Dr Zina Hijazi is a Geriatrician and General Physician who lives in Bendigo with her family. She graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical School with First Class Honours and completed her internship and basic physician training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

During her Advanced Physician Training, she worked in a variety of roles at the Royal Melbourne and Austin hospitals, including in the Intensive Care Unit and Geriatric Medicine service. In 2016, she worked as the Senior Medical Registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, a role that included supervising and mentoring basic physician trainees. She also worked in Bendigo and Ballarat during her training.

Zina has received multiple academic awards during her career. In 2019, she was awarded with the Dementia Australia Research Fellowship and undertook research on the influence of cerebrovascular disease in Lewy body dementia.

Zina’s particular interests include assessment and management of cognitive symptoms including dementia, falls risk and osteoporosis, acute aged care and orthogeriatrics. She is available for home visits, residential aged care visits and telehealth.

Zina also works at Bendigo Health and has a Teaching Associate position at Monash Rural Medical School (Bendigo) where she regularly tutors medical students.