The GP Show
by Dr Sam Manger
The GP Show is where curious health professionals from all backgrounds come to think differently about health.Hosted by GP Dr Sam Manger, alongside co-hosts Dr Rob Park and Dr Ashlea Broomfield, each episode brings together leading voices from around the world to explore medicine, whole-person care, and the systems shaping modern healthcare.Thoughtful, practical, and refreshingly real, for health professionals who want more than just the textbook.Listen on all podcast platforms. And find more at http://thegpshow.com/
Episodes
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#228 Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) with Professor Pete Smith
Professor Pete Smith is an allergist and immunologist with a PhD in molecular immunology. After training at Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL's Institute of Child Health in London, he returned to Australia to found Queensland Allergy Services. Pete is an active member of the Australasian…
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#227 Asthma - Moving beyond the blue puffer with Dr Brett Montgomery
Time to clear the air, smooth the pipes and maybe even save the planet at the same time. The Australian asthma guidelines have changed, and this episode genuinely changed what I'll be reaching for first when I next treat a patient with asthma. Dr Brett Montgomery, Chair of the National Asthma...
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#226 Energy Limiting Disorders with Dr Jason Lam
Dr Jason Lam is a GP with a Masters of Sports Medicine and was the inaugural Crichton Dance Medicine Fellow with the Australian Ballet. He is a registrar with the Australian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians and is involved in medical education, publication and research. He is on the...
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#225 A GP's Guide to Allergies with Dr. Alison Muller
Twenty-five years ago, having a baby daughter struggling with severe hives turned GP Dr. Alison Muller into an accidental allergy guru - and general practice has been better for it since. She unpacks IgE vs non-IgE reactions, why 10% of one-year-olds now have a genuine food allergy, why smearing...
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#224 Clean Slate Clinic with Dr Chris Davis
Dr Chris Davis is a GP, Co-Founder and CMO of the Clean Slate Clinic, Australia's leading virtual detox and recovery service, and an Addiction Specialist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. He established the Clean Slate Clinic in Sydney for primary care alcohol withdrawal and recovery services,...
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#223 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) with Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni is one of Australia's leading psychiatrists and researchers specialising in women's mental health. She is the Director of the HER Centre Australia (Health, Education and Research for Women's Mental Health) and Professor of Psychiatry at Monash University. Professor...
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#222 Perimenopausal Mental Health with Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni is one of Australia's leading psychiatrists and researchers specialising in women's mental health. She is the Director of the HER Centre Australia (Health, Education and Research for Women's Mental Health) and Professor of Psychiatry at Monash University. Professor...
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#221 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) with Dr David Fineberg
Dr David Fineberg is a General Practitioner and PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne whose research focuses on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID. He is the founding clinician of the ME Research Clinic (MERC), a translational research hub dedicated…
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#220 Loose Joints, Lax Ligaments, and Liquid Gold: Musculoskeletal Medicine for Hypermobility with Dr Rob Illingworth
Many of us have patients with hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who we work hard to help. As our understanding of these complex multisystem conditions grows, understanding that it doesn't just affect joints but potentially autonomic function, cardiovascular health, digestion, and producing...
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#219 Fast Facts in Sexual and Reproductive Health with Dr Sara Whitburn
Dr. Sara Whitburn is the Medical Director of Sexual Health Victoria, Chair of the RACGP Sexual and Reproductive Health Special Interest Group, and a Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health at the University of Melbourne. Her clinical and advocacy interests span STIs, unplanned pregnancy, genital health,...
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#218 Workers' Compensation with Greg Spinda
Ever found yourself staring at a workers' compensation or insurance form, pen in hand, quietly wondering what on earth you're supposed to write in half these boxes? You're in good company. Most of us learned this stuff the same way, watching someone else do it, nodding along, and then absolutely...
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#217 Men's Sexual Health with Dr Sama Balasubramanian
Dr Sama Balasubramanian is a General Practitioner and Sexual Health Physician, Fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine and Fellow of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine. He holds an Advanced Masters in Psychosexual Health and is Chair of the Training Committee in Sexual...
