Medical Specialists

The following medical specialists are independent practitioners who have engaged Prosper Paediatrics to provide the administrative services they need for their practices. They consult at our Toorak Gardens and North Adelaide rooms using our reception and administration teams, services and facilities.

Each doctor has their own practice style, special interests, fee schedules, length of waiting list and preferred patient mix. many combine private practice with public jobs at the women’s and children’s, lyell Mcewin, modbury or Flinders hospitals. if unable to accept a particular referral, they will advise this and suggest other options.

The usual clinic locations for each doctor are indicated. Sometimes, their clinics are moved for reasons such as staffing or to accommodate maintenance work, but we will advise you as soon as possible before the clinic if that is needed. Prosper Paediatrics provides consulting rooms to associated doctors at Moore St, Toorak Gardens (east side of Burnside Hospital) and 20 Mann Terrace, North Adelaide.

Paediatricians & Neonatologists

Dr Brian Conway | Consultant Paediatrician — **Dr Brian Conway** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 51 044 375 709 | New patient intake is via newborn referral in SA private hospital maternity services. Dr Conway consults at the Toorak Gardens rooms and North Adelaide rooms.

Dr Thu Kent | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 96 670 351 661 | Dr Kent’s patient intake is via newborn referral at Calvary North Adelaide and Burnside Hospitals. Dr Kent consults at the North Adelaide rooms.

Dr Rishi Agrawal | Consultant Paediatrician — **Dr Rishi Agrawal** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 57 413 013 503 | Dr Agrawal consults at the Toorak Gardens rooms and North Adelaide rooms.

Dr Kavita Rasiah | Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Specialist — **Dr Kavita Rasiah** | Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Specialist
ABN 90 978 767 995 | Dr Rasiah provides neonatal care at Burnside Hospital and consults in her clinic at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

Dr Marianne Yanni | Consultant Paediatrician — **Dr Marianne Yanni** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 75 750 232 465 | Dr Yanni’s patient intake is via newborn referral at Burnside Hospital; otherwise, her books are closed. | Dr Yanni consults at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

Dr Noha Soliman | Consultant Paediatrician — **Dr Noha Soliman** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 46 318 465 479 | consulting at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

Dr Josie Nozza | Consultant Paediatrician — **Dr Josie Nozza** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 53 685 013 181 | Books currently closed. | I usually consult at the North Adelaide Rooms.

Dr Lydia Kennedy | Consultant Neonatologist — **Dr Lydia Kennedy** | Consultant Neonatologist | ABN 97 763 151 896 | Dr Kennedy provides Neonatal Care at Burnside Hospital and sometimes as a locum at Calvary Hospital. She consults at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

Dr Jane Smith | Consultant Paediatrician — **Dr Jane Smith** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 12 652 484 336 | Consulting at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

Paediatric Endocrinologist

Dr Jessica Harbison | Paediatric Endocrinologist | ABN 81186604565 | Consults at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

Dr Yu-Ling Chen | Consultant Paediatrician — **Dr Yu-Ling Chen** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 15 789 761 325 | Books closed. | Consulting mostly at the North Adelaide rooms, sometimes at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

**Dr Rebecca Holst** | Consultant Paediatrician | ABN 62 978 234 528 | Dr Holst provides neonatal care at Burnside Hospital and sometimes as a locum at Calvary Hospital. She consults in clinics at the Toorak Gardens rooms.

Paediatric Neurologists-books closed

Dr Kerrie-Anne Chen | Paediatric Neurologist — **Dr Kerrie-Anne Chen** | Paediatric Neurologist | ABN 22 626 945 821 | Dr Chen’s private practice is closed.

Dr Romain Briest, Paediatric Neurologist — **Dr Romain Briest** | Paediatric Neurologist | ABN 83 882 496 505 | Dr Briest’s books are currently closed to new referrals. Dr Briest normally consults at the North Adelaide rooms.

Consulting Rooms: locations & opening hours

Allied Health & Midwifery

The following providers are independent practitioners who consult at our clinics with the support of administrative services provided by prosper Paediatrics.

