Meet The Team

  • The Department of Allergy and Immunology consists of a wide variety of medical, nursing and allied Health staff, all of whom may be involved in providing patient care. Associate Mimi Tang is Director of the Department

    Consultants

    Associate Professor Mimi Tang - Department Director

    Paediatric allergist immunologist

    Special interest: Clinical allergy, food allergy, anaphylaxis, allergic rhinitis, asthma and immunodeficiency conditions
     
    Dr Sharon Choo
    Paediatric allergist immunologist and immunopathologist
    Special interest: Clinical allergy, food allergy, anaphylaxis, allergic rhinitis, asthma, immunopathology and immunodeficiency conditions
     
    Dr Joanne Smart
    Paediatric allergist immunologist
    Special interest: Clinical allergy, severe atopic dermatitis, food allergy, anaphylaxis, allergic rhinitis, asthma and  immunodeficiency conditions
     
    Dr Marnie Robinson
    Paediatric allergist immunologist
    Special interest: Food allergy and anaphylaxis, asthma, hayfever eczema and immune deficiency 
     
    Dr Dean Tey
    Paediatric allergist immunologist
    Special interest: Food allergy, anaphylaxis, allergic rhinitis, asthma and immunodeficiency conditions 
     
    Professor Katie Allen
    Paediatric gastroenterologist/Allergist
    Special interest: Food allergy and anaphylaxis, food intolerances, coeliac disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis and gastroenteritis. Orofacial granulomatosis
     
    Dr Ralf Heine
    Paediatric allergist and gastoeterologist
    Special interest: Food allergy and anaphylaxis, food intolerances, coeliac disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis and gastroenteritis
     
    Dr Ian Humphrey
    Paediatrician
    Special interest: Allergic conditions and atopic disease
     
    Dr Joanna Simmons
    Paediatrician
     
    Dr Ee Lyn Su
    Paediatric allergist immunologist

    Honorary Consultant

    Dr David Bannister
    General paediatrician
    Special interest: Allergy, asthma and attention deficit disorder
     

    Specialists who have completed the "Paediatricians with a Special Interest in Allergy" Program

     Dr Domenic Cincotta
    Peadiatrician
     
    Dr David Cutting
    Paediatrician
    Special interest: Food allergy, asthma, eczema and hayfever
     
    Dr Claire Mauer
    Paediatrician
     
    Dr Jayne Smart
    Paediatrcian
     
    Dr Adrian Elderhurst
    Paediatrician
     
    Dr Bronwyn Cathels
    Paediatrician 
     
    Dr Kylie Blackwell
    Paediatrician
     
    Dr Chris Smith
    Paediatrician
     
    Dr Gideon Pinczower
    Paediatrician
     

    Specialists who are completing the "Paediatricians with a Special Interest in Allergy" Program

    • Dr Julie Belousoff
    • Dr Sing Jill Chow
    • Dr Ruby Hameed
    • Dr Ania Hargrove
    • Dr Elisa Rough
    • Dr Kirsten Perrett
    • Dr Jolene Fraser

    Fellows

    • Dr Mark Taranto
    • Dr Stephanie Richards
    • Dr Paxton Loke

    Allied Health

    • Vicki McWilliam - Dietician
    • Elisha Matthews-Dietician

    Nursing Team

    • James Goddard (Nurse Unit Manager of Ambulatory Care)
    • Deb Poole - Clinical Nurse Consultant
    • Julie Jones - Immunotherapy Clinical Nurse Consultant
    • Kelley Mancer
    • Lilly Healy
    • Emma Young (Maternity Leave)
    • Kate Simmonds
    • Tania Weedon
    • Peta Kilsby
    • Trisha Jones
    • Louise Paine
    • Louise Franklin

    Administration

    • Vikki Laidlaw - Personal Assistant to Director of Department
    • Charmaine Odgers -Administration / Data / Finance Manager
    • Dawn Harwood - Administration & Clinical Support Officer
    • Brooke Parsons - Administration Officer
    • Carol Whitehead- Community Education Coordinator 

    Private Rooms

             Many of our Doctors also consult in private rooms around Melbourne. Their contact details are as follows:

             Dr David Bannister:   31 McMahons Road, Frankston Vic 3199. Phone 9781 3711

             Dr Ralf Heine:           321 Camberwell Road, Camberwell 3124. Phone 9813 5700 

             Dr Ian Humphrey:     7 Murray Street, Clayton, Vic 3168. Phone 9543 8899   

             Dr Joanne Smart:     The Allergy Group @ Epworth, Suite 1.3 34 Erin Street Richmond 3121 Phone 94266888

             Dr DeanTey:   The Allergy Group @ Epworth, Suite 1.3, 34 Erin Street, Richmond VIC 3121 Phone 9426 6888.               

             Dr David Cutting:      102 Anderson Street Lilydale 3140  Phone  97397250

             Dr Marnie Robinson: The Allergy Group @ Epworth, Suite 1.3 34 Erin Street Richmond 3121 Phone 94266888

             Dr Joanna Simmons: The Allergy Group @ Epworth, Suite 1.3 34 Erin Street Richmond 3121 Phone 94266888 

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