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#216 Climate and Health in General Practice: Practical Approaches for Clinicians with Dr Kate Wylie
In this episode of The GP Show, Dr Ashlea Broomfield and Dr Kate Wylie explore why climate change is a pressing human health issue and what it means for general practice. Throughout the discussion, Dr Wylie explains how changing environments affect our patients and the way we practice medicine…
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#215 GLP-1 agonists in Obesity Management with Dr Terri-Lynne South
Dr Terri-Lynne South is a dual-qualified GP and Accredited Practising Dietitian and Chair of RACGP Specific Interests Obesity Management Group, with over 25 years of clinical experience in metabolic health, diabetes, cardiovascular risk, menopause and weight management. As founder and medical...
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#214 Doctors, Dragons, and Delirious laughter with Dungeon Master Dr Chris Timms
Medicine is serious work — but that doesn't mean doctors can't have fun. In this special episode of The GP Show, Drs Rob Park, Ash Broomfield, and Sam Manger get together to put the guidelines down, pick the dice up, and step into the wonderful world of Doctors and Dragons. Joined by GP and Game...
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#213 RAVES Model for Eating Disorders with Shane Jeffries
In this episode of The GP Show, Dr Ashlea Broomfield speaks with accredited practising dietitian Shane Jeffries about the RAVES Eating Model - a structured, adaptable framework for understanding and supporting eating patterns in general practice. Originally developed for eating disorders, RAVES…
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#212 Gender-Affirming Therapy with Dr Mihal Goodman-Jones and Dr Holly Inglis
Dr Ashlea Broomfield is joined by Dr Mihal Goodman-Jones and Dr Holly Inglis to discuss the release of the Australian Standards of Care for Informed Consent Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (2025). In this episode, the panel unpacks what's included in the new AusPATH Standards and why they matter...
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#211 Palliative Care with Dr Susie Muir
If you're a GP or frontline clinician who wants a calm, practical update on palliative care without wading through a textbook, this episode is a high-yield listen. Through four realistic cases (breathlessness and panic, malignant bowel obstruction in aged care, cancer pain and nausea in a younger...
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#210 Defeat Diabetes (and Injuries) with Professor Peter Bruckner OAM
Dr Peter Brukner OAM is a world renowned sport and exercise physician who has played a leading role in the development of sports medicine both in Australia and internationally. Peter is the founding partner of the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne and Professor of Sports Medicine…
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#209 Anatomy Reborn: How Renaissance Italy Remade Medical Education with Professor Richard Hays
Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Emeritus Professor Richard Hays, a well known clinical and academic GP serving rural and regional Australia. In the 1990s he became the Professor of General Practice and Rural Health at the newly established North Queensland Clinical School (NQCS) which allowed...
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#208 Holistic Women's Health with Dr Peta Wright
Host Dr Ashlea Broomfield is joined by Dr Peta Wright, Gynaecologist, Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecologist, Fertility Specialist and Founder of Vera Wellness. Peta is the author of Healing Pelvic Pain, published in 2023, a book about transforming the trauma of period pain, endometriosis and...
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#207 Dysautonomia and POTS with Dr Brendan Hanrahan
Dr Brendan Hanrahan is a General Physician with over two decades of experience in evidence-based medicine. Dr Hanrahan maintains an active general medicine clinic and inpatient practice, specialising in managing complex medical issues and diagnostic challenges. His primary focus and specialized...
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#206 Pay Attention: To the ADHD Doctor with Dr Chris Soo
Host Dr Rob Park sits down with Dr Chris Soo — a GP with a special interest in ADHD to explore a topic that is both highly important and topical right now, with Queensland moving to allow GPs to diagnose and prescribe ADHD medications for adults from Dec 1 2025, and other states expected to…
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Replay #173 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with Professor Mark Bellgrove
Replay from July 2023, host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Professor Mark Bellgrove, the Director of Research at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, and a Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. Professor Bellgrove leads a...
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#205 Everlab with Dr Steven Lu
Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Dr Steven Lu, a GP and Founder of Everlab, an Australian preventative health company using personalized, data-driven care to detect, prevent, and reverse disease risks. Steven is also a keen medical educator and on the RACGP Victoria Council. Everlab is one of...
