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 Krunal Gajjar

MBBS, MsPH, FACEM

Krunal is a dual specialist in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care. He has completed his specialist training throughout Qld and has gained expertise in management of critically ill patients in a variety of challenging locations. He is currently working as a part-time consultant at Princess Alexandra Hospital to balance between the private and public healthcare system. He maintains his Education interest through UQ as an Associate Lecturer.

Dr Tunga Batiya

MBChB, FACEM, CCPU

Tunga is an Emergency Specialist consulting/working at Brisbane Northside Emergency. He also has a public appointment as sessional specialist in Northern NSW. He is an Australian trained and qualified Emergency physician and initially worked as a training registrar with BNE in 2015. Tunga moved to Australia in 2007 from Zimbabwe, commenced his internship in 2008 and Emergency medicine training at Ipswich General Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine. He has a special interest in Critical Care Sonography and Medical Education. He is very passionate about tailoring his patient’s unique needs to the resources that modern medicine is availing, and this requires taking time to listen and also staying up to date with current validated best practises.

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.

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 Dylan Siu

MBBS

Dylan Siu is an Emergency Medicine Specialist with an interest in paediatric emergency medicine.
He studied his Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Queensland, graduating in 2012. He completed his internship and residency at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and then spent 5 years training in Emergency Medicine, including rotations at the Queensland Children’s Hospital Emergency Department and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.

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