About

dr brendan chan

Dr Brendan Chan is a General Paediatrician with an interest in

  • Neonatal (newborn) medicine
  • Acute and emergency paediatric medicine
  • Common childhood medical conditions such as unsettled babies, issues with growth and development, asthma and constipation
  • Childhood neuro-developmental and behavioural conditions, such as Autism Spectrum Disorders

Brendan completed his undergraduate medical studies (MBBS) at The University of Melbourne in 2001. Following the completion of his medical internship, he commenced Paediatric specialty training at the Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, in 2003.

    During his paediatric training, Brendan completed terms in the following areas:

  • Endocrinology
  • Oncology
  • Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care Nursery
  • Neurology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • General Medicine
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Brendan completed his paediatric training in 2012 and is now a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Brendan’s current practice revolves around three main areas:

  1. Neonatal Medicine

    Brendan looks after newborn babies born at the Epworth Freesmasons Hospital, East Melbourne, and St Vincent’s and Mercy Private Hospital, Fitzroy.

    He has admitting rights to the Special Care Nursery of both hospitals, to which some newborn babies are admitted for management of conditions including:

    • Prematurity
    • Newborn premature lung disease (Hyaline Membrane Disease)
    • Newborn infection (sepsis)
    • Jaundice
  2. Consulting rooms

    Brendan has consulting rooms at Epworth Freemasons hospital where he sees children up to the age of 17.

  3. Emergency Department medicine

    Brendan continues to work in the public health system at The Northern Hospital. He was the first consultant Paediatrician employed in the newly-completed (2014) childrens’ section of the Emergency Department.

In addition to these work commitments, Brendan enjoys teaching medical students at The Northern Hospital and Epworth Freemasons Hospital, as well as mentoring specialty doctors-in-training at The Northern Hospital.

When Brendan does find time for himself, he makes it up to his wife, Marie, by going shopping with her a lot! It’s helpful that he enjoys it too. He also enjoys fine (and not-so-fine) dining and drinking….and then burning off the calories he has eaten and drank by pounding the pavement. He is an avid sports fan, but has a habit of following teams that are currently mediocre – Melbourne (The Dees) and Aston Villa (The Villains) and the San Francisco 49ers.

Don’t worry, when he sees you, he will not be speaking in the third person!