Phoebe is a Consultant Paediatrician who completed her training in General Paediatrics at Sydney Children’s Hospital, as well as undertaking further subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases. Phoebe completed her medical degree at The University of Sydney and subsequently a Diploma of Child Health, Masters of Global Health Science and a PhD in Clinical Paediatrics with the Nuffield Department of Medicine at The University of Oxford (UK).
Throughout her training Phoebe has worked in urban and rural health settings throughout Australia, as well as frequently working in East Africa. She continues to work closely with a number of hospitals in low-income countries and is passionate about global health issues. Phoebe is regularly invited to participate in international conferences addressing child health challenges on a global scale and works as a consultant for The World Health Organization (WHO).
As a mother of four children (including triplets), Phoebe is committed to working with families to achieve their child’s best health outcomes through health promotion and evidence-based management strategies. Phoebe has extensive experience in managing common childhood conditions (such as feeding and nutrition, asthma, skin conditions including eczema and developmental and behavioural paediatrics). Phoebe is particularly passionate about infant sleeping and settling problems, and is currently completing accreditation as a Neurodevelopmental Care (NDC) practitioner to provide evidence-based strategies to promote secure psychological attachment and infant neurodevelopment.
Special Interests of note include:
- General Paediatrics including
- feeding and nutrition
- asthma
- skin conditions and eczema
- developmental and behavioural paediatrics
- Infant sleep & settling problems
- Paediatric infectious disease
Dr Phoebe Williams starts consulting from Regional Specialists Tamworth in February 2020.
