Dr Gaunekar is a doctor in the Mater Medical Centre, North Mackay. Dr Gaunekar has a particular interest in Minimally invasive surgery (keyhole surgery), fertility medicine and high risk pregnancy. most surgeries are performed without making big cuts on the abdomen, including big ovarian tumors, endometriosis and Laparoscopic Hysterectomies.

Our Mackay clinic was founded in 1981. This was a world first! Brisbane based staff would travel to Mackay several times a year, bringing equipment and personnel to provide artificial reproductive services to people in the region. QFG Mackay is now a permanent local unit which is fully accredited by the Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) and assisting couples in all areas of infertility, gynaecology and obstetrics. The Medical Director of our Mackay clinic is Dr. Lance Herron with two other infertility specialists, Dr. Naguesh Gaunekar and Dr. Sally Rodrigues. Local nurse coordinators, a local scientist and counsellor, and local administrative staff complete the team which draws on the full expertise and back-up of Queensland Fertility Group's state-wide network of clinics. Our reputation for providing a caring, compassionate and dedicated service comes from our commitment to individual patient care. Unlike many clinics, at QFG your doctor will manage your personalised program from your first consultation to your pregnancy and delivery. Our team work together investigating couples, supporting them and providing successful medical solutions to people who are experiencing difficulty becoming pregnant. QFG Mackay offer all infertility treatments including IVF, chromosomal investigations, genetic services as well as a donor and freezing program.

Dr Ritu Rana is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists(RANZCOG) and a Member of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG, London, UK). She has fifteen years of experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Her special interests are Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Infertility and High Risk Obstetrics along with Management of Labour. Dr Rana completed her seven years Obstetrics and Gynaecology training from Yorkshire (UK). As part of this training she worked in tertiary hospitals in the NHS UK in Leeds & Bradford . She gained enormous experience in handling very high-risk Obstetrics both antenatal and in labour. She did advanced training in minimal access surgery in Gynaecology (includes laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery). She worked and trained in the referral center for diagnosis and management Endomteriosis and also received immense experience in diagnosis and management of Gynae malignancy. Dr Rana did a fellowship in Reproductive Medicine at the Leeds Centre Of Reproductive Medicine, UK in 2011-12. This center performed more than 2000 IVF cycles during that period which was then the highest in the UK. She obtained excellent training in management of couples with infertility including Assisted Reproductive Techniques that includes IUI, IVF and ICSI. She was awarded certificate for Early Pregnancy and Advanced Gynaecology Ultrasound Scan by the British Fertility Society. Dr Rana has a very kind and empathetic manner towards her patients. She has had excellent feedback from her patients and their GPs. She provides private consulting from Stanley House, 5 Discovery Lane, North Mackay. Dr Rana routinely performs Gynaecological surgery which includes Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (key hole hysterectomy)/ Open Hysterectomy/ Vaginal Hysterectomy, Endometriosis Surgery, Ovarian cystectomy, Vaginal surgeries, Infertility related surgery, Surgery for heavy periods, diagnosis of Gynae malignancy at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Mackay and Mackay Base Hospital. For a quality of care look to contacting Dr. Ritu Rana.

Dr Rodrigues has over 20 years experience. She became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) in January 2005. Her aim is to provide the highest quality of care to women during all stages of their lives. She has specialist interests in Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and incontinence and has undertaken advanced training in these areas. She manages low and high risk pregnancies, and delivers babies at the Mater Private Hospital.