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Our Radiologists - Lake Imaging Make a Booking Upload a ReferralWell-nighUsOur HistoryOur Mission and ValuesOur CommunityOur RadiologistsOur PeopleOur NewsOur TechnologyOur Privacy PolicyFor PatientsOur LocationsOur ServicesRequest an appointmentBilling InformationFAQsFeedbackPrivacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsFor ReferrersDigital Image and Report AccessEducation & EventsRequest Referral FormsBilling InformationView All ServicesResourcesFeedbackLocationsGeelong Breast ClinicGeelong - St John of God HospitalGeelong - East CourtGrovedaleBelmontCorioOcean GroveBallarat - WendoureeBallarat - St John of GodBallarat - Ballarat MRIBallarat - Mair StDaylesfordMelton - Unitt StMelton - WestcareMelton HealthNorth MelbourneSunburyBacchus MarshCaroline Springs - Western HighwayCaroline Springs - CentralGisborneKynetonWarrnambool - Western District RadiologyPort Fairy - Moyne Health ServicesGeelong Medical Imaging - HightonGeelong Medical Imaging - NewtownCareersWorking at Lake ImagingCurrent VacanciesOverseas RequirementsContact / FeedbackEnquiry / Feedback - PatientEnquiry / Feedback - ReferrerMake a BookingUpload a Referral HomeWell-nighUs Our Radiologists Our Radiologists Lake Imaging radiologists grow their knowledge and expertise through a well-supported standing professional minutiae (CPD) program. They regularly shepherd local and international conferences to ensure they offer the latest technologies and proficiencies to their patients. The radiologists at Lake Imaging hold themselves to the highest professional standards. They work closely with referring practitioners to provide each patient with expert, safe, well-judged and individualised care. Dr Stefan Khosh Dr. Stefan Khosh is a Consultant Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Specialist at Lake Imaging. He graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney and completed his specialisation as a Radiologist at The Canberra Hospital.   He completed wide training in interventional radiology at The Canberra Hospital and went on to well-constructed remoter specialisation in Nuclear Medicine at the Austin and Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne as well as St. John of God Hospital, Ballarat, where he gained wide-stretching wits in cancer, dementia and cardiac imaging using SPECT and PET/CT imaging. Stefan has a strong interest in cancer imaging as well as imaging of neurodegenerative disorders. He is involved in cancer research and is a member of the Grampians Integrated Cancer Service Clinical Leadership Committee.    Stefan is moreover passionate well-nigh technology and how it can transform medical diagnosis and practice as well as modernize patient care, with a special interest in human-computer interface, data wringer and machine learning/artificial intelligence.   Dr Lois Comber "Dr. Lois Comber completed her medical stratum at Monash University and subsequently completed her specialization in radiology at the Canberra Hospital.  She undertook remoter specialty training in Molecular Imaging including Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Austin Hospital in Melbourne and at the Children's Hospitals in Melbourne and Adelaide, leading to her dual specialization as a radiologist and nuclear medicine specialist.  Lois has a strong interest in teaching and has worked as a lecturer at Monash and Melbourne Universities, and Australian National University. She has been involved in training radiology registrars, physician and surgical trainees as well as unstipulated practitioners in anatomy, radiology and nuclear medicine.  She has a strong interest in cancer and cardiac imaging with a sub-specialty interest in molecular imaging using SPECT, PET/CT and hybrid imaging. Lois has a preliminaries in imaging research having worked at the Wesley Hospital Brisbane and is currently involved in cancer research."   Dr Alex Meakin Dr Alex Meakin is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and an accredited Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) supervising radiologist. Following the successful completion of his radiology training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Dr Meakin completed an wide training program in MRI at the Royal Melbourne. Since then he has spent time as an observer inSoulMRI at University College London and as a consultant radiologist for Lake Imaging and Ballarat MRI. Dr Meakin has a special interest in MRI with specialist skills in neuroradiology, musculoskeletal, paediatric and soul imaging. Dr Annabel Kuek Dr Annabel Kuek graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science (Hons), followed by Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in 2002. As a junior doctor, she worked at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge UK as a Rheumatology Research Fellow. Returning to Melbourne, she trained in Radiology at the Alfred Hospital with a fellowship in MRI and became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists in 2013.  