The usual clinic locations for each provider are indicated. Sometimes, their clinics are moved for reasons such as staffing or to accommodate maintenance work, but we will advise you as soon as possible before the clinic if that is needed.

Prosper Paediatrics provides consulting rooms to associated providers at Moore St, Toorak Gardens (east side of Burnside Hospital) and 20 Mann Terrace, North Adelaide.

Moments to Milestones - Infant and Toddler Developmental Assessment and Education

Megan (Meg) Bater | Neonatal and Paediatric Nurse Consultant | Director, Moments to Milestones |ABN 51 418 458 387 | North Adelaid Rooms or home visits.

Meg sees newborns and infants in home visits and at Prosper Paediatrics, 20 Mann Terrace, North Adelaide. She conducts standardised developmental assessments (Bayleys). She also sees new babies and their families in Newborn Observation Sessions to help families gain confidence in understanding, responding to and caring for their babies.

Shari Bessell, Sound Bites Therapy Services- Dysphagia Clinic

Our Sound Bites’ Dysphagia Clinic is conducted at the Toorak Gardens Rooms (east side of Burnside Hospital).

I see infants and toddlers suffering from Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties).

Your paediatrician or GP will refer your child to the clinic. Indications that your child has dysphagia include failure to suckle / latch for breast or bottle feeding; increased respiratory distress during feeding; faltering growth/failure to thrive; inability to meet nutritional requirements orally and feeding tube dependency; coughing or choking with food or drink; refusal to feed or oral aversion in infants.

The Dysphagia Clinic does not see children for fussy eating or chronic picky eating.

I find that being able to work alongside children and their parents through all their big achievements and milestones is really worthwhile. When first meeting your child, I feel it is important to get to know them a little before beginning any assessment of their swallowing difficulties.

When not wearing my speech pathologist hat, I love to go out for brunch and coffee, take my dogs to the beach and cook!

Sound Bites Therapy Services offers Speech Therapy at their practice rooms in Blackwood and in-home visits. The Sound Bites Dysphagia clinic is managed with the co-operation and assistance of Prosper Paediatrics who provide the room and take payments at the desk on behalf of Soundites for any non-NDIS appointments. Alison Spurr is the founder and Director of Sound Bites Therapy Services.

Alison Spurr | Speech Pathologist | Director, Sound Bites Speech & Feeding — **Alison Spurr** | Speech Pathologist | Director, Sound Bites Therapy Services | ABN 21 306 761 780

Dietitian

Consulting rooms: locations and opening hours

Administration Team

Prosper paediatrics provides the reception and administration Team for your provider as part of our services to their independent practice.

Prosper Paediatrics (the trading name for Paediatrics at Burnside Pty Ltd) is a small family profit-for-purpose business providing highly specialised management and administrative services and facilities to sole practitioners in paediatric healthcare. The Associated Practitioners have each engaged Prosper Paediatrics to provide all the administrative services and facilities needed for their independent private practices. Their training and passion is their clinical work providing health care services to their patients. They rely on Prosper Paediatrics to efficiently provide the reception, administration and well-equipped consulting room services they want and need for their practice and their care of children.

Angela is the Managing Director of Prosper Paediatrics. Dr Brian Conway is a co-director of Paediatrics at Burnside Pty Ltd.

Prosper Paediatrics employs a carefully selected and tight team. Our staff understand our purpose. Their big hearts are the most important contribution to our team, and with their people skills and wisdom, they strive to work effectively as the Prosper team with each of the providers and our patient families. Our management team is supported by Anna, who leads the reception team which includes Stella, Eva and medical students, Sunwoo and Matthew. Some staff occasionally work remotely, but whether at home or in the rooms, the whole team work closely together on a single virtual reception desk and administration team with our management staff.

Prosper Paediatrics manages bookings, billings and other reception care. We ensure your communication with your provider, and other correspondence are sent or filed securely and efficiently. We aim to resolve your requests and concerns effectively where possible and if needed, we communicate promptly anything we cannot resolve to your provider. You won’t find random messages on post-it notes floating around our work-stations. We prioritise the use of secure and consistent communication and filing procedures using the best digital and IT tools. Your requests are entered into your file and reliably flagged to your provider. The various associated doctors and allied health providers are a diverse group, with a range of other professional and family responsibilities and practice styles. Most practice privately on a part-time basis. Some check and respond to tasks daily whilst others check in once or twice a week. Each provider conducts their practice independently and not under the direction of Prosper Paediatrics.

