Speakers

Dr Moya VandeleurDr Moya Vandeleur is a specialist in paediatric respiratory and sleep medicine at RCH. She has recently completed a PhD on the effects of sleep disruption on mood and quality of life in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Her clinical work...

Dr Anu MathewDr Anu Mathew is trained in general ophthalmology (including cataract surgery), as well as paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus (eye turn/squint) in patients of all ages. Her surgical experience encompasses most general ophthalmology, paediatric...

Dr Mark SafeDr Mark Safe is a Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital and clinical lead for GI Motility, Functional GI disorders and Eosinophilic Oesophagitis. In addition, he cares for children with inflammatory bowel diseases...

Dr Katherine ChenDr Katherine Chen is a general paediatrician and the clinical lead of the short stay unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital. Following completion of her PhD, she combines inpatient and outpatient clinical work with pursuing her interest in...

Dr Josh OsowickiDr Josh Osowicki is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases physician at RCH and a post-doctoral research fellow at MCRI. Josh has a growing profile in the international Streptococcus pyogenes (‘Strep A’) and human challenge research communities, following on...

Dr Shidan TosifDr Shidan Tosif is a consultant paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. He was a COVID-19 Clinical Director at RCH and Medical Lead for the Respiratory Infection Clinic. He continues as Clinical Lead of the COVID-19 follow up clinic....

Marnie PascoeDr Marnie Pascoe is a Clinical Nurse Consultant of Procedural Pain Management and the RCH- Melbourne and born optimist. Marnie’s vision is that, just as we strive to perfect our future treatments for illness and injury, so will we strive for perfection in...

A/Prof Jane MunroA/Prof Jane Munro is a paediatric rheumatologist with a special interest in pain medicine. She specialises in juvenile arthritis and connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, and vasculitis. She has also treated...

Dr Amanda StockDr Amanda Stock has been working as a paediatric emergency physician since 2008. Amanda is obsessed with children and their families having as much information as they need to experience a sense of control in a very stressful environment. She is...

Dr Bryn JonesDr Bryn Jones is a Paediatric Cardiologist with expertise in cardiac imaging (Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI, Fetal Cardiology). Bryn has worked as a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Children's Hospital since 2009, and he is presently the Deputy...

Dr Simone HuntingfordDr Simone Huntingford is a Neonatologist with the PIPER team at the Royal Children’s Hospital. She has a special interest in neonatal neurology and is completing the inaugural Neonatal Neurology Fellowship with Monash Health/Monash University....

Dr Trupti JadhavDr Trupti Jadhav is a Paediatric Neurologist with expertise in complex epilepsy in children. She is currently the Clinical Lead of The Ketogenic Dietary Therapy Program at the RCH and an Honorary Fellow in Neurosciences at the Murdoch Children’s...

Dr Sam MehrDr Sam Mehr has worked as a Consultant Allergist/Immunologist in both public and private practise for the past ten years. He is one of only about 20 Paediatric Immunologists in Australia who has completed Allergy and Immunology training through the Royal...

Dr Giselle D'MelloDr Giselle D’Mello is a specialist paediatric dentist having completed her Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Paediatric Dentistry) at The University of Otago, New Zealand and is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of...

Dr Anthea GreenwayDr Anthea Greenway is a Paediatric Haematologist with a focus on Sickle Cell Disease and Haemoglobinopathies. She is the Director of the Clinical Haematology Department, the Clinical Lead for the RCH Apheresis service, the Clinical Lead for the RCH...

Dr Emma WeiszDr Emma Weisz is a general paediatrician, researcher and passionate medical educator. Her clinical interests are in community paediatrics and Aboriginal Health. She is currently moonlighting as a clinical genetics fellow at Monash Health. Emma hopes to...

Justine ElliottJustine Elliott, BSc (Hons), MGenCouns Head of Service Delivery and Development: Clinical Genomics, VCGS is Head of Service Delivery and Development for Clinical Genomics at VCGS. With a background in laboratory genetics, Justine is also a trained...

Dr Chidambaram PrakashDr Chidambaram Prakash is the Principal Hospital Psychiatrist (Clinical Lead for the hospital based acute and inpatient services) of the MH department. Prakash has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of mental...