Meet the Team at Gentle Care Clinic
Dr Katherine Shields (Principle Chiropractor)
Dr Katherine has spent a lifetime working in healthcare, with the genuine desire to help people achieve their highest health potentials. As a nurse, she saw that the conventional medical approach offered a lot of options, but there still seemed to be a gap in health.
After working with chronic fatigue patients for 11 years, she observed that dietary changes offered patients some improvement, however, patients were still not hitting the goals they were looking for. Finally, she met a chiropractor who explained how chiropractic care works to restore optimal nervous system function, and Dr Katherine realised this might be the missing link her patients needed.
Passionate about offering a holistic approach that would help patients create the health they were looking for, she enrolled at RMIT Bundoora and graduated with her Bachelor of Health Sciences and Bachelor of Chiropractic, with distinctions.
Dr Anna Pietroungo (Chiropractor & Myotherapist)
Dr Anna Pietroungo joins Gentle Care Clinic with an exceptional multi-disciplinary background spanning ballet, remedial massage, myotherapy, and chiropractic. Her clinical journey reflects a career-long commitment to understanding the musculoskeletal system in its full complexity — progressing from general massage through to Bowen therapy, craniosacral therapy, and myotherapy, before completing her chiropractic studies.
Dr Pietroungo’s approach is highly personalised, blending chiropractic technique with soft tissue therapies, dry needling, low-level laser therapy, Guasha, and myofascial cupping. This flexible, integrative style allows her to tailor treatment to the individual presentation and deliver meaningful outcomes for patients with both acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
Growing With Our Community
Gentle Care Clinic is committed to expanding its scope of care for the Mooroolbark community. We are actively welcoming practitioners across allied health disciplines — including physiotherapy, naturopathy, dietetics, and psychology — to build a truly integrated health hub where your patients can access coordinated, evidence-informed care under one roof.