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About us

The practice has been located in Sant Antoni de Calonge since April 2011. The practice was opened by (GP) Mrs. Anna van Hooff from the Netherlands. Since April 2022 Dr. Hans-Eric Usher has taken over the practice.

He speaks English and German (Hochdeutsch & Schwiizerdütsch) fluently. The practice focuses on English, Dutch, German, Belgian and French residents and tourists, but of course people from any nationality are very welcome!

Dr. Hans-Eric Usher, General Practitioner and Family Medicine

Hans-Eric studied medicine at the University of London followed by working in many specialities in the South of England and London. He completed 6 years post-graduate training prior to specialising as a Family Doctor and obtained Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK.

He has a special interest in women's health and child health.

Apart from being a fully qualified Family Doctor, he has branched out into Aviation Medicine having worked for Emirates Airline in Dubai, and he also worked as a ship’s doctor and has circumnavigated the globe twice on a ship.

He speaks English, German and Spanish fluently, with a good working knowledge of French. He is extremely glad to be able to continue the excellent work of his predecessor, Dr. Anna van Hooff.

Finny Hoekstra, Receptionist

Finny works in the practice as a receptionist since the summer of 2014. Before she worked at Schiphol in the area of international transport and logistics. She has been living in Spain since 2003 where she already works for a long time as a secretary for medical homecare. Finny speaks, besides Dutch, also Spanish, English, German and French.

Ximena Fuentes Davis, Nurse

Ximena is originally Chilean. She moved to Spain from an early age and she followed her nursing training in Barcelona. Since 1981 she has been working as an operation assistant and nurse at various medical centers. She has also worked in a geriatric center for some time.

In addition to Spanish and Catalan, Ximena speaks English.