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Mondays & Tuesdays
BSC (Hons), MB BS, DCH, FRACP
Dr Tony Whelan is a specialist paediatrician with a wealth of experience in general paediatrics in both hospital and outpatient settings. He received his medical degree at the University of Sydney and trained in both Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick and Westmead Children’s Hospital. His experience working at more than a dozen paediatric and neonatal units across New South Wales included specific training in a diverse range of paediatric conditions including allergy, sleep medicine, complex feeding issues and eating disorders. Dr Whelan currently works in private consulting rooms and as a staff specialist paediatrician at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, working with vulnerable families from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Dr Whelan is committed to achieving the best possible care for each child and their family in the critical first 1,000 days of early development. Each child is unique and grows up in a family that plays a crucial role in their physical and mental health. Dr Whelan takes the time to get to know each child and family to fully understand their concerns. He has experience working in multidisciplinary teams with schools, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and other health professionals to ensure the best outcome for each child.
As a hands-on father of two young children, Dr Whelan understands the challenge of raising independent and resilient children.
Thursdays
BSC (Hons), MB BS, MPH, FRACP
Alternate Mondays & Tuesdays
MD, FRACP
Wednesdays
BSc(Med) MBBS DCH FRACP
Dr Jamie Cheah, known as “Dr Jamie” to her patients is a General and Developmental Paediatrician. She has dual specialist qualifications in both General Paediatrics and Community Child Health, having obtained her medical degree from the University of New South Wales and completed specialist training through the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network. She has worked across multiple local health districts in NSW with experience in developmental delay, autism, intellectual disability and child protection. She is an accredited user of standardised tools for the diagnosis of developmental delay and autism.
In addition to consulting privately, Dr Cheah also works as a General Paediatrician (VMO) in a Sydney metropolitan public hospital providing neonatal and paediatric care. She also works as a Developmental Paediatrician (Staff Specialist) in a public tertiary developmental unit.
She takes a family-centred and evidence-based approach in assessment and management. She is currently studying a Masters of Public Health, is a Conjoint Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, and a member of the Australian Society of Developmental Paediatrics and Australian ADHD Professionals Association. When not at work, she juggles the joyful chaos of having a young family, baking and nature.
Wednesdays
B.E. M.B.B.S. FRACP
Alternate Wednesdays.
B.E. M.B.B.S. FRACP
Dr David Carr is a General Paediatrician experienced in the care of babies and children in acute hospital and outpatient settings. He completed his specialty training with the Sydney Children’s’ Hospital Network. David has special interests in newborn care, allergy and developmental paediatrics.
David is a Staff Specialist Paediatrician at Canterbury Hospital and a VMO Paediatrician at Campbelltown Hospital Emergency Department. He is a conjoint lecturer with University of NSW.
Outside of work David is busy spending time with his young family, which has given him additional insight into the joys and challenges of parenting!
Monday to Wednesday
MB BS(Hons), Dip Paed, FRACP
Dr Ana Dosen is a specialist paediatrician and allergist. She has a special interest in food allergy, anaphylaxis and immunotherapy. She has been working for over 20 years in the St George area after completing her training at Sydney Children’s Hospital.
She is a staff specialist at St George Hospital and VMO at Sydney Children’s Hospital.
She is a conjoint lecturer at the UNSW. Ana is a examiner for medical students and also National Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians Pediatric Division.She also has experience in adolescent medicine. For the past 9 years she has supported the Eating Disorder Unit at Sydney Children’s Hospital as consultant specialist.
She is a member of the Australasian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (ASCIA) and member of the Paediatric and Anaphylaxis Committees.She is available for consultation Monday to Wednesday.
MBBS BSc (Med)
Bernadette completed her medical degree at the University of NSW (MBBS BSc (Med)). She trained in Paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead before being drawn to Clinical Genetics; the interface between genetic research and patient care. She has worked with the Clinical Genetics services at Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Liverpool Hospitals. She is a registered Clinical Geneticist with a special interest in genetic conditions affecting children and connective tissue disorders.
Bernadette is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Fellow of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia. She previously Co-Chaired the Trainee committee for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. She has provided several teaching sessions to trainee doctors, Paediatricians and Obstetricians in the functional benefits and caution of Genetic testing in their patients.
Thursdays
MB BS, FRACP
Dr Elliot trained through the Sydney Children’s Hospital’s Network Randwick. He holds dual qualifications as a specialist in both General Paediatrics (the care of newborns, children and young people) and Community Child Health (developmental and behavioural medicine, public health and child protection).
During his paediatric specialist training, Dr Elliot was awarded the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Examination Medal in Paediatrics as the candidate with the highest examination mark in Australia and New Zealand.
He currently works in both in private consulting rooms in Kogarah, as a Staff Specialist Paediatrician at St George Hospital, Sydney and he holds an honorary Staff Specialist position in the Department of Community Child Health at Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick.
In 2019 Dr Elliot was nominated in the category of “Outstanding Leadership” in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Community Health awards.
Dr Elliot is the paediatrician for the St George Paediatric Multidisciplinary Complex Feeding Clinic. In August 2016 Dr Elliot and the clinic team were awarded the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Award for Innovation in Integrated Care.
Dr Elliot’s practice is evidence-based and up to date. He regularly attends relevant conferences and is an active member of the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatric Society of Australasia.
He is is a Conjoint Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and has received student-nominated awards for his teaching.
