Mike Mackay Interviews...Dr Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito
- Mike Mackay
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min read
"An impressive multi-award winning entrepreneur, Dr Vanesse shares with me her passion for women’s health, education, and community advocacy.
She's taken that passion out of the clinic and out into the world, publishing best-selling anthologies sharing inspiring stories of women becoming powerful voices and demonstrating their remarkable power to rise above any circumstances. " "Dr Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito FRANZCR is the Clinical Director, Specialist of Breast Imaging and Intervention and business owner of Women’s & Breast Imaging (WBI), Cottesloe, Western Australia. She is an Adjunct Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Curtin University and The University of Western Australia.
Dr Vanessa is a multi-award entrepreneur and was been named AusMumpreneur 2021 in the following categories: People’s Choice Awards – Making a Difference (Local Community) Gold Award Winner and Health and Wellbeing Business Silver Award Winner; Millennial Achiever Award presented by Filipino Australian Club of Perth Inc (FACPI) during Philippines Independence Day Gala Night at The Crown Towers, Perth WA in 2019; Breast Radiologist of the year presented by Radiology Awards 2022; and an Australian Women’s Small Business Champion awards 2022 Finalist in the Professional Medical Services Category.
Her commitment to breast care has taken her out of the clinical environment, and into the online space, to create a platform that complements Dr Vanessa's clinical services. As of 2022, she is a published author of three anthology books, two of which were listed in Amazon’s bestselling list:
Global Girls – Find your thing
Courage and Confidence – What it takes to succeed in business
The Power to Rise Above
She is a Founding Member of The Brilliant Foundation and is a community ambassador of the Ladybird Foundation.
She is married with a son and daughter and contributes actively to her community in numerous ways by providing community health education, ensuring they have access to current information on optimal care for breast health and the best available breast imaging technology.
In her spare time, Dr Vanessa loves singing in the choir, triathlon, swimming in the ocean, running, cycling, playing tennis, playing scrabble games with the family, and travelling."