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#204 Digital Healthcare with Dr Amandeep Hansra
Dr Amandeep Hansra is a multi-award winning GP and leader in digital health and innovation in Australia with 18 years of clinical experience. She is known for her work as a digital health consultant, entrepreneur and investor. She has been a Digital Health Adviser with the Australian Digital…
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#203 Behind the Mics with Dr Sam Manger, Dr Ashlea Broomfield and Dr Rob Park
Hosts Dr Sam Manger, Dr Ashlea Broomfield and Dr Rob Park sit down together for the very first time to introduce ourselves and briefly share our stories — from diverse backgrounds in general practice and medical education to our shared passion for advancing holistic, evidence-based care. Our trio...
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#202 Time to Represent! With Dr Eleanor Chew
Host Dr Rob Park is joined by Dr. Eleanor Chew, GP of 40 years, RACGP board chair, AMA Queensland chair, and Medal of the Order of Australia recipient. Ever wondered how GPs go from clinic rooms to shaping the future of healthcare on state and national stages? In this episode, Dr. Eleanor Chew...
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#201 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine in General Practice with Dr Tony Chen
Host Dr Rob Park is joined by dual-trained radiologist and nuclear medicine specialist Dr Tony Chen to explore medical imaging relevant to everyday general practice. Navigating scans, screening programs, and radiation risks can be confusing and in this episode, Dr. Tony Chen unpacks what GPs…
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#200 Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy with Dr Paul Liknaitzky
Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Dr Paul Liknaitzky, Head of the Clinical Psychedelic Lab and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Monash University. He has played a central role in establishing the field of clinical psychedelic research in Australia, and is the principal...
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#199 Let's talk about Sex(ology) with Dr Ashlea Broomfield
What really drives desire, and how can GPs (and the rest of us) talk about it with confidence? In this episode, Dr. Ashlea Broomfield — GP, sexologist, and mind-body therapist — takes us inside the world of libido and sexual wellbeing. With warmth and clarity, she shares practical ways to make...
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#198 The RACGP explained with Dr Michael Wright
Ever wondered what the President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) actually does — or what it's like to carry the hopes (and frustrations) of 40,000 GPs on your shoulders? In this episode, GP and President of the RACGP Dr Michael Wright pulls back the curtain on...
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#197 Doing More with Less with Dr Ed Poliness
In a time when lettuce costs are skyrocketing and healthcare access is slipping out of reach for many, how can GPs continue to deliver excellent care with dwindling resources? In this compelling conversation, Dr. Rob Park speaks with Dr. Edmund Poliness — medical director of Wathaurong Aboriginal...
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#196 Cultural Conversations and the Water Well Project with Dr Linny Phuong
How do you explain a blood test, a referral, or even shared decision-making when the entire healthcare system is foreign to your patient? In this deeply thoughtful and practical episode, Dr. Linny Phuong, paediatric infectious diseases physician and founder of the award-winning Water Well…
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#195 Trauma-Informed Primary Care and Sense of Safety with Dr Johanna Lynch
Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Dr Johanna Lynch, an Australian General Practitioner who has spent the last 15 years working as a psychotherapist with adult survivors of childhood trauma and neglect. She founded a transdisciplinary trauma-informed clinic in Brisbane named Integrate Place which...
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#194 Antibiotic Therapeutic Guidelines Update with Dr Geoffrey Spurling
Host Dr. Rob Park joins forces with the ever-curious Dr. Geoffrey Spurling to unpack the most important updates from the recent Therapeutic Guideline on Antibiotics. Think doxycycline for kids (yes, really), a new first-line antibiotic for UTIs (if they're even needed?!), and why you might need…
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#193 Answering Challenging Questions and the Media with Dr Michael Bonning
In his inaugural episode, host Dr Rob Park is joined by Dr Michael Bonning, GP, past NSW AMA President, media spokesperson and advocate to explore how we can answer difficult questions in the media with clarity, confidence, and care. From TikTok trends to political hot potatoes, today's patients...
