Dr Michael Gattas

Accreditation

  • Hospitals
  • Speciality Clinical Genetics
  • InterestsDr Gattas specialises in familial cancer; IVF; antenatal; and paediatrics.

Biography

Dr Gattas trained as a paediatrician at the Camperdown Children’s Hospital in Sydney and at Mater Children’s Hospital .

He undertook further training as a fellow in genetics at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne and completed his genetics training in Birmingham. Dr Gattas has worked in Queensland as a full-time consultant in genetics since 1996 and opened his private practice, Brisbane Private Clinical Genetics, in 2004.

 

"Like palliative care in patients with advanced cancer, there is always something you can do to assist people to live with less fear, more dignity and greater quality of life."