Our celebrated staff

Monash Children's reputation has been built on the quality of the staff with a number of highly celebrated physicians and medical staff within its ranks.

Professor Mick Thomas ADAMSON

Consultant Paediatrician and academic sleep physician. Research Fellow in Paediatrics at University College Hospital London UK 1967-1969, Lecturer in Paediatrics at Monash Uni 1969-1970, Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at Monash Uni 1970-1980, Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatrics at Monash Uni 1980-1992, Associate Professor in Paediatrics at Monash Uni 1992-; TSA, RACP, ACPaed, ASRA, PRSANZ, Department of Paediatrics Monash Medical Centre Clayton.
Dr Eve ADDIS Honorary Clinical Assistant to Paediatric Clinic 1965-1973, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
Dr Betty ANDERSON Honorary Child Psychologist 1975-1976, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
Dr Lois ANDERSON Paediatric Casualty Officer, QVMH

Julie BARLOW

 Child Psychologist
Melissa BARRETT 
AIPU Child Psychologist
Margaret BARRINS AIPU Child Psychologist
Mrs Christine BLACKBURN
 Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist, who collaborated with Elizabeth Lewis on child care project in PNG. In 1996, Christine, a physiotherapist, and Miss Elizabeth Lewis, a neurosurgeon, visited Vanimo in Papua New Guinea during Chris’s annual leave to follow up children who had been sent to Monash Medical Centre for surgical management. As a result, the Blackburn-Lewis treatment centre was established at Vanimo, acknowledging the contribution of these two clinicians. When the Tsunami disaster in the region occurred in July 1998, she was among the first to offer her services, joining several others from Monash Medical Centre who travelled to the disaster zone. With limited resources but unlimited ingenuity she set up traction splinting for those with fractures and respiratory aids for those with pneumonia. In 2000, owing to her leadership and breadth of vision in addressing all facets of professional life, and her dedication to the more vulnerable both locally in Victoria and regionally in Papua New Guinea, Christine was considered a worthy recipient of the Physiotherapy Achievement Award, presented by the Victorian Branch of the Australian Physiotherapy Association. The award cites her almost thirty years of dedication to improving care for children with physical disabilities. Christine was praised as an outstanding clinician, teacher and mentor and enthusiastic advocate. In 2001, Christine was made a representative of VDAC, the Victorian DisAbility Advisory Council. In 2002, Christine alongside Brian Hoare from Occupational Therapy began different studies into the effects of Botulinum Toxin on patients with cerebral palsy.
Dr Mona BLANCH Honorary Consultant Paediatric Physician, QVMH 
Robert Andrew BLACKWOOD Paediatric Physician, QVMH Cardiologist
Dr Don BORNSTEIN Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychologist.

Head of Clinical Genetics & Paediatrics (MMC Genetics, Thalassaemia). Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics and Thalassaemia Consultant. Over the last twenty years or so, the Thalassaemia Unit within the Paediatric Haematology Unit has established international standing with Professor Bowden.
Kathleen BRASHER PhD Student Paediatrics, Paediatric Outpatient Clinic
John BROMLEY Child Psychologist
Chris BROWN RN, NUM, QVMC/MMC 41N
Dr Mary Frances BROWN Honorary Clinical Assistant to the Paediatric Outpatient Clinic (presently in Paediatrics at Horsham)
Sarah BUCKLE Child Psychologist
Dr Kate CAMPBELL (later Dame Kate CAMPBELL Neonatologist, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital; she founded the Neonatal Service; there was the “Kate Campbell Nursery” named after her at the Queen Victoria Medical Centre.
Professor Arthur Colvin Lindesay CLARK (born 1928)

Foundation Professor of Paediatrics at Monash University from 1965.

Stf Sp Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1965-1987, Professor of Paediatrics (Chairman) at Monash Uni 1965-1993, Stf Sp Monash Medical Centre 1987-1993; Professor Clark’s leadership in medical student and post graduate paediatric training was inspirational. (retired but still honorary) Upon his retirement in October 1993, an ‘Arthur Clark Award’ was established for 5th year medical students in his honour.
Dr Caroline CLARKE Unit HO Adolescent Monash Medical Centre 1992
Kevin John COLLINS Sp Paed Neu Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1977-1986, Sp Paed Neu MMC 1986
Ms S.M. CRANAGE Paediatric Sleep Studies, Department of Paediatrics;
Dr Leo J. CUSSEN Paediatrics (deceased 2008)
Geoffrey DAHLENBERG Department of Paediatrics (now retired as Dean of Medicine in Adelaide
Dr Andrew DAVIS Paediatric Cardiologist, Sp Paed Monash Medical Centre 1999
Richard Ralph DOHERTY 

