Dr Paul Baker

BMBS, PhD, BSc (Hons), DipAppSci

Dr Baker completed his medical degree in 2012 at Flinders University in South Australia, before completing his intern year and the early phases of his emergency medicine training at Flinders Medical Centre in southern Adelaide. He moved to the Sunshine Coast with his family in 2017 to continue his training in emergency medicine at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Dr Baker comes to general practice with a wealth of experience in medicine and life. He has a diverse medical background, having also worked with the SA Ambulance Service for ten years as an Intensive Care Paramedic (ICP). As an experienced ICP he was one of the first Extended Care Paramedics trained in South Australia to specialise in the evaluation and management of patients with chronic conditions in complex clinical and social/environmental situations. He has significant training in Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care and spent a year working with Life Flight and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, retrieving critically ill patients from remote locations on the Sunshine and Capricorn Coasts. It is through these experiences that he has an excellent understanding of the psychosocial aspects of both acute and chronic community medicine, as well as the internal workings of tertiary level hospitals and clinics.

Prior to studying medicine, Dr Baker worked for ten years as a medical researcher in the areas of diabetes and heart disease, completing his postdoctoral year in Oxford, UK. This informs his holistic approach to primary preventative medicine.

He has been happily married for 28 years and has two daughters. He loves the balance of work and lifestyle that can be found on the Sunshine Coast and in his spare time, when weather and the moon permit, he is an avid astronomer and astrophotographer capturing the beauty of the cosmos.

Specialty interest areas

• Primary preventative medicine
• Management of chronic medical conditions
• Elder care
• Palliative care
• Children’s health
• Fracture management and wound care