Santé Medical

General Practice

Welcome to Sante Medical

‘Sante’ is a French word for ‘good health’ and we feel it perfectly summarises our ethos.
We are a small AGPAL accredited General Practice with a difference. Our mission is to guide and support you, using evidence-based, targeted, lifestyle modifications to improve your overall health. We offer longer appointments and approach medicine holistically. For Weight Loss appointments, we provide resources and support to help implement what you learn, giving you a clear roadmap to achieve your best health possible.

You can nominate us to be your ‘regular’ GP, or alternatively if you already have a regular GP, we can liaise with them about any intervention we recommend.

Using simple, targeted lifestyle modifications to improve your overall health

Meal Ideas

A healthy meal should include quality protein, colourful vegetables, and natural fats, with carbohydrates added based on individual tolerance. Consistently eating balanced meals like this can significantly improve health and support sustainable weight loss.

Dr Kylie McMahon

MBBS, BA/LLB (Hons), FRACGP
General Practitioner

Dr Kylie McMahon is a general practitioner with an interest in skin cancer medicine and dermatology.

Dr McMahon also enjoys managing Women’s and Children’s Health and Chronic Disease management. She has experience in all of these areas as a general GP for the past 7 years and having worked at several tertiary hospitals in Brisbane and the Queensland Children’s Hospital. She believes in adopting a holistic approach to meet all of her patients’ needs.

Since completing her qualification as a General Practitioner in 2021 she has specialised in skin checks, skin excisions and general dermatology as well as procedures for the removal of benign skin lesions. She also regularly performs anti-wrinkle injections for her clients. Dr McMahon is passionate about keeping up to date with skin care and skin cancer management and has extensive experience in dermoscopy.

When not working she enjoys spending time with her husband and two young sons as well as travelling or getting out for a run or a Pilates session.

Dr Amelia Stephens

MBBS, BSc, FRACGP, FACNEM
General Practitioner

Dr Amelia Stephens is a GP with special interest in Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine. Amelia has been working as a GP since 2014 and has been a specialist GP Fellow of theRoyal Australian College of General Practitioners since 2016. She gained her university qualifications through the University of QLD and subsequently worked there in a teaching academic role during her training.

Dr Amelia is passionate about all areas of ongoing learning and is currently undertaking another Fellowship qualification with the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine to further her current Integrative Medicine knowledge and experience.

When not at work or studying, Amelia loves spending time with her young family and cooking/enjoying delicious food.

Melanie Walters

BNutrDiet (Hons), BHlthSc, APD
Accredited Practising Dietitian

Melanie Walters is an Accredited Practising Dietitian who is passionate about food and cooking.

She became a dietitian to combine her love of food and desire to help others. Melanie enjoys helping people optimise their health and wellbeing by improving their lifestyle. She provides patients with evidence-based nutrition strategies to help them meet their goals through practical dietary recommendations and sustainable health and lifestyle changes. She has a strong interest in therapeutic carbohydrate restriction (low carb) but understands there is no one diet fits all approach.

She finds low-carb eating easy to adapt to her busy lifestyle, including plenty of eating out and was able to reduce and maintain her weight without feeling restricted. After finding personal success, she has seen similar success with many patients for weight loss and many other chronic conditions. In her spare time, she is busy looking after her two young daughters, collecting recipe books and adapting recipes to reduce carbohydrates (including some delicious desserts!)

Dr Jaclyn Montefiore

MBBS, BHlthSci (Nutr & Diet), FRACGP
General Practitioner and Practice Owner

Dr Montefiore is a General Practitioner and the Practice Owner of Sante Medical. Her main area of professional interest is using Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction with her patients to help with weight loss, diabetes control and other medical conditions. Using her background as a Dietitian, she combines medical therapies with Nutrition prescription to help patients achieve their health goals. She is a Scope-certified Obesity Medicine practitioner and is obsessed with understanding the complex physiology of metabolic health and hormonal control of body weight to personalise treatment plans for her patients.

Her other main area of interest is Skin and Skin Cancer Medicine. She has undertaken extra training in skin cancer diagnosis and treatment and offers skin cancer checks and treatments for skin cancers and cosmetic skin concerns such as acne, age spots, seb k’s and anti-wrinkle injections.

Her spare time is spent with her husband and three young girls. She enjoys sneaking off for a solo jog from time to time which is her ‘me’ time.

Dr Rebecca Ostrenski

MBBS, BBiomedSc. DCH, FRACGP
General Practitioner

Rebecca graduated with Honours from Griffith University, Queensland, in 2009. She spent the next several years rotating through all specialties at Logan Hospital, QLD, with a particular focus on Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and General Medicine.

Rebecca is passionate about Women’s and Children’s Health, Adolescent health, Mental Health and General Medicine, emphasizing preventative measures and general health promotion. She has a Diploma of Child Health from Westmead Hospital, Sydney. She was awarded Fellowship of RACGP in 2016 and has found a love of caring for families of all shapes and sizes in North West Brisbane.

In her home time she is a parent to 3 busy kids (4 year old twins and a Tween), a terrible but devoted new piano player, and loves to squeeze a mix of exercise in around all the demands of being a working parent. She also has terrible taste in television and will happily watch old reruns driving her partner mad.

Dr Tim Lynch

MMed (Skin Cancer), MBBS, B Pharm, FRACGP
Skin Cancer GP

Dr Tim Lynch is a specialist GP with a particular passion for skin cancer detection and treatment. A University of Queensland graduate, Tim achieved his Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2013 and has further distinguished himself in this field by completing a Master of Medicine in Skin Cancer, also through UQ, reflecting his deep commitment to excellence in patient care and clinical knowledge.

Tim has been working in skin cancer medicine since 2009, bringing extensive experience in both the non-surgical and surgical management of pre-malignant and malignant skin lesions, including melanoma. He is a firm believer that timely diagnosis saves lives, and is passionate about ensuring every patient receives a thorough, meticulous skin assessment with clear guidance on next steps. Tim takes genuine pleasure in taking the time to educate patients during their consultations — because an informed patient is an empowered one.

Accredited by the Skin Cancer College of Australasia, Tim is also an enthusiastic educator within the medical community, regularly teaching at surgical workshops for GPs and mentoring GP registrars through their skin cancer training. At Santé Medical, you’ll find that Dr Tim brings the same careful, considered approach to every patient — whether it’s a routine skin check or the management of a more complex concern.