About Dr Pallavi Prathivadi

Dr Pallavi (pronunciation) is a specialist general practitioner who practices full-time in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.  

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She is a Monash University trained doctor with academic and policy expertise in primary care opioid prescribing and implementation science. She completed her PhD from Monash University in 2021, and was a Fulbright scholar at Stanford University in 2020-2021. She was the RACGP National Registrar of the Year in 2019, and the EVGP co-Registrar of the Year in 2018. 

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Dr Pallavi has clinical interests in women's health, sexual health and contraception, pregnancy, chronic disease and weight loss counselling. She values longitudinal care of patients and families, and tries to practice empathetic, patient-centred medicine that prioritises non-judgemental approaches, listening, acknowledging and addressing patient concerns, humour, and trust. 

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Outside of medicine, Dr Pallavi enjoys reading, (hand)writing poetry, fashion, and spending time with family and friends.