Our doctors
Our team are highly-skilled specialists in emergency medical care. Their combined qualifications and experience provide the degree of capability which enables BNE to provide the highest quality patient care.
Dr Phillip Kay
Director, BNE
MBBS Dip.RACOG FRACGP FACEM FIFEM
Dr Phillip Kay was the first Specialist in Emergency Medicine to enter the private sector in 1987 at Pindara on the Gold Coast. Since then, as well as consulting in business performance and strategy for a major health company with 26 hospitals, he has developed multiple private emergency units around Australia for different hospital operators. This makes him the most experienced private sector emergency medicine specialist in Australia.
Dr Kay has performed Director roles in both public and private sector emergency departments located across south-east Queensland. He is also the Director of Emergency Medicine at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane (a large tertiary university hospital and trauma centre). Dr Kay is passionate about providing private patients with an alternative venue which meets their health needs and provides choice.
Dr Roy Mulcahy
Director, BNE
MBBCh, DA, FRCS, FACEM
In 2001, Dr Roy Mulcahy teamed up with Dr Kay to co-direct BNE. Dr Mulcahy has an extremely broad set of clinical skills, combining surgical and anaesthetic experience with his specialist qualification in emergency medicine.
Dr Mulcahy has worked in both the public and private sectors in Australia as well as in the United Kingdom. Currently, he practices primarily at BNE, however he also maintains a part-time role as Consultant Emergency Physician at Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Prof David Ian Ward
MBBS MPH&TM FACEM FACTM pjrcsp
Prof David Ward graduated MBBS 1996 from the University of Queensland. He completed his internship and residency at Princess Alexandra Hospital, and then undertook five years full-time service with the Australian Regular Army. He is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Health (QUT), and an Adjunct Lecturer with the Centre for Military and Veteran’s Health (UQ).
Through his military and civilian careers, David has qualifications in helicopter evacuation, underwater medicine, military logistics, and pre-hospital trauma life support. He is keenly interested in research, and has published papers in international journals and presented at international conferences. He has a particular interest in drug and alcohol prevention, relating to his experiences as a Specialist in Emergency Medicine.
Dr Tim Harding
FACEM, MBBS, BAppSc
Dr Tim Harding graduated from Flinders University medical school in Adelaide before moving to Queensland where he completed specialist training in emergency medicine and obtained fellowship with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine.
He has worked throughout south-east Queensland in both adult and paediatric emergency medicine. As a senior lecturer with the UQ School of Medicine, he has ongoing involvement in the training and education of medical students.
Dr Harding has published original research in the Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
Dr Zoltan Galambos
MD, FACEM, CCPU
Dr Zoltan Galambos is an Emergency Physician with special interest in point of care ultrasound. He initially completed his training in general surgery in Europe. After moving to Australia, his interest shifted to emergency medicine. He currently holds a fellowship with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine and a Certificate of Clinician-performed Ultrasound with the Australian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine. His passion is teaching ultrasound and playing soccer for the Australian Medical Football team.
Dr Simon Rhode
IBPH MBBS FACEM
Dr Simon Rhode worked as a Pharmacist in Adelaide before transitioning to medicine, studying at Flinders University. He moved to Queensland and joined the emergency training program working through different hospitals and positions including adult and paediatric emergency, intensive care and internal medicine. He has a specialist interest in overseas aid work, having spent time in Cambodia, Laos and Vanuatu.
Dr Paul Bailey
MBBS RACOG FACEM
Dr Paul Bailey completed his medical degree at Monash University in 1983, and completed a Diploma in Obstetrics in 1987. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine in 1995. After moving from Victoria to Brisbane in 2006, he has since worked at BNE as a Specialist Emergency Physician. Dr Bailey has a special interest in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Dr Hesley Fuentes
MBBS Colombia
Since moving to Australia in 2007, Dr Hesley Fuentes has worked in different emergency departments in both Sydney and Brisbane. Currently, he is a dual Advance Trainee in Emergency and Intensive Care. He has a keen interest in patient-orientated outcomes and above-standard care. He is passionate about coffee roasting and permaculture life.
Dr Muhammad Akbar
MBBCh
Dr Muhammad Akbar completed his undergraduate training in South Africa before moving to the UK. After working for three years in the NHS, he moved to Brisbane to undertake emergency medicine training. A former retrieval doctor with LifeFlight, Dr Akbar has worked in emergency settings throughout Queensland.
Contact details
627 Rode Road, Chermside
Phone: (07) 3326 3320
Email: info@emergencybne.com.au
GPs and Paramedics
Phone: (07) 3326 3303
To fax a referral: (07) 3359 6305
Our location
Wendy E
Terrific care and service, absolutely no hesitation if a problem to go to BNE.
James L
Best private emergency in Brisbane, friendly staff, efficient service.
Albert T
Fantastic service! Promptly admitted within 10-15min. Very attentive, courteous and caring staff. Much better than waiting in a public waiting room…
Manny S
Seen both times within minutes, test and results received within an hour. Top quality service, very proficient doctors. Worth every dollar spent. 5 stars