Karen has been a casual lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland and now also provides supervision/consultation for other psychologists and health professionals.