Dr Manuel Avivar – Fernandez

Dr Fernandez was born in Spain and has been living in Australia for over 21 years. He is fluent in both English and Spanish. Dr Fernandez enjoys all aspects of general medicine, and is able to perform skin checks and minor procedures.

Dr Manuel's appointment fees

Children aged 0-5 years: Bulk Billed to Medicare Card holders

Children aged 6–16 years: Concession rate for Medicare Card holders

All patients aged 16 years or over will be privately charged unless they have a concession card from Centrelink.

Dr Manuel's special areas of interest

• Family medicine
• General medicine
• HIV/Hepatitis C
• PEP treatment
• PrEP treatment
• Sexual and LGBT health
• Skin excisions
• S100 prescriber

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Book in with Dr Fernandez for PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis)

For HIV negative people

PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis)

If you have been exposed to HIV from high-risk behaviour or broken condoms, PEP is also available at this surgery. Just speak to your doctor and they will arrange it for you.

Any PEP intervention must begin within 72 hours of exposure.

What is PrEP?

PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. PrEp is a HIV prevention method in which people who do not have HIV take medication daily to reduce their risk of contracting HIV. The pill contains two antiviral medicines.

Who should be taking PrEP?

PrEP is recommended for people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV through sexual activity.

Increased Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) surveillance. People who choose to go onto PrEP must have a negative HIV test prior to obtaining medication. It has been shown that people who had been converting when commencing PrEP had a higher risk of developing drug resistance. Once commencing PrEP you must agree to have a complete sexual health check every three months as it has been shown that the incidence of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, and Chlamydia is greatly increased with condomless

Qualifications

• Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (Spain)
• Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)

Special Interests

• Family medicine
• General medicine
• HIV/Hepatitis C
• PEP treatment
• PrEP treatment
• Sexual and LGBT health
• Skin excisions
• S100 prescriber