Meet The Team at Cambridge Podiatry
Debbie Liu
Debbie graduated from the University of Western Australia with a degree in Doctor of Podiatric Medicine in 2018. Prior to this she completed 3 years of Bachelor of Science majoring in Biomedical Science.
Since graduating she has worked in a number of healthcare settings. These include private practises, nursing homes and retirement villages across Perth. She now has nearly 3 years of experience working as a Podiatrist and have gained extensive knowledge and skills in the treatment of lower limb conditions.
Debbie is a caring and friendly Podiatrist, and she strongly believes in providing a thorough and holistic approach to treating lower limb conditions, as every individual is unique and must be treated in their own way. She is passionate about treating all areas of lower limb conditions, particularly general foot care, diabetic foot assessment and management, musculoskeletal conditions, prescription of foot orthoses, and ingrown toenail treatments and surgery.
Over the last three years Debbie has attended numerous conferences and continuing education events to continuously update and polish her knowledge and skillset to ensure that she provides the most up to date and evidence-based practise. These include as the annual Podiatry WA day, Diabetic foot conference, and more recently a workshop on the latest 3D printed custom foot orthoses.
Debbie migrated to Australia with her family over 17 years ago from China, and Perth is where they have lived for the past 15 years. As a result, she speaks both fluent Mandarin and English.
Outside of work Debbie enjoys the outdoors. These include activities such as hiking, cycling and playing social badminton. As she leads such an active lifestyle, she has also experienced first-hand and seen many feet related conditions from herself and the people around her. Through this she has furthered her understanding of the importance of our feet and the need to care for them.
When she is home, she also enjoys taking the time to relax, spend time with family and friends, and work on her other hobby-painting. Debbie likes to do a variety of portraits, landscapes and abstract art with the use of different paint medium such as acrylic, watercolour and oil.
Sarah Kearney
I graduated from Queen Margaret university Edinburgh in 2014. Since graduating I have worked in Ireland and New Zealand as a podiatrist. I have experience in many different areas including shockwave therapy, foot mobilisation, ingrown toenail, corn and calluses, warts and biomechanics.
I have a keen interest in all aspects of podiatry especially the treatment of ingrown toenails both conservatively and surgically. In my spare time I love going to the gym, reading and travelling.
Adrian Dawson
Adrian is passionate about helping people return to movement. He is particularly skilled at identifying and addressing problematic areas to speed up your recovery and leave you with lasting results. Adrian feels that podiatry is a very rewarding career, and loves seeing patients achieving milestones and attaining their goals. With close to 10 years of private practise experience, Adrian possesses magnificent attention to detail and extensive clinical knowledge of feet and their stressors. He brings unique expertise to the team at Cambridge Podiatry, with a variety of treatment tools and techniques at his disposal, that is able to be tailored towards each individual. During your appointment, rest assured that Adrian will educate you on your foot health, to ensure that you have a clear understanding of your condition and approach going forward.
Adrian’s main area of interest lies in biomechanics. This excitement stems from years of playing sport and recreational activities including netball, basketball, long-distance running and obstacle course racing.
Together with being a podiatrist, Adrian also completed a course in custom footwear design with RMIT and has hand-made multiple shoes from scratch. On a personal note, Adrian enjoys taking Yoga classes, cooking and reading. Adrian consults in Wembley, Balcatta and Mt Hawthorn.
Grace Wan
Grace graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine in 2018. She graduated with Distinction and was awarded the Dean’s Prize in Podiatric Medicine, which is a prize awarded to the graduating student with the highest course weighted average mark. Whilst studying, Grace completed clinical placements in Perth (ArchRite Podiatry, Bentley Health Service, Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Fremantle Hospital, Perth Children’s Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital) and Singapore (East Coast Podiatry, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital). Prior to this, Grace also graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 2015 specialising in a Biomedical Science double major (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) from the same university.
Grace has gained valuable experience working in both private and public health sectors in Perth and Singapore. Since graduating, she has completed further training and is skilled in providing dry needling, electroacupuncture, joint mobilisation, Swift therapy, and shock wave therapy. Grace also provides general podiatry services such as routine nail care, removal of corns and calluses, fungal nail and skin treatment, wart treatment, orthotic therapy (custom and off-the-shelf), and footwear education. She continues to expand her knowledge by regularly attending professional development seminars on topics such as podiatric surgery, advancements in orthotic prescription and footwear, medical grade footwear prescription, optimisation of running biomechanics, barefoot rehabilitation, and cancer rehabilitation.
Grace has a keen interest in all aspects of podiatry, especially in the treatment of ingrown toenails (conservative and surgical), musculoskeletal conditions (e.g. Morton’s neuromas, heel pain, Achilles tendinopathy, etc.), and the management of patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes (via neurovascular assessments and comprehensive education for the prevention or management of associated foot complications). Having experience working in hospitals, Grace is also proficient in the management of high-risk feet in patients with diabetes, renal disease, and other conditions that may cause peripheral vascular impairment.
In her spare time, Grace enjoys keeping fit, indoor rock-climbing, and visiting local cafes and farmer’s markets. Grace would love to assist you with any podiatric needs and will strive to help you achieve your treatment goals.
