All paediatricians working at Paediatrics Ballarat are independent medical practitioners.
Doctor
Fiona Noble
Fiona trained as a paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and Royal Darwin Hospital. As a Consultant paediatrician, she has worked in the Northern Territory before commencing work at Ballarat in 2008. Fiona works with the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service and with the Paediatric diabetes clinic at Ballarat Health Services.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
no
Accepting New Allergy Patients:
yes
Consulting Days:
monday, tuesday, thursday
Expected Wait Time:
Outreach Locations: Stawell
Associate Professor
David Tickell
David completed his paediatric training through the Royal Children’s Hospital, before working in Albury-Wodonga. He then worked in Malawi, Africa running a large unit dealing with many tropical diseases, malnutrition, TB and HIV.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
yes
Consulting Days:
tuesday, friday
Expected Wait Time:
8 Months
Doctor
Mark Nethercote
Mark is a General Paediatrician, born and bred in Ballarat, who returned in 2011 with his wife and two daughters. He is currently working at Grampians Health, St John of God Hospital and Paediatrics Ballarat.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
no
Accepting New Allergy Patients:
no
Consulting Days:
By Appointment
Expected Wait Time:
Currently Not Accepting New Paediatric Patients
Associate Professor
Shabna Rajapaksa
Shabna is a general Paediatrician. She graduated with honours from Cambridge University and completed her paediatric training in Nottingham, Oxford and the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. She holds degrees in Neuroscience and a Masters in Medical Education and is a Fellow to the Royal Australian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK).
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
no
Accepting New Allergy Patients:
yes
Consulting Days:
monday, thursday
Expected Wait Time:
Not Currently Taking New Paediatric Patients
Doctor
Austen Erasmus
Austen is a South African trained Paediatrician who initially worked in the Johannesburg area before working in Botswana for 9 years. He then emigrated to Australia in 2006 to work in Sale, where he continued his special interests in neurodevelopmental and behavioural paediatrics, and also provides outreach paediatric services to Horsham.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
no
Accepting New Allergy Patients:
no
Consulting Days:
wednesday, thursday
Expected Wait Time:
Not currently taking new patients.
Outreach Locations: Horsham
Doctor
Lakshman Doddamani
Lakshman is a consultant general paediatrician at Ballarat Health Services with a strong interest in neuro-developmental and behavioural paediatrics. He completed his paediatric training in the UK. Lakshman has also worked in Mildura, taught at Monash Rural Medical School, and was an honorary senior lecturer in the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
yes
Consulting Days:
tuesday
Expected Wait Time:
6 Months
Outreach Locations: Horsham, Ararat
Doctor
Megan Freeman
Megan completed her paediatric training at the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Mercy Hospital for Women. More recently she has been working with the Paediatric Infant and Perinatal Retrieval services as a retrieval Doctor for sick infants. Despite thoroughly enjoying her time there she is very excited to be returning to her home town of Ballarat.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
no
Accepting New Allergy Patients:
no
Consulting Days:
tuesday
Expected Wait Time:
Currently not taking new patients.
Outreach Locations: Stawell
Doctor
Chamilka Edirisinghe
Chamilka is a general paediatrician with more than 20 years’ experience in all aspects of Paediatrics (newborns to adolescents) including, behavioural problems (Autism, ADHD), developmental problems (developmental delay, learning difficulties), growth concerns and feeding problems, management and coordination of care for children with chronic illnesses or complex needs such as Asthma, eczema and allergies
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
yes
Consulting Days:
thursday
Expected Wait Time:
6 months
Doctor
Alicia Williams
Alicia completed her early paediatric training at the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Mercy Hospital for Women, prior to undertaking the latter years of her training in Ballarat.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
no
Consulting Days:
monday, tuesday
Expected Wait Time:
Not Currently Taking New Patients
Doctor
Jenna Pyper
Jenna was born and raised in Canada before moving and studying medicine in Melbourne. She completed her Paediatric training at the Royal Children’s Hospital and surrounding hospitals before moving to Ballarat to finish up her training.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
yes
Consulting Days:
monday
Expected Wait Time:
8 Months
Outreach Locations: Stawell
Doctor
Nelu Jayawardena
Nelu completed her Paediatric training through the Royal Children's Hospital and has worked at a range of hospitals in Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
yes
Accepting New Allergy Patients:
yes
Consulting Days:
wednesday, thursday
Expected Wait Time:
2 Months
Doctor
Alice Donnan
Alice completed her medical degree at the University of Melbourne. She trained as a paediatrician through both the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and Grampians Health in Ballarat. Alice works with children with a wide range of medical, behavioural and developmental problems.
Accepting New Paediatric Patients:
no
Accepting New Allergy Patients:
no
Consulting Days:
friday
Expected Wait Time:
Currently not taking new patients.