Drysdale Clinic
15 Collins Street, Drysdale, 3222
The Drysdale Clinic was commenced in 1984 by Dr Sandra Palmer and quickly grew over the following year when Sandra was joined by her husband, Dr Nick Kafieris. Originally situated at 36 Princess St, the practice underwent a period of stability before Dr David Walder joined the clinic in 1995.
Dr David Unkenstein joined the practice in 1996 after Dr Kafieris finished at the clinic due to health reasons.
In 1998 Dr Palmer left the clinic and since that time the clinic has been fortunate to have a strong female presence with Dr Catriona Pendrigh, Dr Lucy Ham and Dr Carmel Pilgrim.
Due to strong growth both in the area and of the practice, Dr Walder and Dr Unkenstein in 1997 took the opportunity to purchase the old tennis courts in the heart of Drysdale. The 2000 sq.m. lot provided ample possibilities to build a new state of the art medical centre.
After careful planning building commenced in the year 2000 and was completed on time and within budget. The new facility has 6 consulting rooms, a 3-bay emergency and treatment area, a large multi-purpose treatment room used by physiotherapists and myotherapist, and a large functional reception area and waiting room. The clinic is wheelchair friendly with wide hallways and ramp entrance, and there is a large car park.
During construction wherever possible local tradesmen were used. Construction was by Mike and Shaun Colley and for their expertise we are grateful. Other tradesmen used were Andre Skeen-Plumbing, Chris Skeen-Electrical, Drysdale Carpet Court-carpets/vinyl, Craig Hodder-heating/cooling and Rod Taylor-signs.
With construction finished the practice moved into the new building on October 16th 2000.Aside from a few minor problems there were no significant problems and the new layout is proving to be a much better working environment in which to practice medicine.
Our aim is to continue to practice high quality medicine and the new facility certainly gives us a great opportunity to continue to provide our community with first class medical care.