Angela Conway | Practice DirectorAngela established Paediatrics at Burnside with Dr Conway in 2012 and is passionate about providing a welcoming, supportive and friendly place for families. She designed the interiors to foster an environment where all ages feel welcome and comfortable. Angela has qualifications in Law and Arts, majoring in Economics, as well as Education and Design. She is committed to providing administrative and reception services to our families in a warm, friendly and professional manner, whilst supporting our practitioners in providing excellent care. Her goal is to make Paediatrics at Burnside & North Adelaide the benchmark for paediatric service provision in South Australia. — **Angela Conway** | Managing Director
Angela established Paediatrics at Burnside, now Prosper Paediatrics, with Dr Conway in 2012. . She is passionate about providing the highly specialised management and administrative services needed to ensure each provider can care for their patients in a welcoming, supportive, friendly space and achieve the best outcomes possible for each child. in their care. Angela has qualifications in Law and Arts, majoring in Economics, as well as Education and Design. Her goal is to make Prosper Paediatrics the benchmark for paediatric service provision to paediatric healthcare practitioners in South Australia.
Angela is a co-director with Dr Conway, of the company, Paediatrics at Burnside Pty Ltd, trading as Prosper Paediatrics. .

Genevieve Conway | Assistant Practice ManagerGenevieve manages patient accounts and assists in the day-to-day running of the practice, looking after a range of general practice management activities. She also works closely with our paediatricians to coordinate our neonatal care rosters for Burnside and Calvary North Adelaide hospitals. Genevieve studied Arts at university and enjoys the various responsibilities and challenges that come with practice management. — **Genevieve** | Assistant Practice Manager
Genevieve’s primary role is in managing Patient Accounts and Prosper Paediatrics’ relationships with the providers whose practices we support. She manages their clinics to align with their practice styles and preferences and patient mix. She aims to ensure that appropriate appointments are always reserved and ready for reviews or more urgent cases. She oversees their waiting lists. She assists in the day-to-day running of the administrative team and assists the neonatal paediatricians to coordinate their 24/7 neonatal care cover for Burnside and Calvary North Adelaide hospitals.
Genevieve studied Arts at university.

Amanda Ward | Assistant Practice ManagerAmanda leads the reception team and is manages the various administrative duties that support the care of our patients and families. Her previous studies in nursing are providing a great foundation for her career focus and interests in practice management and health administration.Anna, Mary, Matthew, Armaan, Maddee, Anne and Annie join Amanda on the reception and administration team. — **Amanda** | Assistant Practice Manager
Amanda’s primary focus is managing, leading and supporting Prosper Paediatric’s team in all aspects of each provider’s relationships with patients. She leads our team in reception and the various administrative duties that support each provider’s care of their patients and families. Amanda’s career focus is practice management and health administration. She is highly experienced, with previous studies in nursing, current part-time studies in practice management, and her life experience as a mum to two young men. She brings sure judgement, practicality, wisdom and gentleness to the day-to-day problems and challenges. Amanda is integral to the our team’s cohesion.

Karissa Connolly | Assistant Practice ManagerKarissa manages our clinic facilities and supplies and also supports Amanda on the reception and administration team. Karissa is also studying Law alongside her work at Paediatrics at Burnside & North Adelaide. — **Karissa** | Assistant Practice Manager
Karissa manages our clinic facilities and supplies. She aims to ensure our provider’s practices are always well supported and equipped, with individualised attention to any particular practice needs. We hope that with attention, care and the tailoring of service provision to each provider, families experience excellent outcomes in all aspects of their experience with their care. Karissa also works to keep the workplace of Prosper comfortable and conducive to productive effort and a happy atmosphere. She also helps out on our reception and administration team. Karissa brings retail management experience to the team and studies Law alongside her work at Prosper Paediatrics.