Lisa has been the principle podiatrist at Lane Cove Podiatry for 25 years and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine and an Accredited Podiatrist. 

Her special interests lie in musculo skeletal pain and its management.

Lisa Mayo started practicing podiatry in the Lane Cove area in 1985 when she joined  Mandy McDonald in her business in s a new graduate.  In 1988 Lisa took over the practice when Mandy moved to Gladesville.

Over this time there have many developments in the podiatry profession as well as countless changes and advancements in the practice.  Lane Cove Podiatry now focuses on sports podiatry and injury management while also providing traditional podiatry services.

Lane Cove Podiatry moved to its’ current location in 1988 and Lisa and her team are fortunate to be able to work in the spacious peaceful environment of a house while enjoying the tranquility of a garden in a professional setting.

Growing up in  Lane Cove, Lisa  sailed with Hunters Hill  sailing club in sabots and later on with Lane Cove in the laser class  and continued sailing recreationally until the arrival of sons Lachlan and Liam when leisure time started to revolve around the interests of the boys – baseball & rugby. 

Now living in Turramurra, Lisa is actively involved in the coaching and development of young baseballers through the Ku-ring-ai Stealers Baseball Club.  Saturday afternoon leisure time is spent either in the company of the Kissing Point Burgundy Sox softball team in addition, or swimming and bushwalking.

Ian is our Orthotic Laboratory Technician. With a degree in Civil Engineering, Ian has moved on from dam and bridge design and manufacturing to feet and therapeutics.

Ian Joined the Lane Cove Podiatry team in the orthoses laboratory in 1994. The role of Laboratory Technician involves pouring of casts, forming and grinding the plastic and EVA shells and top cover application, in addition to all orthoses repairs.

The other hat that Ian wears in the organisation is IT support. Since Ian joined the Practice, computers have spread from administration and reception through to the treatment rooms for patient records and gait scan assessments. With printers, faxes, computers and digital cameras in daily use, Ian’s IT talents rre often stretched to the limit.

When not playing with plaster, plastic and silicon chips Ian can be found supporting any sporting code. With family origins in Hawthorn Melbourne, the Mighty Hawkes”are favourites along with the now-merged  North Sydney Bears and of course the NSW Waratahs.

Mandy qualified at The London Foot Hospital 1975.  Since arriving in Australia in 1982 and until 2004, Mandy ran private practices in Lane Cove, Gladesville and Rozelle.  She has been an active member of our professional organisations -  as a member of the NSW Podiatrists Registration Board www.podreg.health.nsw.gov.au  and both Councillor and President of the Australian Podiatry Association NSW www.podiatry.asn.au

In addition to podiatry qualifications, Mandy also hold a Masters Degree in Bioethics; Grad.Dip Health Law, and a Grad Cert Mediation.

In 2004 Mandy and her partner opted to sell up from Sydney and have a tree change.  She now lives on 60 acres of bushland in the middle of nowhere in the Southern Tablelands where she  looks after the podiatry needs of a local community nursing home. 

Every six weeks Mandy makes a foray back to Sydney for a week at Lane Cove Podiatry.

As a volunteer, she runs a weekly arts and crafts morning and a monthly cookery club for the nursing home residents as well as a weekly Story Time for preschoolers at the local library.  Mandy also has an internet business, Heart of Glass, selling her own hand made and designed unique wearable glass art www.heartofglass.net.au

Susie is a great friend and colleague.  Susie graduated and began practicing in 1985 and soon after moved to Sale in Victoria and later Perth, WA, where she lived and worked.  With a young family, Susie traveled to and lived in Hong Kong for several years where she also practiced for some time.

Susie had a break from professional work whilst her children Ben (21), Tim (17) and Georgia (12) were taking up much of her time.  During this time she was forced into pursuing her other loves of fabric manipulation and sewing, golf and tennis.

In 2005 Susie returned to podiatry profession on a part-time basis and we were thrilled when she agreed to join us at Lane Cove Podiatry in 2007.

Cate is the face of the front desk and brings great organizational and technical skills to her role of receptionist.  The successfuly administration of the practice relies on Cate for meeting and greeting patients, and the management of the appointment book.  In addition Cate assists with assessments with photography and gait scan and the sterilization of instruments.
 
Cate has a background of working in the health care industry she is an avid reader and is the person responsible for our white board quotes and newsletter production.