Your skin clinic
Welcome to Tamar Skin Clinic, where we promote skin health and aim to minimise the impact of environmental damage to your skin by monitoring and education.
We aim to ensure everyone is made to feel comfortable. Feel free to call us or book an appointment online.
Our Story, Our History
Servicing Northern Tasmania
A Podcast by Dr Susan Basson
Meet our Team
Dr Susan Basson
Dr Alison Timms
Dr Ishita Banerjee
Dr Ishita Banerjee is a GP Registrar undertaking training in skin cancer and general dermatology over the next six months and has appointments available on a Monday from the 28th of July.
She has special interest in skin cancer detection and management as well as general dermatology and has completed the Healthcert Professional Certificate of Dermoscopy.
When Ishita isn’t working at Tamar Skin Clinic, she in a GP at Kings Meadows and a Registrar Liaison Officer for Tasmania with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Dr Shadi Emamisadr
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)
Shadi graduated in 2009 and relocated from Western Australia to Launceston in 2020, where she continues to practice as a general practitioner and has obtained her fellowship in 2023.
Throughout Shadi's medical career in Australia, she has encountered a significant number of patients with skin cancer. Given that approximately two out of three Australians are diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime, and that GPs often serve as the first line of diagnosis and treatment, Shadi developed a strong interest in this area of medicine. To enhance her skills and better serve her patients, Shadi pursued further education through the Skin Cancer College, obtaining certificates in both Dermoscopy and Skin Cancer Medicine. These qualifications have equipped Shadi with the expertise to detect and manage skin cancers more effectively within general practice.
Outside of her professional life, Shadi enjoys gardening and spends much of her free time working in her vegetable garden, which provides both relaxation and a personal connection to nature.
Helen Gugliotti Crowe
Registered Nurse
Tegan Degroot
Registered NurseTegan worked as a Dental Assistant after completing year 12. She then graduated from UTAS in 2017 with a Bachelor of Nursing and has worked in acute care and general practice. Tegan has experience in wound care, chronic wound management, and is a Nurse immuniser.
Helena-McInnes
Registered NurseHelena has always worked as a healthcare professional. She commenced her career in paediatrics, at The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, in Sydney, 1986. She has travelled Australia nursing, returning to Tasmania as a senior Drug and Alcohol and Mental Health clinician. Helena has also held positions in ICU, cardiology, rehabilitation and ophthalmology specialties. She is keen to bring the learning from her varied experiences to Tamar Skin Clinic, with a strong focus on patient centred care.
Heather
Enrolled NurseHeather has gained valuable experience and knowledge of chronic health and wound management, initially working in aged care for many years, then with The Department of Health in rural hospitals and vaccination clinics during the pandemic. More recently working in obstetrics and gynaecology and non-emergency ambulance.
The skills gained, both practical and interpersonal, continue to guide her professional decision making as a nurse.
Karen Wharton
DermoscopistAdvanced Certificate of Dermoscopy (HealthCert)
Professional Certificate of Dermoscopy (HealthCert),
Graduate Diploma in Dermal Therapy
Karen has 12 years of skin experience and is an experienced Dermoscopist – someone who can diagnose skin cancers through thorough skin checks and body photography.
She is not a doctor or a nurse, she is a Dermal Therapist and has trained in the field of Dermoscopy.
To date Karen has gained experience through doing skin checks for the corporate sector but wishes to move into the private practice.
She will refer any abnormal findings to one of the Doctors, who then decides on management.
