Who we are - Paediatricians
Consulting Specialists
Dr Vishal
Dr Vishal Malhotra trained as General Paediatrician in Australia and became a Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2015. Dr Malhotra’s post-graduate qualifications include a Diploma in Paediatrics and Child Health from the University of Sydney and a Master's degree in Public Health.
Dr Malhotra has extensive work experience in General and Community Paediatrics. He undertook his paediatric training at the prestigious Children's Hospital Westmead. He has previously worked as a Staff Specialist Paediatrician at Dubbo Base Hospital. His goal is to improve the health and quality of life of children with chronic diseases and to provide support to their families. Dr Malhotra has a wide range of expertise in general paediatric conditions from the early years of a child through to adolescence. Areas of interest include infant health, epilepsy and childhood allergies.
Teaching and research based activities hold special interest for him. Dr Malhotra is actively involved in bedside and practical clinical simulation based teaching of medical students and is a nominated RACP supervisor for Basic Paediatric Trainees. Recently he has become involved as a working group member for developing a framework for managing urinary incontinence in children and adolescents in the community.
Dr Pooja
Dr Pooja Kashyap is a paediatrician committed to working with families in maintaining the health and wellbeing of children. She has over 12 years of experience and is an academic gold medallist trained in General paediatrics with special interest in neonatal medicine and developmental and behavioural paediatrics. During her paediatric training at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, she worked in the department of psychological medicine gaining invaluable experience in managing children with behavioural, neuropsychiatric and mental health issues. She has worked across various tertiary, metropolitan and rural centres in NSW – Royal North Shore Hospital, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Gosford Hospital to name a few. She has also been involved with organizing developmental assessment clinics throughout the Central Coast through community health centres. Her research includes “Developmental Disabilities in Indigenous Children in rural NSW’. She is currently appointed at Gosford Hospital.
She is actively involved in medical student teaching and holds a conjoint lecturer position at UNSW, Rural Clinical School. She has previously served as an examiner for medical students at University of Newcastle.
Outside of work, she enjoys reading, classical music and spending time with her family.
Dr Ani Deshpande
Dr Aniruddh Deshpande (MBBS, FRACS (Paed), PhD (USyd) is a Paediatric Urologist and Surgeon.
Conditions in Children that he can help with include:
Paediatric groin and testicular problems
Hydronephrosis and other kidney problems in children
Hypospadias and penile problems in children
Nocturnal enuresis (refractory) and daytime urinary incontinence
Urinary issues in association with Behavioural Disorders
Recurrent urinary tract infections and vesicoureteral reflux
Cutaneous lumps including in head and neck
Chronic abdominal conditions
Dr Deshpande works at Children’s Hospital Westmead, Newcastle with an appointment at John Hunter Children’s Hospital Network. He also a Senior Lecturer and a founding Member of the Priority Research Centre, GroupWell at the Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle with a strong research track record (> 40 publications, > 5 research grants and three research students).
Ani is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Paediatric Surgery and have been awarded a PhD by the University of Sydney for his doctoral thesis on Bladder Dysfunction in Children.
With over 15 years of experience in paediatric surgery and urology, Ani contributed to the establishment of a comprehensive public paediatric urology and incontinence service at John Hunter Children’s Hospital. This is the only service of its kind in regional NSW and is capacity built to autonomously deliver tertiary urological care.
Dr Katie Nash
BSc (Psych), MSc (Psych), MBBS, Dip. Child Health, FRACP
Dr Katie Nash is a Consultant General Paediatrician with a broad range of experience in general paediatrics, including medical, developmental, and behavioural presentations for children of all ages. She has special interests in newborn care and management of common problems in infancy, developmental paediatrics, and behavioural concerns.
Dr Nash completed her medical degree at The University of Sydney, and subsequently obtained a Diploma of Child Health. She completed her training in General Paediatrics at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, and has several years of experience working at hospitals including Sydney Children’s Hospital, Canberra Hospital, The Royal Hospital for Women, Wollongong Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Gosford Hospital, Wyong Hospital, and Royal Darwin Hospital.
Dr Nash is currently based on the Central Coast, delivering paediatric care at Gosford Hospital. She does weekly clinics at KidsPoint, and monthly clinics at Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Centre and at Regional Specialists Tamworth.