Dr Louisa Sondergeld

Dr Louisa Sondergeld has always known she wanted to be a doctor. One of her earliest memories is wearing a stethoscope—large enough to bang against her shins—while following her father on ward rounds in Texas, Queensland.

Louisa completed a Bachelor of Science with an extended major in Psychology at the University of Queensland before moving to Sydney to study Medicine at the University of Notre Dame. She completed her final year in regional New South Wales, gaining valuable experience in obstetrics, anaesthetics and emergency medicine.

Following graduation, Louisa worked at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, completing three years of rotations across a wide range of medical and surgical specialties, including placements in Cooktown and Dalby. While working at the Queensland Children’s Hospital, she also completed a postgraduate paediatric qualification (SCHP).

Louisa later entered the General Practice Fellowship Program with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. During this time she trained in general practice before joining Walton Bridge Medical Centre as a GP Registrar. She enjoys caring for patients across all stages of life and has interests in paediatrics, adolescent medicine, sexual health, women’s health, men’s health and palliative care. She also performs procedures such as skin biopsies and ear microsuction.

In 2026, Dr Sondergeld was awarded her Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) while practising at Walton Bridge Medical Centre.

When asked, “Why Walton Bridge Medical Centre?”, she replied, “The reputation of Walton Bridge Medical Centre for quality and excellence is well known - not only locally but is a view firmly and widely held by medical specialists and throughout the major Brisbane teaching hospitals. I want to contribute to and enhance that reputation.”

Louisa has lived, worked, attended church and visited nursing homes in The Gap for over 20 years. Both sides of her family moved to The Gap over 50 years ago. She loves swimming, rowing (having coxed the St Margaret’s First VIII to victory at the Head of the River), musicals, painting, anything to do with family and friends and, being a Sondergeld, has followed cricket and Rugby League before she first donned a stethoscope. She is an active researcher (cardiac transplantation - Cardiology Department, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney) and is a Lecturer with the University of Notre Dame, Sydney – her special interest being managing the transition from medical student to junior doctor. “It means everything to me to care for my local community – to be part of the next generation of doctors caring for the future generations of The Gap.”

Qualifications

• BSc (Qld),
• MD (UNDS),
• FRACGP
• SCHP

Special Interests

• Paediatrics
• Adolescent medicine
• Sexual health
• Women’s health
• Men’s health
• Palliative care