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#192 Primary Care to Disadvantaged Communities with Dr Tim Senior
Dr Tim Senior has worked as a GP at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in Campbelltown, South-West Sydney for the last 18 years. Prior to this he has worked in Central Australia, the Torres Strait and the UK, each time in low-income communities.…
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#191 Future of Nutrition Science with Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore is a Brazilian-born, Canadian-raised, Australian-made keynote speaker, scientist, space nutritionist and entrepreneur. An alumna of the University of Toronto, she earned an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences, followed by a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics…
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#190 Men in Mind with Dr Zac Seidler
Dr Zac Seidler is a clinical psychologist, researcher and leading men's mental health expert. He currently holds dual roles as Global Director of Men's Health Research at Movember and Senior Research Fellow with Orygen at the University of Melbourne. Through his research and PhD, Zac has…
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#189 Sleep with Professor Shantha Rajaratnam
Professor Shantha Rajaratnam is Professor of Sleep and Circadian Medicine and Head of the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. He is Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation and Chair of the Monash Sleep Network. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical...
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#188 Bipolar Disorders with Professor Michael Berk
Professor Michael Berk is a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and is Alfred Deakin Chair of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health. He is Past President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and heads major research initiatives including the NHMRC Centre of Research...
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#187 Menopause with Professor Susan Davis
Professor Susan Davis is Director of the Monash University Women's Health Research Program, NHMRC Leadership 3 Investigator and Head of the Women's Endocrine Clinic at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Susan is an internationally recognised expert on sex hormones and ageing, including menopause and its...
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#186 Private Healthcare in Australia with Dr Rachel David
Dr Rachel David is the CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, the private health insurance industry's peak representative body that currently has 22 registered health funds throughout Australia and collectively represents 98% of people covered by private health insurance. Dr David was a medical...
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#185 Deprescribing Psychotropic Medications with Dr Mark Horowitz
Dr Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist, split between UK and Australia, working in London as a Clinical Research Fellow in the NHS and an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at University College London. He has completed a PhD in the neurobiology of depression and the pharmacology of...
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#184 Long COVID with Dr Emma Tippett
Dr Emma Tippett MBBS FRACP, PhD completed her medical degree in 2012 and underwent specialist Infectious Disease Physician training in Melbourne and completed her PhD at the Burnet Institute. Since the beginning of the pandemic she has been immersed in all facets of COVID-19 and established one…
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#183 The Future of Primary Care with Tracey Johnson
Tracey Johnson is the CEO of Inala Primary Care, a charitable general practice in Queensland's most disadvantaged suburban location and co-founder of Cubiko, a practice dashboard software solution. The IPC model was named as one of four which should be adopted nationally under the 10 Year Health...
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#182 Scalp, Hair Disorders and Doctor's Wellbeing with Dr Ahmed Kazmi
Dr Ahmed Kazmi is a UK trained Dermatologist and GP currently based in Melbourne, Australia. He loves all dermatology but has a special interest in hair and scalp disorders, transgender medicine and skin of colour dermatology. He is a keen medical educationalist and enjoys empowering his GP...
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#181 Culinary Nutrition with Emma Stirling
Emma Stirling is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, Director of Scoop Nutrition consultancy and award-winning nutrition communicator. She is also a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academic Lead for the Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition at the Australian...
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#180 Social Connection in Healthcare with Professor Judy Lowthian
Professor Judy Lowthian leads a multidisciplinary research team as Head of Research and Principal Research Fellow at Bolton Clarke, a national not-for-profit aged and community care provider. She is an Adjunct Professor with University of Queensland's Faculty of Health and Associate Professor…
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About this show
The GP Show is where curious health professionals from all backgrounds come to think differently about health.Hosted by GP Dr Sam Manger, alongside co-hosts Dr Rob Park and Dr Ashlea Broomfield, each episode brings together leading voices from around the world to explore medicine, whole-person care, and the systems shaping modern healthcare.Thoughtful, practical, and refreshingly real, for health professionals who want more than just the textbook.Listen on all podcast platforms. And find more at http://thegpshow.com/
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Dr Sam Manger