She remoter completed a Breast Imaging fellowship at North Western Breastscreen in 2014, where she currently works as a sessional Radiologist. In her spare time, she enjoys dancing, running and spending time with her three young children. Dr Brendon Friesen Dr Brendon Friesen graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Medicine followed by a Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc) Working as a resident medical officer at Austin health surpassing taking up a position with Monash health as a Radiology registrar for 5 years. He is now a Radiologist at Lake Imaging.     Dr Chien Ho Dr Chien Ho is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and an accredited Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) supervising radiologist. Upon completion of his radiology training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Dr Ho undertook wide training at three London hospitals: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and University College Hospital. During this time he completed an MRI/musculoskeletal fellowship and moreover spent time as a staff specialist. He is currently a consultant radiologist for Lake Imaging and Ballarat MRI. Dr Ho has considerable wits wideness all radiology modalities with a special interest in musculoskeletal and soul imaging Dr Cliff Trotman Dr Trotman obtained his DentalStratumat the Royal Dental Hospital of London, he then spent 18 months as an intern in 2 Oral Surgery positions in and virtually London. Cliff then spent a year as Registrar in Oral Surgery for Prof. Gordon Seward at The London Hospital. He obtained his FDS in the UK and then moved to New Zealand to well-constructed his medical stratum at the University of Auckland. Following this, Dr Trotman chose Diagnostic Radiology as a specialty and has an interest in throne and neck radiology. Dr Dan Arhanghelschi Dr Dan Arhanghelschi is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and a member of IRSA (Interventional Society of Australasia). Upon completion of his radiology training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Dr Arhanghelschi undertook wide training in Interventional Radiology at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. He subsequently spent two years as a staff specialist at St Vincent's Hospital, working as a full-time Interventional Radiologist. Dr Arhanghelschi is now a consultant radiologist for Lake Imaging and has extensive wits wideness all radiology modalities, with a special interest in Interventional Radiology, including ultrasound and CT guided procedures, as well as catheter angiography and interventions. Dr David Whitley Dr David Whitley did his undergraduate and subsequent postgraduate specialist training in New Zealand surpassing moving to Australia in 2012. He is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Upon completion of his radiology training, Dr Whitley undertook wide musculoskeletal radiology training prior to taking up his current position as a consultant radiologist with Lake Imaging. Dr Whitley has wits wideness all radiology modalities and works as a unstipulated radiologist with a special interest in musculoskeletal imaging. Dr Don Barrie Dr Don Barrie (MBBS, FRANZCR) began his career as a staff Radiologist at the Alfred Hospital in 1993. Following this, he worked at the Geelong Radiological Clinic and was a MRI consultant for the Geelong Hospital. In 2002, Dr Barrie took a position as staff Radiologist at Monash Medical Centre and in 2004 was scheduled Director of MRI for Southern Health. He was responsible for operational oversight of their MRI services and the supervision of MRI fellows, registrars, clinical meetings and research projects. Dr Barrie joined Lake Imaging in 2009, where he continues to pursue his interest in MRI, musculoskeletal, interventional and oncologic imaging.     Dr Imogen O’Meara Dr Imogen O’Meara is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR).  She was awarded a BA/BSc (Hons) from the University of Melbourne surpassing obtaining her MBBS through the University of Queensland.  