Dr Anna Marie McCombie is an Australian trained Respiratory Consultant and acquired her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, at the University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in Respiratory Medicine. Anna Marie is passionate about providing healthcare to rural and regional areas and fostering the development of health services in these regions. She is particularly interested in providing the surgeons and rehab physicians with a medical service that can support patients in the pre and post-operative period both for acute complications and the management of chronic conditions.

Consequently,  Anna Marie has permanently settled in the Shoalhaven region and set up a specialist practice, at 20 Shoalhaven Street Nowra, and is accredited at Shell Harbour and Nowra Private Hospitals.

In respiratory medicine, Dr McCombie’s particular areas of interest include:

• Diagnosis and management of Asthma and COPD.  Research on exacerbations of COPD requiring hospital admissions was presented at the TSANZ in 2017 and published the same year.
• Providing medical support for surgical patients with respiratory conditions in the pre and post-operative environment
• Pulmonary rehabilitation