NCC Medical Team
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Dr Srinivas Bolisetty
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Dr Bolisetty is passionate about delivering the best personalised care to babies and families based on the best available contemporary evidence. He started his journey as a trainee in neonatal care at this hospital in 1994 and over the last 30 years, he cemented himself as a leader among newborn specialists in achieving the consensus and reducing the variation in clinical practice within the Australasian region. Recognized for outstanding services to newborn intensive care, Dr Bolisetty was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours. He has several leading roles at national level including the Chair of the Australasian Neonatal Medicines Formulary Group (2013-current) (www.anmfonline.org) and the Chair of Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Network (NPN) (2010-current). He was also Co-Chair of ANZNN Enteral Nutrition consensus group (2016-2022). He was the NICU Lead in NSW COVID Clinical Council assisting the Ministry of Health and clinicians during COVID pandemic. Dr. Bolisetty has also achieved several accolades and awards in the past with the most recent award, “Highly commended for Outstanding Services to the Organisation” in SESLHD 2023 Annual awards. |
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Prof Kei Lui
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Professor Kei Lui is the Clinical Academic and Senior Neonatologist (former medical co-director). Outside the Royal Hospital for Women, Local Health District and State Wide Forums, he has substantial management and leadership roles in the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network as the current chairman and on director board of the iNEO International Neonatal Network. Prof Lui is an UNSW faculty professor appointed in the School of Women’s and Children’s Health. His areas of research interest include neonatal outcomes, epidemiology and clinical trials. He has over 200 peer reviewed publications and a chief investigator in 8 recent or ongoing NHMRC/MRFF and 2 CIHR grants |
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Prof Ju Lee Oei |
Professor Ju Lee Oei is a Senior Neonatologist and Conjoint Professor in Paediatrics at the School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of NSW. She is also Honorary Associate Professor at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, and Research Associate at the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, University of Sydney, and Research Associate at the Ingham Institute for Applied Research, Liverpool, Australia and Visiting Professor to the University of Malaya, Malaysia and the Northwest University, Shanxi Province, China. Since 2009, she continues as a Chair of the Perinatal Substance Use Special Interest Group of PSANZ. Her main research interests are in the use of oxygen in newborn resuscitation, perinatal substance use disorders and neonatal epidemiology. She has research collaborations with >20 countries, 76 publications in peer reviewed journals, a reviewer for 46 international journals and is an invited member of the Grant Review Panel of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia. |
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Dr Parag Mishra
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Dr Parag Mishra is a Senior Neonatologist who has been working for more than 15 years at RHW. His area of neonatal interest includes neonatal ventilation and resuscitation, management of newborns with surgical problems and these are few of his comprehensive list of favourite topics. He is involved with recruitment and selection of neonatal trainees. He is a conjoint lecturer at UNSW and is involved with phase 3 medical student education. He actively participates in Junior Medical officer training and education. |
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Dr John Smyth
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Dr Smyth is a Senior Neonatologist. He worked in both paediatrics and neonatology in New Zealand and the United Kingdom for 17 years before joining the team in NCC. He has travelled around the world and his areas of interest include EEG monitoring, neonatal ventilation, palliative care, infection control and education. |
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Ass Prof Tim Schindler
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Associate Professor Schindler is a Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist. He developed a passion for neonatal medicine during his time completing paediatric training at Sydney Children's Hospital just next door. He has worked in the Royal Hospital for Women's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for over 15 years at every level from junior resident to consultant neonatologist. His areas of interest include bedside ultrasound, teaching and neonatal research. |
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Dr Trisha Parmar
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Dr Trisha Parmar is a dedicated neonatologist and paediatrician practising at the Royal Hospital for Women and Prince of Wales Private Hospital. She is passionate about providing comprehensive and compassionate care for newborns and infants up to one year of age. Dr Parmar completed her paediatric and neonatal training at the Royal Hospital for Women and the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, where she gained extensive experience in caring for vulnerable and critically ill infants. She has a special interest in infant nutrition and feeding, focusing on optimising nutrition for premature and vulnerable infants to ensure healthy growth and development. She is also highly skilled in monitoring and supporting developmental milestones, helping families achieve the best outcomes for their babies. In addition, Dr Parmar has extensive experience managing common newborn concerns, including eczema, feeding difficulties, and growth challenges. Dr Parmar is committed to creating a supportive and nurturing environment for families. She works closely with parents, empowering them with the knowledge and confidence to care for their babies, and providing personalised care to ensure the best possible start to life. |
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Dr Mark Greenhalgh
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Dr Mark Greenhalgh is a senior neonatologist at The Royal Hospital for Women and has worked across several neonatal intensive care units in NSW. He completed his specialist training in South Australia, where he developed a strong passion for neonatal care while working with the team at Women’s and Children’s Hospital. As a father of three—including one child who required neonatal care—Dr Mark brings both clinical expertise and a deep understanding of the challenges and joys families may face in the NICU. He is committed to partnering with parents and supporting them throughout their newborn’s hospital journey. Dr Mark has contributed to multiple Royal Australasian College of Physicians committees, including the Neonatal and Paediatric Curriculum Review Committees, and has been involved in developing statewide neonatal guidelines and practice standards with NSW Health. His clinical interests include neonatal infection prevention, medical education, and promoting equitable access to high-quality neonatal care. |
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Dr Giannina Tinoco Mendoza
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Dr Giannina (Nina) Tinoco Mendoza is a Staff Specialist Neonatologist at the Royal Hospital for Women, where she first joined the team as a Neonatal Fellow in 2021. She completed her paediatric training at the Sydney Children’s Hospital before subspecialising in neonatology and general paediatrics. Nina is dedicated to providing holistic, family-centred care to newborn infants and their families. Her clinical and academic interests include long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants, the use of minimally invasive surfactant therapy for respiratory distress syndrome, and the education and supervision of junior medical officers. She is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of New South Wales in collaboration with the neonatal team at the Royal Hospital for Women, and holds a concurrent appointment as a Conjoint Lecturer at UNSW. |
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Dr David Cantelmi
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Dr Cantelmi is a neonatologist who trained in Queensland and New South Wales and has experience working in tertiary neonatal intensive care units and neonatal retrieval services. He cares for premature and medically complex newborns, with particular interests in perinatal stabilisation, neonatal transport medicine, and supporting babies with complex medical, surgical and cardiac needs. David understands that having a baby in the NICU can be overwhelming for parents, and he places great importance on clear communication, continuity of care and partnering closely with families throughout their baby’s journey. Alongside his clinical work, he is involved in teaching and quality improvement initiatives aimed at making neonatal care safe, consistent and evidence-based. |
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Dr Silvia Goldstein
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Dr Silvia Goldstein is the Developmental Paediatrician of NCC. She has held this position since 2019 and is truly dedicated. She oversees the Growth and Development Clinic, which operates 2 days/week and sees more than 400 infants and children per year. The team consists of Silvia, a clinical psychologist and a physiotherapist. The clinic provides follow-up data for the state-wide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Data Collection. Silvia uses the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development for developmental assessments. Her areas of interest include early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions and improving long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. | |
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Dr Sarah-Jane Tapawan |
Dr Tapawan is a Career Medical Officer and Conjoint Associate Lecturer in the School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of NSW. She joined Newborn Care team in 2018. She is involved in quarterly NCC Orientation and Induction for residents, mortality and morbidity meeting, infection control-related audits, quality improvement and policy development. Her areas of interest include postnatal CMV infection, neurodevelopment, infection control, and education. | |
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