She then worked at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Greenslopes Hospital as a junior doctor.  After completing her specialist radiology training in Geelong, she undertook remoter fellowship training in MRI and Breast Imaging.  She has interests in MRI, breast imaging including breast MRI, MSK imaging and prostate MRI.      Dr Ken King Dr Kim Simcox Dr Kim Simcox is an accredited  Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Following the successful completion of her Radiology training at The Waikato Hospital, in New Zealand, Dr Simcox joined Lake Imaging/Integral Diagnostics as a Consultant Radiologist. She has a special interest in Musculoskeletal Imaging and Breast Imaging and has completed fellowships in both. Dr Linda West Dr Linda West trained in diagnostic radiology at the Alfred and Royal Children's Hospitals in Melbourne. She completed her radiology training at Kings College Hospital in London and then worked as a Specialist Radiologist at The Maudsley and Atkinson-Morley Hospitals in London. Returning to Australia she joined Geelong Radiological Clinic and subsequently St. John of God Imaging. She has moreover worked in private practice for Geelong Medical Imaging. Linda has a particular interest in all aspects of breast imaging and intervention, and has been Director of Geelong and South West BreastScreen since its inception in 1992. She is moreover a Visiting Medical Specialist to Geelong Hospital and St. Vincents Hospital in Melbourne and enjoys teaching medical students and registrars. She is regularly invited to speak at national multidisciplinary breast conferences. In 2008, Dr West undertook a fellowship in breast MRI at the Seattle CancerSuperintendencyAlliance, University of Washington School of Medicine. Linda is now the Clinical Director of Breast Imaging for the Geelong Breast Clinic Lake Imaging. Dr Manish Mittal Dr Manish Mittal is a Consultant Radiologist at Lake Imaging, working with the organisation for increasingly than 10 years and nearly 20 years of wits in radiology. He did his MBBS & Master of Medicine (MD) from coveted institutions in India. He is a Fellow of Royal College of Radiology in UK and Fellow of Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists. His main areas of interest are musculo-skeletal radiology, MRI , spine interventions and cardiac imaging. He is a Member of International Spine Intervention Society, Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group, Australian Patient Safety Foundation, Radiological Society of North America, European Society of Cardiology, European Society of Radiology and Society of Cardiovascular MR. He holds Level 2 qualification for Cardiac MRI and Level A warrant for Cardiac CT. He moreover has keen interest in clinical governance and errors in diagnostic imaging. His interests are teaching, photography and travelling. Dr Raef Boktor Dr Raef Boktor, MBBch, MSc, MD, FRACP is a nuclear medicine physician and PET specialist. Raef graduated from Cairo University in 1996 with Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, and then trained in nuclear medicine and PET at Cairo university hospitals and the Egyptian national cancer institute. He holds Master and Medical Doctorate degrees in Nuclear Medicine.Surpassingleaving Egypt, Raef worked in a number of senior positions in public hospitals and private practice, culminating in serving as clinical director of Nuclear Medicine and PET at the internationally recognized sole Children's Cancer Hospital in Egypt. In addition, he held an wonk position as Lecturer in Nuclear Medicine at Cairo University. Raef migrated to Australia with his young family in 2009. In Australia, Raef successfully undertook AMC exams, and repeated nuclear medicine and PET training in accredited nuclear medicine positions (as prescribed by the RACP). After successfully completing Australian based training, Raef was granted Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and Fellowship of the Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists (FAANMS). Raef works with Lake Imaging as a Nuclear Medicine Physician, including positron emission tomography (PET). He has unfurled remoter training, and is in the process of finalising his Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound qualification (DDU). Raef is academically active. His output includes 12 internationally published peer reviewed wares . His wonk achievements have been recognised by his original university, Cairo University, which conferred on Raef the rank of Associate Professor.   