Dr Sophie Donald

Dr Sophie graduated medical school from James Cook University in Townsville in 2012.

She has worked and studied extensively throughout hospitals, clinics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities in far North Queensland including Cairns, Townsville, Innisfail, Jumbun, Cooktown, Hope Vale, Wujal Wujal, Atherton Tablelands and Thursday Island. Dr Sophie moved to Adelaide in 2015 and began work at Modbury and Lyell McEwin Hospitals for 2 years before commencing general practice training. She has since worked at a number of practices across Adelaide whilst studying and growing her family, and completing her training in 2019.

She describes her time in the Torres Strait as a young trainee medical officer as amazing. She enjoyed the Island community and local hospital/clinic staff who were incredibly welcoming and wonderful, warm people to work and relax with, interesting (tropical) medicine and the most incredible scenery. She even experienced helicopter flights over the reef/islands for outreach clinic visits.

Outside of work, her daughters and 2 dogs keep her busy and she also enjoys reading novels in her spare time.