Liverpool Paediatric Care

Dr Greg Blecher is a Paediatrician who specialises in general medical conditions as well as Sleep and Respiratory problems. He completed his medical degree in South Africa, and subsequent training in London and Sydney. Dr Blecher has been actively involved in medical education, teaching at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. He is a Staff Specialist at Sydney Children's Hospital and VMO at Liverpool Hospital and St. Luke's Private Hospital. He specialises in children with general medical disorders, respiratory disorders such as asthma, atopy including hay fever and eczema as well as sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnoea, parasomnias, and difficulties sleeping. Dr Blecher's patients have access to sleep studies at Sydney Children's Hospital and St Lukes Hospital (Potts Point) and skin prick testing for allergies at Southern Paediatrics.

Email: drblecher@liverpoolpaediatrics.com      Fax 8415-7176

Dr Ranjini Ikkandath is a Consultant General Paediatrician with specific interests in Developmental, Behavioural, Community and General Paediatrics. Her training was based at Sydney Children’s Hospital with rotations to several metropolitan and regional hospitals and included a formal year in Developmental and Community Paediatrics. She completed a Masters of Public Health at UNSW. Dr Ikkandath is a consultant paediatrician at Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney South West Private Hospital, and Karitane. Dr Ikkandath is passionate about early childhood health and physical and emotional well-being of preschool and school aged children. She makes use of every opportunity to liaise with school systems, allied health services and community health services for a holistic management of her patients. She has broad paediatric experience including common paediatric conditions, new born issues, learning difficulties and behavioural problems such as challenging behaviour, ADHD and autism.

Email: drikkandath@liverpoolpaediatrics.com      Fax 8569-2335

Dr Catherine Jonas is a Consultant Paediatrician and a Paediatric Sleep Physician. In addition to general childhood medical conditions, she has a special interest in obstructive sleep apnoea, insomnia, and various non-respiratory sleep disorders. She completed her medical degree in India, she trained in General Paediatrics as well as Sleep Medicine in the Sydney Children's Hospital Network. As a Conjoint Lecturer with UNSW, she was actively involved in training undergraduate medical students. She is interested in medical research and has presented her work in several national and international conferences.

Email: drjonas@liverpoolpaediatrics.com      Fax 9475-4788

Dr Jonathan Forsey is a foetal and paediatric cardiologist. Jon undertook his medical degree and paediatric training in Southampton and Bristol in the UK and went on to subspecialise in paediatric and foetal cardiology, working in Bristol and at Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto. Jon is a staff specialist at both the Children’s Hospital Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital and is a conjoint lecturer at UNSW. His specialist interest is in echocardiography (ultrasound of the heart) and foetal cardiology. Jon is happy to see all general paediatric cardiology patients, including investigation of heart murmurs, complex congenital heart disease, familial screening of cardiomyopathy and connective tissue disorders.

Email: cardiology@liverpoolpaediatrics.com      Fax 8798-9545

Dr Jonathan Mervis is an interventional paediatric cardiologist at the Sydney Children's Hospital Network (CHW & SCH). Jonathan completed his medical school training at The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa (1996) and thereafter qualified as a general paediatrician. He further specialised in paediatric and congenital cardiology at Starship Children's Hospital (Auckland, New Zealand). Thereafter he completed post-graduate fellowships in interventional cardiology at The Heart Hospital (University College, London, UK) and The Royal Brompton Hospital (London, UK) where he stayed on as a consultant before migrating to Sydney. Jonathan is happy to see all general paediatric cardiology patients.

Email: cardiology@liverpoolpaediatrics.com      Fax 8798-9545