About
Dr Laura Chapman
MBChB, BSc, FRACGP, CWH
Laura is an approachable & experienced pelvic health, women’s health and mental health GP.
Laura is committed to providing centred care. That is care with you at the centre. Care that helps bring you back to centre.
Laura has a fast-growing number of clients with pelvic-pain, and also continues to manage the full spectrum of GP presentations. Laura is an international speaker and expert advisor on the subject of pelvic pain. Previous collaborations include The Julia Argyrou Endometriosis Centre, Better Care Victoria and Pelvic Pain Victoria. She travelled to Copenhagen in 2023 in an advisory capacity for the development of a diagnostic test for endometriosis.
Laura is passionate about:
Cultivating a positive doctor-patient relationship
Advocating for those with persistent pelvic pain (PPP)
Treating adolescents early for PPP to prevent complications later in life
Getting to know patients to enable holistic-care
Trauma-informed practices
Collaboration with ‘special’ specialists- allied & tertiary
Empowering with tool provision- information, options, strategies
Promoting autonomy
Providing positive experiences around IUD insertion