About Us

History

Our Building

Pioneer Medical Centre is a Victorian villa constructed in 1888 and is one of the few surviving Victorian houses in Tea Tree Gully.

It was built for Mr Henry Hall, soft-drink manufacturer and one of the sons referred to in the famous South Australian company ‘George Hall and Sons’, established in Norwood.

In 1888, Henry retired from the family company due to ill health, taking up 38 acres in Tea Tree Gully on which he built this house and established a surrounding vineyard.

Other owners of the house have included C R Williams (1922-1933), and local Councillor Lloyd Milton from 1945 to 1977, during which time the property boasted a tennis court where the front units now reside.

In the 1980’s it became the Pioneer Restaurant and then in 1994 was sold to our founder Dr Peter Ford, and re-badged as the Pioneer Medical Centre.

If you have any old photos of our building please let us know!

Our Doctors

Pioneer  has benefited from the services of many GPs since its establishment, namely Dr Peter Joseph and Dr Christopher Elieff, as well as other GPs and registrars.  Dr Ford retired in 2019.  Drs Bun Yiv, Bryan Robertson, Penny Need and Stella Prescott joined Pioneer as GP registrars and, after Fellowship, as independent practitioners. The ownership and management of Pioneer Medical was transferred to Drs Yiv, Robertson, Need and Prescott in 2014.

We are proud to be an accredited training practice for Registrars. A Registrar is a fully qualified medical doctor, undertaking advanced training to specialise in General Practice.

As part of gaining their experience in general practice, Registrars need to be exposed to many different environments. This means they move on to a new rotation generally every 6-12 months. Whilst this is sad and can be frustrating for patients, it is also exciting and rewarding to know that you have been a part of their training and shaping them to be the best GP they can be.