Wallaroo is located 160 km north-northwest of Adelaide. It is one of three towns, along with Kadina and Moonta, which forms the Copper Triangle. Wallaroo is a seaside town with a growing population made up of families, retirees, holiday makers and those employed in the area through fishing, farming and health industries.
Owen Terrace Medical: The General Practitioners practise general medicine including family health, aged care, acute and chronic illness, minor injuries, mental health issues, immunisations, skin excisions, paediatric care, women’s health and men’s health. The Doctors are supported by a team of caring and professional receptionists and Registered nurses.
Practice Principals
Dr Asif Ashraf
Dr Shafiq Mughal
Practice Manger
Anne Pearce
Receptionists
Mandy, Emma, Lisa, Monica
Nurses
Jayne, Kiara, Emily, Andrea
Dr Daniel James
MBBS, DTMH, MHA, FACRRM
Family practitioner with a broad range of experience. Special interest in minor procedures.
Dr Petrus Du Toit
Dr Du Toit is a familiar face to our region. We welcomed his return to the Copper Coast in March 2020.
Dr DuToit trained in South Africa and has many years experience in Trauma, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics and General Practice. He has a special interest in Paediatrics, Chronic Disease, and Dermatology.
Dr Shuayeb Islam
Dr Shuayeb Islam has graduated from Bangladesh with many years experience in General Practice overseas.
Dr Shuayeb enjoys General Practice and has always had a passion to work as a rural doctor since migrating to Australia.
He has a special interest in paediatric medicine.
Outside of medicine he likes watching and playing cricket and enjoys travelling.
Dr Afsaneh Moradi
MBBS
Dr. Moradi has worked in General Practice overseas and as a Medical Educator/Researcher in the US before moving to Australia.
She has experience and interest in:
Women’s and children’s Health, Nutrition, Mental Health, Pain and Chronic Disease and skin checks.
Dr. Moradi values spending quality time with her family, listening to music and gardening.
Dr Irfan Murtaza
MBBS
DIP HN Management (SA)
FCFP (SA)
Dr Irfan Murtaza is a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of South Africa and a Member of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.
Dr Irfan brings 28+ years of diverse medical experience to the Copper Coast. He graduated as a medical practitioner in 1996 and completed his Fellowship in Family Medicine in 2008 in South Africa.
He has extensive Emergency Medicine, Surgical, and General Practice experience, gained through his work in primary, secondary, and tertiary care settings, including service in mobile clinics across underserved rural and remote communities in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Outside of medicine, he enjoys swimming, playing squash, and travelling.
Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi