MOANA MEDICAL CENTRE - Key Persons

Dr George Vlahos is Adelaide born and bred. He studied at Seacombe High School and completed his medical degree at Adelaide University in 1993, spending his resident years at Flinders Medical Centre. Dr Vlahos was a former registrar with Moana Medical Centre and returned to commence practising here in 1995. Since that time, he has seen significant changes occur within the style of medicine and local health. He has interests in care of the older person, complex care, palliative care and mental health. He is a mad keen soccer enthusiast and a passionate supporter of Arsenal in the English Premier Football League. The main highlight of an overseas trip was visiting their home ground and attending a match with his children. He has also been known to cook a mean spit charcoal BBQ.

Interests include antenatal share care, women's health, preventative health, and emotional and physical wellbeing. Dr Josie Stachyra completed her internship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, graduating her BMBS in 1983 at Flinders Medical Centre. She carried out her residency in the Family Medicine Program at the Repatriation Hospital and also in ED at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, now known as the Women's and Children's Hospital. She began practising in the south in 1986 before commencing at Moana Medical Centre in 2002. Josie provides a vast and varied range of general practice and encourages healthy lifestyles. She also enjoys a good walk and loves living in the beautiful South of Adelaide.

Louis grew up in Nigeria and went on to complete his MBBS at University College Hospital, Ibadan, and was admitted to the West African College of Surgeons in 2005. After obtaining Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, he moved to Singapore to train as a Vascular Surgery Registrar at the National University Hospital and National Heart Centre. He moved to Australia in 2011, and trained at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital, Perth. In 2019 he moved to Adelaide with his family, and has been completing his internship and registrar training at Royal Adelaide and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, having decided to pursue a change of career pathway as a General Practitioner. We welcome Louis to our team at Moana Medical Centre, as he continues with us on his General Practitioner Registration journey. He has a particular interest in cardiac health and enjoys all aspects of general practice medicine. Louis has three teenage children, loves music and enjoys good food with family and friends. He loves a game of tennis and is a keen athletics fan. He also enjoys watching the 36ers basketball team play.

Paul grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. He attended medical school in Dunedin, before completing his medical degree in Wellington. Following graduation he worked in various places in New Zealand, before spending four years in England and Scotland, where he gained further experience in general medicine, paediatrics, emergency medicine and women's health. He then returned to New Zealand where he undertook formal general practice training, before moving to South Australia in 1998. He has been at Moana Medical Centre since 2006. He holds a particular interest in the management of diabetes but enjoys all aspects of general medicine, including cardiac care, blood pressure management and cardiovascular risk assessment. He also enjoys paediatrics and completed a Diploma in Child Health while working in the UK. Paul enjoys running, and tramping - he'd love to do the Heysen Trail one day. He's also very keen on cricket and rugby and will forever be a supporter of the Black Caps and the All Blacks!