Biola is a specialist paediatrician whose experience in caring for children from birth to late adolescence spans across a wide range of neurodevelopmental, behavioural and general medical conditions. Biola also provides follow-up care for newborns and infants. Biola’s areas of interest include the assessment and management of children with concerns around development and behaviour such as developmental delay, attention difficulties, autism, anxiety, social difficulties, challenging behaviour, learning difficulties, intellectual disability and physical disability. She also sees children with problems around sleep and settling, toileting and continence, feeding, growth and weight, allergies and complex medical conditions.

 

Biola has worked as a medical practitioner across a number of settings, overseas and in Australia, for close to 20 years. During this period, she decided to pursue her passion in caring for children. She has worked in paediatrics since 2006 and underwent specialist paediatric training at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and Monash Children’s Hospital Clayton. She has been involved in medical education, research and mentoring, and is a previous board member of the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatrics Society of Australasia (NBPSA).