Dr Carolina Velásquez Vanegas is a Specialist General Practitioner.

 

A graduate of the University of Barcelona, Spain, she completed her internship at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, including one year in Lyon (France) and one year in Nürnberg (Germany). Carolina undertook specialty training in Hospital Pius de Valls (Tarragona), and in 2009 was awarded Fellowship in Family and Community Medicine. 

Carolina has been practicing medicine since 2005, working in Emergency Medicine and General Practice in Spain, and in Australia from 2012, including at Concord, Northern Beaches, Mona Vale and Dubbo Base hospitals.

 

Carolina began working in General Practice in Sydney in 2014, and in 2020 was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. 

Carolina also holds a Diploma in Family Planning and Sexual Health (women’s health), and a Diploma in Skin Cancer. 

Carolina loves being a family doctor, communicating with her patients and witnessing their and their families’ lives. “This is the beauty of it all!” she thinks. Originally from Colombia, Carolina loves dancing and communicating with people. Carolina is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Catalan (and some German). She lives in Sydney's Northern Beaches with her partner and loves going for walks and enjoying a good coffee with friends.

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Special Interests:

• Women’s health (including perimenopause & menopause)

• Weight management

• Allergies (Diagnosis & Management)

• ​Preventative health

• Emergency medicine