TPCH welcomes sibling sets of new doctors as part of Metro North intern cohort
Carise and Cai are a bother and sister duo ready to join the TPCH team.
Metro North Health hospitals have this week been flooded with 203 new junior doctors ready to put their theory into practice as part of their intern year.
Gracing the Emergency Departments and wards of The Prince Charles Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Redcliffe Hospital, Caboolture Hospital and the Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, the eager interns will rotate through core areas of medicine, surgery, and emergency medicine before undertaking 15 weeks of elective rotations.
The Prince Charles Hospital cohort boasts two sets of siblings in its batch of junior doctor recruits for 2025 – twins Erisa and Avissa, and siblings Cai and Carise.
Erisa and Avissa, from Canada, have spent four long years apart studying medicine in Brisbane and Wollongong respectively before being reunited in their new intern roles at The Prince Charles Hospital this week.
Meanwhile, Cai and Carise, siblings with The Prince Charles Hospital alumni parents, make it a full family affair as they join Mum and Dad at the hospital.
Erisa and Avissa are starting as junior doctors this year.
Twin Avissa arrived in Brisbane less than a week ago and was pleased to be back with her sister and best friend after forging separate lives in Australia during med school.
“We have spent birthdays apart and had to be separated when we came to Australia with no friends or family, so we are very happy to be back together and to start this job together where we can help each other out,” she said.
Both interested in pursuing anaesthetics and/or critical care specialties, the duo reaffirmed they are keen to remain in the same city.
“If one of us had a baby in the future, we can help out in our personal lives too by having the same career, and being able to give that extra support,” Erisa said.
For 27-year-old Cai, he has no qualms starting alongside 25-year-old sister Carise and expressed similar sentiments about sharing the excitement of beginning work as a doctor with his sister.
“I started my medical degree ahead of Carise but took a few years mid-degree to complete a PHD in cultural studies, so we finished at the same time,” he said.
“We have parents that work here at The Prince Charles Hospital, and we are very close family unit – we even got to see our parents on the first day of orientation which was so nice.”
Metro North Health’s 2025 junior doctor intake solidifies its investment in more frontline healthcare workers, with more doctors joining us than previous years.