Dr Ross Breadmore Dr Ross Breadmore completed his medical and radiology training at the The Royal Melbourne Hospital. After obtaining his Masters of Medicine in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Dr Breadmore undertook remoter fellowship studies at The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, UK. Dr Breadmore is currently a senior lecturer at The University of Melbourne and an accredited MRI supervisor. With a special interest and wide-stretching wits in MRI, Dr Breadmore is a member of the American Roentgen Ray Society and Australian and New Zealand Society of Neuroradiologists.   Dr Tony French Dr Tony French qualified with an MBBS from Melbourne University in 1977; his fellowship in radiology was granted in 1985. Dr French continues as a director of Western medical Imaging, joining as a partner and Director of lake Imaging in 2011. Dr French has been the Director of Radiology at St John of God Hospital since 2007 and been a visiting specialist at Stawell Regional Health since 2006. Dr French has specific interests in Cardiac CT; stuff level A accredited, thoracic radiology and musculoskeletal radiology. Dr Vince Mercuri Dr Mercuri completed his medical stratum at The University of Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospital. He trained in Radiology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. During this time he undertook a six month Breast Imaging Fellowship at Essendon and Northwestern Breastscreen. This was followed by remoter Fellowship training in MRI and Neuroradiology at Addenbrookes’s Hospital, Cambridge , UK. In 1998 Dr Mercuri completed Sabbatical training in musculoskeletal imaging at University of L’Aquila, Italy.   From 1989 - 2008 Dr Mercuri worked at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne as a consultant Radiologist as well as an visit at St Vincent’s Hospital Breastscreen.   Vince was awarded a 2006 Churchill Fellowship to study “MRI screening for breast cancer in Women at High Risk”. This was undertaken at The Memorial and Sloan Kettering Centre in New York and at The Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.   In 2007/08 Dr Mercuri completed a six month Sabbatical training in Cardiac Imaging at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois and is an accredited specialist in Cardiac Imaging   Dr Mercuri has been an examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiology since 2005 and is currently Co-lead examiner in Breast Imaging.   Dr Mercuri joined Lake Imaging in 2008.   Dr Clair Shadbolt Clair Shadbolt obtained her medical stratum from Otago University in Dunedin and unstipulated radiology training at Auckland Hospital in New Zealand surpassing spending her final year of training in London at the Hammersmith and Royal Marsden Hospitals. She moreover gained wits at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.  Clair commenced two years of MRI Fellowship in the USA, in 2000 at the University of California, Irvine, in Musculoskeletal and Neuro MRI, followed by an Oncology/Body MRI fellowship at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center in New York City working with Hedvig Hricak an international expert in GYN and prostate MRI. On her return, Clair worked at the Alfred Hospital reporting rectal MRI and is currently at The Women's Hospital undertaking MRI in both healthful and malignant GYN diseases and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne standing her interest in Body/Oncology and Breast MRI. Clair specialises in male and sexuality pelvic MRI examinations for Lake Imaging. Clair has authored several peer-reviewed periodical wares and has presented papers/posters at both local and international radiology meetings.   Dr Behdin Abed Dr Behdin Abed is a Consultant Radiologist, working full time at the Lake Imaging. Following completion of a Medical Doctorate stratum in 2003, he gained wide-stretching work wits as a medical officer in various surgical and medical subspecialties as well as unstipulated practice. This includes three years of service registrar in Ear Nose and Throat andThroneand Neck surgery departments. Upon successful completion of a Diploma of SurgicalTorsoand his radiology training at the University of Melbourne and Barwon Medical Imaging in Geelong, he completed a fellowship in breast imaging and had remoter training in MRI and CT Coronary Angiography. He has a special interest in musculoskeletal MRI as well asThroneand Neck and Dental imaging. Behdin is a strong parishioner that the healthy and collaborative