Departmental Head of Paediatrics, Monash University           

Prof Paediatrics Monash Uni 1994-, Director of paediatrics MMC 1994
Dr Peter Andrew DOWNIE Intern Prince Henry’s Hospital 1982-1983, Paediatrics MMC
Brian EDIS  Paediatric Cardiologist
Dr Frank EVANS Honorary Clinical Assistant to Paediatric Clinic
Dr Mark FADJMAN Neonatal and Paediatric Anaesthetist
Dr Graham FARRANT Honorary Psychiatrist, Child Psychiatry 1966-1968, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
A/Prof Ian FAVILLA   

Head of Paediatric Ophthalmology Unit

Asst Prince Henry’s Hospital 1972-1974, Stf Sp Prince Henry’s Hospital 1974-1977, Senior Lecturer Surg Monash Uni 1987-1994, Stf Sp Prince Henry’s Hospital 1977-, Stf Sp Monash Medical Centre 1984-, Clinical Associate Professor Surg Monash Uni 1994;

 Dr David FEARON
 

Honorary Assistant Paediatrician 1971-1978, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
Ms Rowena FERGUSON                                

Administrative Assistant Newborn Services

Dr Ian FINDLAY

Honorary Paediatrician and Paediatric Cardiologist 1965-1980, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital (retired)
Dr Jan FINNEY

Honorary Clinical Assistant Outpatient Paediatric Clinic, 1957-1961, 1965-1968, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
Dr Lance FONG

Paediatric Cardiologist, Monash Day Surgery
Dr Nicholas FREEZER

Respiratory & Sleep Medicine (MMC Clayton)
Paul FULLERTON

Malaysian Monash Medical School
Frieda GAMBLE

RN, NUM Newborn Services, QVMC/MMC
Dr David Reuben GLASS

Consultant General Paediatrician, QVMC/MMC.

Stf Sp Queen Victoria Hospital 1967, Consultant Moorabbin Hospital 1976, Senior Lecturer at Monash Uni 1980, Chair Children’s Division 1983-1986, Stf Sp Monash Medical Centre 1986-, SMDM, ASCIA, ANZAME, ACPaed, AFVIC (retired)
Dr Hugo GOLD

Consultant General Physician and Head of Paediatric Endocrinology at QVMC/MMC

Stf Sp Paediatric Endocrinology Monash Medical Centre 1976-, Paediatric Endocrinology, MMC Clayton

Dr Philip John GRAVES

Head of Paediatric Disabilities (QVMC/MMC Clayton)

MBBS Monash Uni 1968, Registrar at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital 1975-1977, Stf Sp Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1982-1991, VMO Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Melbourne 1982-1991, Senior Lecturer at Monash Uni 1988-, Sr Stf Sp Monash Medical Centre 1992-, ACPaed, CCCH, Paediatric Developmental Disability, MMC Clayton

Dr Dennis HAIN

Consultant General Paediatrician, QVMC/MMC

Stf Sp Paediatrics at Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1984-1986, Stf Sp Paediatrics at  Monash Medical Centre.

Dr John Geoffrey HARRY

Paediatric Emergency MMC RMO Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital 1969-1969, MO Paed Monash Medical Centre 1980 Sexual Assault Unit MMC Clayton 

Sean IRONSIDE

IMYOS Child Psychologist
David Ian JAMES

Assistant Paediatrician, QVMH (now in Paediatrics, RCH, Sunshine Hospital, Northern suburbs)
Dr Frederick Owen JENSEN

Paediatric Radiologist

Consultant Radiologist at Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1980-1989, Deputy Director of Radiology at Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1980-1989, Lecturer in Radiology at Monash Uni 1980-1991, Deputy Director at Monash Medical Centre 1989, Chair at Monash Medical Centre 1992, ASPaedI, ASUM, BIR, RANZCR, RCR.

Dr Margaret Ervin JENSEN

Honorary Clinical Assistant to Dr Rae Matthews, Paediatric Clinic, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital

David Lawrence JOHNSON

Honorary Associate Paediatrician (teaching), Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital (Locum; now retired)

Lilian Mary JOHNSTONE

Paediatric Renal Unit, MMC Clayton.

