Our Team
Dr Matthew Samartzis
Dr Matthew has over 5 years clinical Chiropractic experience and is passionate about aiding human function through exercise, rehabilitation, positive thinking, and chiropractic care. When it comes to health, he has always been intrigued by the power of the human body to heal itself and how stress and poor mobility can have a detrimental effect to the human body.
Dr Matthew's interest in research and evidence-based practice enables him to give accurate, up to date advice on how to help with your health goals. Whether it is poor musculoskeletal function, poor energy or overall poor wellbeing, Dr Matthew is passionate about helping you create change.
Dr Matthew is dedicated to helping people from all walks of life. This can include those who just want to get out of pain, to those who are looking to increase their mobility/function and direct their life onto a healthier path, so they can achieve their goals and have more energy to do what they love!
Dr Tania Leski
Dr Tania Leski has over 10 years of clinical Chiropractic experience. She has a passion for health, fitness and wellbeing, having been an elite gymnast for most of her young life. She has worked with athletes in local community sporting clubs, as well as treating gymnasts at the Victorian Institute of Sport in Prahan.
Dr Tania is a holistic practitioner who believes in treating the whole spine and body. She has experience with treating people of all ages, offering Chiropractic treatment and home care advice, that includes a personalised rehab program and long term pain management advice. She is focused on treating acute pain, posture dysfunction, pregnancy, paediatrics and headaches.
Dr Tania has completed additional seminars since gradating from RMIT University with an Undergraduate and Masters Degree, and is studied in the application of chiropractic for infants and children , the treatment of childhood behavioural conditions, organic adjustment protocols, TBM, kinesiology, sports chiropractic, therapy for acute musculoskeletal pain, and applied activator adjusting. She brings experience and focused treatment skills to her visits, in order to help every patient with alleviating pain and restoring function.
Dr Andrew Koranic
Dr. Andrew Koranic is a holistic practitioner who believes in a multimodal approach to treating the whole spine and body. Dr. Andrew's interest in chiropractic started 15 years ago as a result of low back pain that he developed due to a gym injury. After visiting his local chiropractor, Dr Andrew had significantly benefited from the treatment and seeing these incredible results inspired him to complete his Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Applied Science at RMIT University with a distinction. Dr Andrew's caring and empathetic nature has led him to be an instrument of change to the wider community.
Dr Andrew is an evidence based chiropractor who uses a diverse range of Chiropractic techniques including gentle and specific manipulation/mobilisation, diversified, soft tissue therapy, activator, blocks, drop piece and rehab. Dr Andrew is focused on treating acute and chronic pain, postural dysfunction, neck pain, upper and lower back pain, sciatica, jaw pain, scoliosis, headaches and upper and lower extremities. Dr Andrew recognises that every patient has individual needs and goals and provides his patients with a tailor made approach to your spinal/health journey.
Dr Jen May Chang
Dr Jen has a been in practice for several years both in Malaysia and Canberra before her recent move to Melbourne. Her first encounter with chiropractic has helped her posture and self-confidence tremendously as a teenager that ultimately inspired her to enrol into a local chiropractic college in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
As a holistic practitioner, Dr Jen sees a range of clients from school kids to seniors, sports people to desk workers in her practice. She works closely with her patients to improve their neuromuscular symptoms and giving back their confidence to do things as simple as going about their daily activities. Close to her personal experience, Jen has a special interest in postural dysfunction, chronic pain and wellness care. She acknowledges that physical, biochemical and mental health can impact one's wellbeing. Jen is a strong believer in the body's natural abilities to heal and hopes to guide people to wellness through better understanding of their own body.
Dr Jen has completed multiple courses and seminars over the years including pregnancy, the management of TMJ and sacro occipital technique (SOT).
Her gentle and courteous demeanour has put many first-time chiropractic patients at ease. Jen is also able to communicate in Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay.
Dr Elise Norman
Dr Elise began her Chiropractic journey in 2019 after taking a leap of faith and jumping into a university degree that she didn’t know a lot about. Since then she learnt a lot about Chiropractic and how she would be able to help people through their lives and in their health journey.
She completed her degree in 2023 and has throughly enjoyed learning both at university and through external course.
Dr Elise has a special interest in paediatric and family care, and hopes to help as many families in the community as she can.
Angelica Germano
As a qualified therapist and a member of the Massage and Myotherapy Australia, I bring a unique perspective to my practice.
My training and experience in physiotherapy overseas contribute to my exceptional attention to detail in addressing clients' needs. With a passion for promoting holistic well-being, I specialize in massage techniques aimed to alleviate tension and enhance overall health.
My diverse background allows me to integrate a comprehensive understanding of the body's mechanics into my massages, ensuring a personalized and effective approach for each client. I am committed to providing a therapeutic experience that not only relaxes but also contributes to the overall improvement of my clients' physical well-being.
Alannah Hydon
Alannah is our experienced remedial massage therapist at The Melbourne Chiropractor in our Broadmeadows clinic.
Alannah is a graduate from RMIT planning to further her industry skills and study myotherapy in the new year. She is keenly interested in pain management and rehabilitation and improving individual sporting performance.
Her professional journey includes working at Melbourne centre for athletic performance and placement treating world-class athletes. She secured opportunities with the New Zealand and Australian national basketball teams as well as being offered a position to work alongside Essendon’s AFLW medical team.
Alannah is committed to ongoing improvement by staying up to date with the latest industry developments and techniques by attending seminars with the association Massage and Myotherapy Australia.
Tana Sami
Tana has over 5 years of remedial massage experience and is passionate about helping people feel their best. Tana applies various massage techniques into practice such as shiatsu, swedish massage, deep tissue, trigger point therapy, mobilisation, muscle stripping, cross friction, relaxation, and muscle therapy.
Having worked in multiple clinical settings with many practitioners he is able to offer patients optimal co- management for better long-term care within the clinic. Tana can apply both light and firm pressure depending on the patient's needs and is able to work throughout the whole body or in certain areas of pain.
Tana has previous experience in helping people with sciatica, headaches, upper and lower limb aches and pain and the more common neck and back pains.