Meet The Team

Dr Vijay Varsani

MBChB, MMED(Skin Cancer), MRCS(Eng), MRCGP, FRACGP, FSCI, DOHNS, DRCOG, DACCO

Dr Varsani is a Director at Coastal Health Skin Clinics. He is a full-time skin cancer practitioner with extensive experience in skin cancer medicine. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England where he was awarded the Diploma of Head and Neck Surgery. Dr Varsani completed his Diploma from the Australasian College of Cutaneous Oncology and achieved his Master of Medicine Degree in the field of Skin Cancer from the University of Queensland. He is an Accredited Skin Cancer Doctor with the Skin Cancer College of Australasia and a fellow of the Skin Cancer Institute. Dr Varsani is experienced with excisions in cosmetically sensitive areas and complex surgical closures including skin flaps and skin grafts. He is involved in skin cancer education providing mentorship to GP colleagues and is a trainer of GP registrars with an interest in skin cancer medicine and surgery. He is available by appointment only at Toukley and The Entrance Skin Clinics.

Dr Allison Jane Charnock

MBChB, MRCGP, FRACGP

Dr Charnock graduated from the University of Manchester, England in 2005 and has been a GP for 13 years (she is a fellow of the Royal College of GPs in the UK and Australia).
She has a special interest in Skin Cancer Medicine and has completed Dermoscopy and Skin Cancer Medicine training courses under Skin Cancer College Australia (SCCA). She is currently studying a certificate in Advanced Dermoscopy and plans to become accredited with SCCA.
She currently performs skin checks (with dermoscopy), spot checks, biopsies and excisions.

Dr Fernanda da Silva

MBBS

Dr Fernanada De Silva has over 11 years experience in medicine and has been practicing in Australia since 2018. She is Currently working towards her fellowship in General Practice. She has completed her Dermatology training in Brazil where she worked as a specialist in general medicine. She has a special interest in skin cancer, skin surgery and aesthetic medicine. Dr De Silva performs skin checks with dermoscopy, skin biopsies, surgical excisions and anti-wrinkle injections.