Dr Anthony Bartone

Languages: English, Italian 

Dr Bartone is an experienced General Practitioner working in two General Practices in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. His principal specialty interests include men’s Health, mental health counselling, care co-ordination of patients with multiple chronic illnesses, and aged care.

Born in Melbourne to Italian parents, Dr Anthony Bartone graduated from the University of Melbourne and subsequently obtained Fellowship with the Royal College of General Practitioners. He has been a GP for more than 35 years. Having grown up in Essendon he is very familiar with the north and western suburbs of Melbourne and has watched them grow. Throughout his career he has worked in and operated clinics in Keilor Downs, Werribee and Moonee Ponds.

Health inequities and access issues saw him pursue and complete an MBA and a brief consultancy role to large national primary care group. This ultimately saw him take on a large advocacy role and he ultimately became State and then National AMA President.

During the COVID19 pandemic Dr Tony Bartone joined the Altona North Medical Hub (ANMH) initially assisting Dr Mukesh Haikerwal and Dr Karyn Alexander in delivering both respiratory clinic services followed by vaccination services to the north west via ANMH’s stand-alone Respiratory Disease Clinic. He subsequently joined the team taking a consulting room at ANMH as a regular visiting General Practitioner and is committed to supporting the delivery of quality, holistic, family-oriented care.

He loves to work out regularly at the gym, watching football (most codes), cooking, listening to opera or reading when he can.

Days available: Friday.