Dr Jasbir KAUR

Honorary Clinical Assistant to Paediatric Outpatients, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital

Dr Thomas Francis LAMBERT

Neonatal and Paediatric Anaesthetist

Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at Monash Uni 1975

Dr Anthony LEWIS

Deputy Head of Women & Child Health 

Ms Elizabeth Ann LEWIS

Reg Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital 1961-1964, VMO Monash Medical Centre. Ms Lewis was on the Executive Staff as a Divisional Chairman of Children (now retired). She was Acting Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital from 7 April 1967 to 1 August 1967, Honorary Neurosurgeon from 12 September 1975 to November 1975 and Neurosurgeon at the same hospital from November 1975 to 1 August 1980. She also specialised in Spina Bifida cases and contributed to medical advances not just within Australia but within the Asia-Pacific region through the establishment with Christine Blackburn of the Blackburn-Lewis treatment centre in Vanimo in PNG.

Dr Margot McIVOR

Paediatric Renal Physician QVMC/MMC

William John MCKELLAR

Assistant Paediatrician, QVMH (retired)

Dr Margery Clare MCKINNON

Honorary Paediatrician to Outpatients, QVMH

David Malcolm MCLAREN

Assistant Paediatric Surgeon, QVMH (retired; alumnus)

Associate Professor Robert Anthony MACMAHON

Paediatric Surgeon, QVMH (retired)

John MALIOS

Associate Paediatrician to Haematology Clinic, QVMH

Dr Rae Nanatte MATTHEWSW

The Thalassaemia Service within the Paediatric Haematology unit established international standing through the work of Dr Rae Matthews, who was in charge of the Haematology Clinic

Professor Dr Samuel MENAHEM

Head of Paediatrics - RMO Prince Henry’s Hospital 1964-1966, Stf Sp Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital 1971-1972, Cons Behav Paed Cons Monash Medical Centre 1998, Stf Sp Monash Medical Centre 1986, Paed Card Foetal Cardiac Services 1999 (currently at RCH; also MMC)

Dr Margaret A. MILLS

Honorary Associate Neo-Natal Paediatrics, QVMH

Dr C.C.J. MINTY

Honorary Consultant Paediatric Radiotherapist, QVMH

Dr Chi Hung MOK

Honorary Associate Paediatrician, QVMH

Colin Campbell Marshall MOORE

Assistant Paediatric Surgeon, QVMH

Dr Russell Kym MORCOM

Honorary Clinical Assistant to Paediatric Clinic, QVMH

Kenneth Raymond MOUNTAIN

Paediatric Physician, QVMH (retired)

Dr Merrilyn Leila MURNANE

Honorary Clinical Assistant to Professor Arthur Clark’s Paediatric Clinic, Assistant Paediatrician to Haematology Clinic, Paediatric Physician, QVMH (retired alumna)

Dr David Nahum MUSHIN

Acting Honorary Child Psychiatrist, QVMH (retired alumnus; in Child Psychology)

Betty PATTISON

Laboratory Manager of the Department of Paediatrics until her retirement in the 1990s

Associate Professor Dr Susan Elizabeth PIPER

Head of Paediatric Rheumatology Unit (QVMC/MMC) Vis Sp MMC 1982-

 

Associate Professor Geoffrey QUAIL

Head of Paediatric Dental Unit at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital and Monash Medical Centre 1965, Associate Clinical Professor Monash Medical Centre 1999

Barry RAWICKI

Head of Paediatric Rehabilitation, Monash Children's at Monash Medical Centre Clayto

Libby REID

RN, NUM Thalassaemia Unit (within Paediatric Haematology) QVMC/MMC; Libby Reid RN trained as a paediatric nurse at the RCH, where she topped the State in the nursing final exams in 1964 and she has served as Thalassaemia NUM for around thirty years.

Associate Professor Dr Christine RODDA

Head of Paediatric Endocinology and Diabetes - RMO Paed Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1980-1981, Reg Paed Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1981-1982, Honorary Clinical Assistant Queen Victoria Medical Centre 1988-1989, Fellow Endocrinology Kabi-Pharmacia 1991-1995, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinology 1995

Kerryn SAUNDERS

Trained for a number of years as a paediatric resident and registrar at QVMC and is now a consultant paediatrician in charge of the Paediatric Hearing Impairment Clinic at MMC

Ingrid Eileen SCHEFFER

Intern Dandenong & District Hospital 1984-1984, Sp Paed Neu MMC 1994-, Sp Epil MMC 1994-, Monash Neurology, MMC;

