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About

Been reading a few other blogs lately and I’ve wanted some basic info about the author.. hence the “About” page.. this page has been a placeholder for far too long so thought I’d better get around to putting some meaningful stuff here for anyone who wants a brief snapshot of me…

Who is Baggas?

Baggas is Paul Baggaley. I’m an early thirties doctor living in the southern beachside suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Married to Jennifer with three kids Owen (2001), Luke (2003), and Mia (2008).

Work

My current job is as a General Practitioner aka family doctor. My special interests are in the areas of Obstetrics (have delivered several hundred babies in the last few years), children’s health, and travel and tropical medicine.

Previously I was involved in surgical training with a specific interest in neurosurgery but once my kids came along I realised how incompatible that is with a balanced family life so I made the wise move shifting into GP (and perhaps not so wise move of doing obstetrics)

My qualifications to date are MBBS, FRACGP, DRANZCOG
I am also currently studying towards a MPH&TM (Masters of Public Health & Tropical Medicine) through James Cook University in Queensland with the goals of incorporating more Travel medicine into my practice and ultimately doing more and more work in developing countries. In the past few years I have been on a number of trips doing medical work in Uganda which has been incredibly rewarding.

Life

Aside from my family, work, and studies, the other main things that fill up my life are church and music (often a combination of the two). I’ve been a Christian most of my life and am heavily involved in our excellent local church, where my main ministry involvement has been in the worship team. I mainly play lead guitar but also contribute vocals and occasionally a bit of mandolin.

… anyway that’s enough for now. You can learn a lot more about me from this blog, or facebook, or if you have any questions, just ask…

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  1. 1 On May 24th, 2007, Erin said:

    We have read and enjoyed your blog. We have created Legal Medicine at http://legalmedicine.blogspot.com to cover medical and nursing home issues, but from a legal perspective. We invite you to read and post comments to our blog. We would also ask that you consider adding a link to Legal Medicine on your blog, and we will add a link to yours. Please let me know if you are interested in a reciprocal link.

    Thank you for your time.

  2. 2 On July 12th, 2007, katherine porter said:

    hey jen, just wanted you to know we’re thinking of you in your travels. Have read every word paul posted so far and loved the stors but cried over the babies. so unbelievably sad! hope the rest of the trip goes well – can’t wait to hear all about the rest of it when you get back. lots of love katherine xxxxxxxxxxxxx

  3. 3 On August 22nd, 2007, BarryA said:

    hey Paul – welcome back – for some reason your more recent posts are coming out wrong on my PC – the LHS has moved to the right and overlaps the central stuff….further down the page as I scroll it comes good..
    any ideas?

  4. 4 On September 16th, 2007, Jon said:

    hi Paul – just wanted to commend to you ‘Velvet Elvis’ by Rob Bell – if you are not aleady familiar with it. great insights into the world and prevailing customs that Jesus grew up in and gives fresh understanding to such terms as ‘yoke’ as in ‘take My yoke upon you and learn from Me’ – so we see why successful fisherman drop every thing to follow Jesus; &c.
    (Rob Bell is the originator of the Nooma series)

    great blog site you have!

  5. 5 On September 16th, 2007, Paul said:

    Yeh I’ve read Velvet Elvis – a good book if I recall. I’m yet to try his next book – “sex God” – not sure if that title will sell more or less copies.

  6. 6 On April 1st, 2008, DoctorsHangout.com said:

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  7. 7 On June 12th, 2008, Rowan said:

    G’day Baggas,
    Thought I’d drop you a line to see how you are =
    going. It has been
    a long time since we all caught up. I would like to arrange a time that =
    all the guys from
    uni can catch up. =20

    I’m good, just about finished my anaesthesia training (should be done, =
    but I delayed exams to go to Fiji for a holiday :) )

    Stefan and Adrian are at RPH at the moment. Haven’t seen Johnno for a =
    while. I got the tragic news about Dean a few weeks back. So sad – A =
    real shock that a top mate died so young.=20

    Give us a call if you have a chance
    0417103100

  8. 8 On January 1st, 2009, Harvey said:

    I am an Emergency Medicine Physician, I wrote a book by the title “Neurology for the Non-Neurologist” and I wanted to share with you that it is a E-book format on amazon.com. Some physicians are now using Kindle and I was hoping you would add it to your blog.
    thank you again for your time,

    Harvey Castro MD
    my website is
    http://www.deeppocketseries.com

  9. 9 On March 30th, 2009, len hillegass said:

    Rhabdomyolysis at
    http://members.tripod.com/~baggas/rhabdo.html

    You may want to correct the following
    “… serum concentrations ranging from 300ng/ml to 2 g/ml and produces visible pigmenturia (classically a “coca-cola” coloured urine) at concentrations exceeding 250 g/ml.(6)….” As great as g/ml?

  10. 10 On May 25th, 2009, cufer said:

    hello Paul,
    I`m a german christian GP working nearby Hamburg. Im tinking about working in Perth and would like to contact you. Perhaps youd like to send me your email adress.
    Christian Ufer

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  13. 13 On February 16th, 2010, Tori Shotto said:

    Hi Dr. Baggaley,
    Im a high school student from america, i wanted to say thank you for your page on Rhabdomyolysis!(http://baggas.tripod.com/rhabdo.html). I needed information for a progect in my Advanced Biology class and couldnt find good information anyyywhhereeee until I found that page. Thank you!! It really helped.
    :)

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