Michelle Chi (Currently on Maternity Leave)
Michelle graduated with a Bachelor of Podiatric Medicine in 2011 from the University of Western Australia. During her studies she completed clinical podiatry placements in community health, public hospitals and private clinic settings. She has been a podiatrist now for nearly 10 years, working in private clinics. She loves being a part of the community and helping patients.
Michelle is proficient in all aspects of general podiatry including treatment of unmanageable toenails (e.g. thick toenails, fungal toenails, ingrown toenails) as well as corn & callus removal. She has completed further training in dry needling, mobilisation, Swift therapy for warts and Shockwave therapy. Michelle treats foot and ankle pain including plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis and forefoot pain e.g. neuroma’s & bursitis. She uses evidence based medicine and can arrange for custom orthotics when required.
Michelle keeps up to date with advances in the podiatry field with continued professional development seminars. The sessions cover practical aspects of podiatry including orthotic prescription, barefoot exercises and podiatric surgery. She also attends yearly conferences held by Diabetes WA to update her knowledge of the diabetic foot.
Michelle enjoys all aspects of podiatry including general treatment (toenails, corns & calluses), foot & ankle pain, ingrown toenail surgery, orthotic prescriptionand wart treatment. She loves getting to know her patients and help them achieve pain free feet. Michelle can also speak Mandarin to assist patients where needed.
Aside from work, Michelle enjoys spending time at the park with her baby daughter, and going to Melbourne to visit her twin sister.
Jugat Kaur (Currently on Maternity Leave)
Jugat is one of our Senior Podiatrists at Cambridge Podiatry/Balcatta Podiatry. She graduated with Distinctions in 2014 from Podiatric Medicine at the University of Western Australia. Having gone straight into Private practice work since finishing her studies, Jugat now has over 7 years experience in Podiatry and treatments of the lower limb.
Jugat really is your ‘local Podiatrist’, she loves treating all aspects of the lower limb and wants to ensure she fixes your feet with the most up to date treatments and methods. You can see Jugat for anything from Routine Nail and Skin care, to Diabetes management of the feet and lower limbs, to serious sporting injuries which require treatment and management of the lower limb and biomechanics analysis, to prescription of orthotics to ensure correct foot form and function going forward.
Jugat has been lucky enough to attend trainings and further education in some of the following Podiatric disciplines through courses:
Mobilisation Techniques – 2016
Dry Needling and Western Medical Acupuncture – 2017
Advanced Orthotic therapy – 2017
Further to these advanced courses, Jugat also continues to gain further knowledge skills in the following treatment modalities of Podiatric practice, through on going attendance at continuing education events. Some of the areas of interest that Jugat has attended further trainings include: Dermatology of the feet and nails, Custom Orthotic therapy, Trigger point Dry Needling, Barefoot Rehabilitation and Exercise prescription, Diabetes and the Feet, Shockwave therapy, Knee Rehabilitation, Footwear prescription. Jugat continues to maintain further education in all area’s of Podiatry, to ensure she is providing you with gold standard treatments in Podiatric care. Jugat is also one of our Clinical Service Coordinators and helps manage our growing team, providing support to our Clinical staff across all of or clinics.
Although Jugat loves treating all aspects of Podiatry, her special interest lies in the correction of Biomechanical instabilities through the use of Orthotic Therapy and Footwear prescription. From chronic injuries that just don’t want to get better, to rehabilitation after acute injury that has impeded your daily or sporting activities, Jugat loves to help you and your feet work at their functional best and uses the most up to date prescription methods to make sure that your orthotics are comfortable and fit into the shoes that YOU like to wear, as well as those that are correct for your feet.
In her spare time, Jugat enjoys living an active lifestyle with training regimes that include HIIT, Strength Training, Running and a little lifting sometimes too. Jugat has also been taking part in Bhangra (a North Indian dance form) competitions in Australia with her Bhangra team for the past many years. This leads to her understanding and keenness to help those with chronic injuries from sport and from dance in particular, as she has also suffered many injuries throughout her dancing life. Jugat also loves volunteering in the community, having been an active member of the Sikh Community, aiding in the development of programs for Youth in the Sikh Community within WA.
Jugat is now back in the clinic after 12 months away overseas, so feel free to make an appointment to see her! Jugat can’t wait to see all of her patients whom she has been treating for the past 6 years in Wembley!
Kira Critchley (Podiatrist)
Kira has moved into a full-time management role and will be working behind the scenes developing our business and podiatrists. We will let you know if she returns to clinical work at any point. In the mean-time Kira highly recommends any of our wonderful podiatrists at Cambridge Podiatry. Teresa White (Receptionist)
Teresa has been a receptionist with us since the beginning! Although only officially starting with us in November, many would have seen her friendly face for a long time before that while she was with the Physio.
Outside of work, Teresa loves gardening, reading her favourite books, catching up with her friends & most of all, spending time with her granddaughter.
Teresa enjoys talking to all the patients who come into our clinic, taking the time to get to know our patients is high on her list, as well as working with our close knit team to help people as much as possible!
Taylah (Receptionist)
Taylah is one of our lovely Receptionists here at Cambridge Podiatry.
She loves a good chat and is always happy to lend a helping hand. Since moving to Perth a few years ago Taylah has completed her Bachelor’s degree at UWA and settled into Perth life. When Taylah isn’t working she loves to go out to her local coffee shops, grab some good food and socialise.
She also loves to be outside and taking care of her plants, so feel free to talk everything plants with her!