undercurrent at Lake Imaging is a major freelancer to good patients care. He is passionate well-nigh team working and unchangingly welcomes phone calls from our referrers. Dr Henry Knipe Dr Henry Knipe is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Henry graduated with a Bachelor of Medical Science and a MBBS with First Class Honours from the University of Tasmania and a Master of Medicine (Radiology) from the University of Melbourne. He undertook his radiology training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Henry is a unstipulated radiologist with an interest in soul and MSK imaging and procedures. He has been a managing editor at Radiopaedia.org since 2014 and volunteers with the Australian-based charity, RadiologyWidenessBorders . Dr Sankar Mondal Dr Sankar Mondal joined the Lake imaging group in May this year. He brings with him a lot of wits from QLD and still older from Bahamas and India. He had his initial Radiology training from AIIMS New Delhi then had FRCR from UK and FRANZCR. He has been working in Queensland for well-nigh last 7 years surpassing joining LI. He works in all modalities including intervention. Dr Mihir Patel Dr Mihir Patel is a Dual trained radiologist who is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists as well as Australasian  Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists.    Dr Patel successfully completed his radiology training at Monash Health. Subsequently, he embarked on wide training in Nuclear Medicine and PET at St Vincent’s Hospital and Monash Health. Following completion of nuclear medicine training, he commenced work as a Consultant Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Specialist at Lake Imaging (Geelong region) and Barwon Health.    Dr Patel has a special interest in oncology and chest imaging.   Dr Ruzla Zakeer Dr. Ruzla Zakeer joined Lake Imaging in June 2018. She completed her Radiology training in Sri Lanka and moved to Royal Perth Hospital for 2 years of fellowship in soul imaging. Dr Zakeer obtained her fellowship under Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists in early 2017. While her return to Sri Lanka she held a position of Consultant Radiologist at Teaching Hospitals for 2 Years. Among her various wonk achievements, she obtained the most valuable Prof. S. N. B. Talwatte memorial gold medal for weightier performance in MD Radiology final examination.   Dr Giles Craig Dr Raj Sohawon Dr Maurice Goodear Dr Peter Carmen Dr John Bui Dr John Bui became a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) in 2016. After completing his Radiology training at John Hunter Hospital in northern NSW, he completed a 12-month Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship at The Prince Charles Hospital in Queensland and an spare 8 months of wide training in Paediatric Radiology at the Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children in Westmead NSW. Dr Bui has substantial wits wideness all imaging modalities, with a special interest in cardiothoracic and paediatric imaging.   Dr Neale Walters Dr John Nagorcka Dr Jan Riley Dr Ekaterina Alibrahim  Dr. Ekaterina Alibrahim - MBBS, BMedSc, FRANZCR, DDU (O&G) Ekaterina was involved in setting up the fetal MRI service at the Royal Women’s Hospital and gynaecological MRI service at Sunshine Hospital.    She has a keen interest in pursuing new technologies and is one of only three doctors in Australia currently accredited to perform MRgFUS [MRI guided focused ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids].          Our HistoryOur Mission and ValuesOur CommunityOur RadiologistsDr Alex MeakinDr Annabel KuekDr Behdin AbedDr Brendon FriesenDr Chien HoDr Clair ShadboltDr Cliff TrotmanDr Dan ArhanghelschiDr David WhitleyDr Don BarrieDr Ekaterina AlibrahimDr Giles CraigDr Henry KnipeDr Imogen O’MearaDr Jan RileyDr John BuiDr John NagorckaDr Ken KingDr Kim SimcoxDr Linda WestDr Lois ComberDr Manish MittalDr Maurice GoodearDr Mihir PatelDr Neale WaltersDr Peter CarmenDr Raef BoktorDr Raj SohawonDr Ross BreadmoreDr Ruzla ZakeerDr Sankar MondalDr Stefan KhoshDr Tony FrenchDr Vince MercuriOur PeopleOur NewsOur TechnologyOur Privacy Policy Follow Us For Staff Staff Email Staff Intranet Quick LinksWell-nighUs News Our People Careers Current Vacancies Contact Us Our Locations Computed Tomography (CT) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Pregnancy Ultrasound Mammography Nuclear Medicine Privacy Policy Locations Find Your Nearest Clinic Location © Lake Imaging. 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