Meet the team
Dedicated and professional.
Our professional, caring and helpful team are here to help guide you toward the treatment you need to get back to the life you love.
Ryan Quintano
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Ryan grew up in the Sutherland Shire and played soccer into his early 20's. Later in his 20's Ryan took up Triathlon. Suffering many lower limb injuries in his years playing soccer directed him towards a career in lower limb sports injuries.
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Southern Sports Podiatry, Sutherland
Monday 8:00am - 6:00pmWednesday 8:00am - 6:00pm
South Coast Health Hub, Wollongong
7:00am - 12:00pm
PODIATRIST
Monique Bakija
PODIATRIST
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Monique has been with Southern Sports Podiatry since 2018 and has become an integral member of our team. She is amazing with kids, and managing pain and injury, including high level sport. Monique has a great relationship with local Physiotherapists and Doctors due to her professional and personable disposition.
Monique is highly active herself, and enjoys Netball and running, and draws on her experience when managing injuries, starting and returning to sport or activity and progressing strength and activity load. Her interest in footwear is an asset to us, particularly managing woman’s footwear and orthotic design. She regularly educates us on footwear changes, and new options that become available for specific feet, and foot issues.
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Southern Sports Podiatry, Sutherland
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
8:00am - 6:00pm
Please note: Monique is heading on maternity leave from 23 December 2026.
Hayden Sorensen
PODIATRIST
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Hayden has a background in remedial massage therapy, bringing a strong understanding of muscle function, movement, and injury management into his podiatry care.
Growing up playing sports including soccer, basketball, and water polo, Hayden developed an early appreciation for injury recovery and performance. His own experiences working with massage therapists helped shape his interest in hands-on treatment and guided his pathway into podiatry.
Hayden enjoys working with a wide range of patients, helping them understand their pain and building clear, practical plans to support recovery and return to activity.
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Southern Sports Podiatry, Sutherland
Mon: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Tues 8:00pm - 6:00pm
Wed 9:00am - 5:00pm
Thurs 10:00am - 6:00pm
Fri 7:00am - 11:00am
David Karamanis
PODIATRIST
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David is passionate about helping people move comfortably, combining a strong background in sports with a dedication to community health. He grew up playing Rugby Union before hanging up his boots in his mid-20s. Following his sporting years, David spent three years travelling through Latin America—an experience that sparked a deep desire to organise medical aid and provide podiatry services to vulnerable communities overseas.
David is interested in how the lower limb moves and behaves, using this knowledge to relieve discomfort, and enhance his patients' overall quality of life.
In his spare time David enjoys hiking and the outdoors and travelling both domestically and overseas.
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Southern Sports Podiatry, Sutherland
Friday
7:00am - 3:00pm
*Available Mondays in the New Year*
Natalie Kurth
PRACTICE MANAGER
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It is always a welcome voice to hear when Nat answers the phone. She is caring and warm and has exceptional organisational skills to assist our patients, and our team.
Nat lives locally, is married and has 2 boys. She loves running and travelling to a different country each year.
She is an absolute asset to the clinic.
Aniek Compton
RECEPTION
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Aniek is our friendly, and very intelligent receptionist at Southern Sports Podiatry. She was Dux of her year at Cronulla High School and is currently studying Podiatry. She is highly active through her enjoyment of running, soccer and swimming. Growing up in Cronulla, Aniek enjoys walking her two dogs along the esplanade every morning.