Holistic Medical Care That Considers the Whole Picture

Integrative Women's Health & Preventative Medicine

Expertise in integrative medicine, preventive health and longevity, lifestyle medicine, perimenopause and menopause, PMDD and medical weight management.

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Start With What Matters Most to You

You may be looking for a comprehensive assessment of your health and future risks. You may be experiencing symptoms of perimenopause, struggling with weight or metabolic health, or wondering whether your midlife health is setting you up for future capability.

Whatever brings you to the consultation, we begin with your primary concern and consider it within the context of your wider health.

The aim is to understand what is happening, identify what matters most and develop a clear plan to improve your health now while protecting your future wellbeing and physical capability.

How I can Help

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Preventive Health & Longevity

Understand your current health, identify meaningful future risks and develop an evidence-based plan to maintain your health, independence and physical capability over time.

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Lifestyle Medicine

Address the lifestyle factors influencing your symptoms, wellbeing and future health—including nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, connection and harmful substances.

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Perimenopause & Menopause

Expert assessment of your symptoms, health risks and treatment options, including menopause hormone therapy where clinically appropriate.

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Medical Weight Management

Individualised medical care focused on weight, metabolic health and body composition while protecting nutrition, muscle, bone and physical function.

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Medical Care with a Wider Lens

Health concerns rarely exist in isolation.

Hormonal changes can affect sleep, mood, body composition, bone and metabolic health. Weight and metabolic health is influenced by biology, medications, life stage, sleep, nutrition and movement.

I take a holistic, integrated approach - addressing the concern that brought you to the consultation while considering the wider factors that may influence how you feel and function. This combines conventional medical assessment and treatment with preventive health and evidence-based lifestyle medicine.

What to Expect

Before your appointment

Complete your health information

Complete detailed health questionnaires and upload relevant results, reports and medication information.

You’ll then have an initial 20-minute telehealth appointment with our nurse to review your history and prepare for your consultation with Dr Kate.

Your initial appointment

A comprehensive medical assessment

Meet with Dr Kate for a 40-minute in-person (Port Macquarie) or telehealth consultation.

The appointment starts with the health concerns that matter most to you, while also considering the wider factors affecting your current health, future health and wellbeing.

Your individual plan

Leave with clear next steps

Following your assessment, you’ll receive an individualised plan which may include treatment, lifestyle strategies, further investigations and monitoring.

Depending on your needs, you may also choose advanced investigations and interpretation, structured education or additional support.

Choose your support

Continue in the way that suits you

You can choose on-demand follow-up appointments or ongoing weekly support from our team.

You can join a small-group program, work through self-directed webinars, or undertake an advanced investigation and interpretation package.

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Meet Dr Kate

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Dr Kate Brunsdon

I am a medical doctor with a particular interest in holistic preventive health and helping people remain healthy, strong and capable throughout life.

My approach brings together clinical medicine, lifestyle, physical health and individual goals. I want my patients to understand not only what is happening with their health, but what matters most and what they can realistically do next.

I look beyond the diagnosis to explore why things may be happening, returning to the foundations of health and using evidence-based integrative care where appropriate.

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Learn More About Your Health

Access evidence-based articles, podcast conversations and webinars designed to make complex health information clearer and more useful.

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Supported Integrative Lifestyle Medicine Courses

Evidence-based, self-paced integrative lifestyle medicine courses tailored to specific health needs and priorities, with regular check-ins and professional support.

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Not Sure Where to Begin?

You do not need to choose the perfect category or work out how your symptoms fit together before booking. Tell me what you would most like help with. We will begin there and determine the most appropriate next steps together.

Comprehensive Initial Appointment

40 minutes in-person/telehealth | $320

This is a private service. Medicare rebates are not available.

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