Biography

Short: Dr Rodney Aziz is the founder and CEO of Family Doctor, Australia’s largest doctor-owned GP network — 112+ clinics built from a single 2008 practice.

Medium: Dr Rodney Aziz is a Melbourne GP and the founder and CEO of Family Doctor. Since 2008 he has grown the group from one clinic to 112+ across six states and territories, with around 1,000 doctors — kept entirely doctor-owned. In 2025, KKR backed the network with a A$300 million facility structured to preserve that ownership. A University of Melbourne medical graduate and FRACGP fellow, Rod writes and speaks on scaling primary care without corporatising it.

Fact sheet

Name: Dr Rodney Aziz
Title: Founder & CEO, Family Doctor
Founded: 2008, Melbourne
Network: 112+ clinics · 1,000+ doctors · VIC, QLD, WA, NSW, ACT, SA
Ownership: 100% doctor-owned; no external shareholders, no board
2025 milestone: A$300M KKR financing facility (private credit, not equity)
Qualifications: MBBS (Univ. of Melbourne, 1995); FRACGP (2010); MAICD (2018)

Speaking topics

• Scaling primary care without corporatising it
• Doctor ownership models in Australian general practice
• Healthcare M&A, succession, and rescuing failing practices
• Doctor-led governance