Lindsay John SMITH

Cons Paed Neu MMC 1994-, Neurology MMC Clayton

Dr John SPENSLEY

Consultant Paediatrician QVMC (deceased 2008)

Dr Joan SPONG

Paediatric Radiologist

Mr Robert STUNDEN

Paediatric Surgeon

Neil Anthony VALLANCE

Sr MO Oto Lar Monash Medical Centre 1992, Ear Nose & Throat MMC Clayton

Lorna Suna Lini VETHAVANAM

Clinical Assistant to Paediatric Clinic, QVMH

Dr Margery Beth WADDS

Honorary Associate Paediatrician to Neo-Natal Clinic, Queen Victoria Hospital

Craig Stuart WALKER 

Head of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit MMC Clayton

Amanda Mae (Mandy) WALKER

RMO Paed Monash Medical Centre 1987-1988, Reg Paed MMC 1987-1988, Reg Paed MMC 1991-1991, Pgrad Med Md Monash Uni 1992-1994, Stf Sp Paed MMC 1994-1994, Stf Sp Paed Nephr MMC 1995-,

Anthony Paul WELDON

Asst Paediatrician, Queen Victoria Hospital

Dr Patricia F. WELLINGTON

Hon Clinical Asst to Paediatric Clinic, Queen Victoria Hospital

Sumitra Felix WICKRAMASINGHE

Smith & Nephew Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery, Stf Sp Lady Ridgeway Hospital Colombo Sri Lanka 1966-1973,

Stf Sp Queen Victoria Hospital 1975-1987, Stf Sp Paed Surg Monash Medical Centre 1987-1989;

Dr John WILDE

Consultant in Paediatric Dental Unit

Dr Ruth Ann Propert WILLIAMS

RMO Queen Victoria Hospital 1945-1947

Dr Betty (Alice Elizabeth) WILMOT

Clinical Assistant, Neo-natal Clinic, Queen Victoria Hospital (no entry in MDA)

Dr Helen WODAK

Sessional Medical Officer to Casualty Paediatric Clinic, Queen Victoria Hospital (no entry in MDA)

(Carl) Edwin Carlyle WOOD

Chair ObGyn Monash Uni 1965-1992;

Dr Elizabeth XIPELL

Associate Paediatrician 1965-1980, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Honorary Clinical Assistant to Dr Horan’s Paediatric Clinic

Mr Robert William YARDLEY

Head of Paediatric Surgery Unit  - Reg QVMC 1981-1981, VMO QVMC 1984-1989, VMO Monash Medical Centre 1989-1992, VMO Dandenong & District Hospital 1991-1992, Paediatric Surgery MMC Clayton and Paediatric Surgery Dandenong Hospital

Reverend Professor Victor YU

Head of MMC Newborn Services (retired 2007) 
Professor Yu introduced neonatal ventilation in the 1970s and laid the foundation for its international reputation, which this service has achieved over the last thirty years. Yu qualified in medicine from Hong Kong University in 1968 and trained in neonatal paediatrics at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK and McMaster University Medical Centre, Canada, under the mentorship of Sir Peter Tizard and Jack Sinclair respectively. He was originally appointed in 1976 to Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital and later Monash Medical Centre to establish the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Growth and Developmental Clinic as Foundation Director. Between 1983 and 1988, Professor Yu visited and lectured at Peking Union Medical College. Yu was involved in many “firsts” in the development of neonatology in Australia, including neonatal intensive care for infants down to 500 grams weight and 24 weeks. He is a prolific author of ten books, one hundred and seventy book chapters, two hundred and sixty journal papers and three hundred and sixty conference abstracts. He is also on the editorial board of several medical journals. Professor Yu remains as a consultant neonatologist to MMC’s Neonatal Unit, Professor of Neonatology at Monash University and as Clinical Director of the Richie Centre for Baby Health Research.

Dr Gary ZENTNER

Honorary Associate Paediatrician 1974-1975; 1977-1978, Queen Victoria Hospital

       

Frank MEACCO

Health Technology Services. Originally was Queen Vic’s Deputy Biomedical Engineer.In August 1986, it was reported that Frank Meacco, as Deputy Director of Biomedical Engineering, had produced a special light source for illumination of neonatal brachial blood circulation to facilitate blood sampling. Called the Velvet Touch Transilluminator, it uses fibre optics to provide a cool light, which is held against the neonate’s arm to illuminate the arteries and veins, enabling the blood sample to be taken. At that time there was no similar device available in Australia.