Dr Carolyn Van Heerden (Paediatrician)
- Name
- Dr Carolyn Louise Van Heerden
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Cape Town South Africa 1996
- Diploma in Anaesthetics The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa South Africa 1999
- Diploma in Child Health The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa South Africa 1998
- Fellow of the College of Paediatricians of South Africa 2006
- FRACP 2011
- Occupation
- Paediatrician
- Gender
- Female
- Languages Spoken
- Afrikaans
Acute and chronic medical conditions in children from birth to adolescence. Carolyn has particular interests in asthma, eczema, infant feeding problems, growth concerns, developmental delay, autism, ADHD, behavioural and learning problems.
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE Carolyn van Heerden works as a General Paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Monash Medical Centre and in a Community Health Service. She combines this with medical student teaching through the University of Melbourne.
Carolyn’s undergraduate degree was obtained at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and after working in the United Kingdom for three years, she completed her paediatric training in Cape Town in 2006. She then relocated to Melbourne and was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2011.
Carolyn is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Teaching – she has a passion for teaching medical students and young doctors. PRACTICE PHILOSOPHIES As a mother of twins, Carolyn has a good understanding of the joys and challenges of parenthood and relates well to parents with young children.
She enjoys working closely with allied health professionals and educators and believes that close communication with therapists / educators improves opportunities for her patients.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Royal Children's Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Melbourne Paediatric Specialists
- Affiliated Organisations
- Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Melbourne Paediatric Specialists
- Address
- Suite 4.3 Level 4
48 Flemington Road
Parkville VIC 3052
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9948 5005
- Fax
- 03 8376 6246
