About Us
Meet our medical team
Dr Chris Zappala
Dr Zappala is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician. He achieved his MBBS(Hons) at the University of Queensland and underwent his advanced training at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital. Dr Zappala worked for two years in London at the Royal Brompton Hospital where he began his interest and research in interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. He has an active interest in airways disease and sleep apnoea also.
His research interests include examining how change in serial pulmonary function and chest imaging describe disease behaviour and predict survival in interstitial lung disease, epidemiology of pulmonary hypertension, assessing diffuse lung diseases at baseline.
Dr Zappala is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Australian Medical Association.
Dr Zappala consults at Wesley Medical Centre and St Stephen’s Hospital Hervey Bay.
For an appointment with Dr Chris Zappala, please call 07 3371 0500 .
Dr Farzad Bashirzadeh
Dr Bashirzadeh is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician. He obtained his medical degree in Iran and completed his FRACP training at The Canberra Hospital and Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital in Brisbane. Farzad has completed further training in interventional bronchoscopy including Thoraxklinik Heidelberg and robotic bronchoscopy at Intuitive Surgical in US.
Farzad specialises in interventional pulmonology and pleural disease, with expertise in the diagnosis and management of lung cancer using advanced techniques such as robotic bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), narrow band imaging (NBI) bronchoscopy, bronchial stenting, and medical thoracoscopy. He also performs endobronchial lung volume reduction procedures for patients with severe COPD in both public and private settings.
He provides consultation for a wide range of respiratory conditions, including lung cancer, asthma, emphysema, sleep-disordered breathing, chronic cough, sarcoidosis, occupation lung disease, pleural disease, and other complex pulmonary disorders.
Dr Bashirzadeh is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society.
Farzad consults at Wesley Medical Centre, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital Hervey Bay and Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton.
For an appointment with Dr Farzad Bashirzadeh, please call 07 3871 0033.
Dr Geoff Fanning
Queensland trained Respiratory and Sleep Physician. He completed his medical degree from the University of Queensland in 2009. Dr Fanning undertook his respiratory training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Logan Hospital and completed his Sleep Fellowship at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Dr Fanning currently holds Staff Specialist Respiratory and Sleep Physician positions at the Mater Public Hospital and Logan Hospital.
Dr Fanning’s interests include emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, bronchiectasis, pleural disease and lung cancer. In addition, he is interested in both respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders.
Dr Fanning is trained in bronchoscopy, including endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), and pleural disease management. He is committed to providing a high standard of care to his patients, with consideration of their individual circumstances and practical needs. Dr Fanning has a strong focus on communication with patients, family, and the wider care team.
Dr Fanning Consults at Greater Springfield Specialist Suites and Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton.
For an appointment with Dr Geoff Fanning, please call 07 5322 5904.
Dr Alistair Cook
Dr Alistair Cook is a Respiratory Physician who graduated from the University of Queensland and completed his training at Logan and Gold Coast University Hospitals. He has since completed fellowships in Severe Asthma at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, and Interventional
receiving advanced asthma treatments.
Dr Cook has a public position at RBWH, and he has recently commenced seeing patients in private practice and has appointments available for immediate consultation. Dr Cook has broad expertise and is happy to be involved in the care of all general respiratory conditions. His subspecialty interests are difficult asthma, COPD, lung cancer and bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound.
Dr Russell Goudge
Dr Goudge is a consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician with over 20
years experience in the management of a wide variety of respiratory and
sleep disorders. After graduating from the University of Melbourne in
1992, Dr Goudge began his medical career at the Austin hospital and he
continued this tertiary hospital association throughout his working life.
Dr Goudge has been in private practice in Bundoora for 18 years and has
a particular interest in asthma, COPD, interstitial lung diseases, chronic
cough, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and narcolepsy.
Dr Goudge has relocated to Hervey Bay, with available appointment, please call 07 4313 1170 to book.