Dr Karen Osborne - Clinical Director

BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH, FRACGP

Consultant
General Practioner
IUD Insertion & Removal

GP Antenatal Shared Care
HIV & Hep B S100
PrEP Prescriber

Dr Karen Osborne is the Clinical Director at Clinic 66 and is also a highly experienced Specialist GP who is passionate and dedicated to her work.

Having had a special interest in the field of reproductive and sexual health for nearly 15 years, she is often invited to share her expertise as a lecturer and in the media.

Karen understands that often women and men are seeking advice and help about sensitive and intimate concerns and she has a reputation in the clinic for being friendly, approachable and very easy to talk to.

Karen has adopted an efficient but very thorough approach to her practice and prides herself on being able to help with clinical problems that other doctors have not been able to solve.

"Non-judgement, confidentiality and discretion are of paramount importance to the relationships

I build with my patients".

Karen provides a full range of reproductive & sexual health consults for both women and men

She is a highly experienced IUD (intrauterine contraceptive device) inserter and remover including difficult cases and removing threadless IUDs.

Karen is also highly experienced in Implanon insertion and removal, and actually trains other doctors on the procedure. She can also remove Jadelle Implants (from New Zealand patients).

Dr Osborne has a special interest in pregnancy planning, pre-conception & fertility and works collaboratively with several major Sydney hospitals to deliver GP Antenatal Shared care.

She is also an S100 HIV, Hep B and PrEP prescriber

Qualifications & Fellowships

BSc (Hons) Basic Medical Sciences University of London 1997
MBBS University of London 2000
DRCOG (Diploma Royal College Obstetricians & Gynaecologists - UK) 2003
DFSRH (Diploma Faculty of Reproductive & Sexual Health - UK) 2005
MRCGP (Membership Royal College of General Practitioners - UK) 2006
LoC SDI (Faculty of Reproductive & Sexual Health, letter of competence in subdermal contraceptive implants) 2010
LoC IUT (Faculty of Reproductive & Sexual Health, letter of competence in intrauterine contraceptive techniques) 2011
FRAGP (Fellow of Royal Australian College of GPs) 2011
ASHM S100 Hepatitis B Prescriber

Awards &
Other Positions

Medical Officer at FPNSW from 2011-2109 working in both clinical setting and medical education. Lecturer in Reproductive & Sexual Health for FPNSW an examiner for the FPAA national certificate.
Implanon NXT trainer/lecturer for Merck Sharp & Dohme
VMO position at Royal Hospital for Women for GP Antenatal Shared Care
S100 Prescriber

Professional Memberships, Associations
& Committees

RACGP (Royal Australian College of GPs)
AMA (Australian Medical Association)
Australasian Menopause Society

Continuing Education & Professional Development

Implanon NXT trained (June 2011) – MSD through Family Planning NSW
Accreditation for GP Antenatal Shared Care (Nov 2011) – Royal Hospital for Women
Clinical Instructors Course (for supervision of GP Registrars) (May 2012) – Family Planning NSW
Accreditation for GP Antenatal Shared Care (Jan 2013) – Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Implanon NXT Trainer Course (Oct 2013) – MSD through FPNSW
MS 2 Step Authorized Prescriber (April 2014) – MS Health
Accreditation for GP Antenatal Shared Care (May 2014) – Royal North Shore Hospital
Obstetric & Gynaecology Ultrasound for Emergency Practitioners (Aug 2015) – Australian School of Medical Imaging
GP Registrar Supervisor Training (July 2016) – GP Synergy
S100 HIV authorised medication prescriber - ASHM June 2018