Dr. Adeola “Shola” Faniran

Phd Medicine – MBBS (Ilorin) – Dip Paeds – FRACP

Dr. Shola has over 20 years experience in pediatrics with the last 12 years focused mainly on developmental and behavioral paediatrics. She has a PhD in Medicine from the University of Sydney Australia (1998) and completed pediatric training at the Sydney Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Dr. Shola also completed sub specialty training in Child Development and Behavior, and Child Protection. Dr. Shola is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Paediatrics and Child Health), and  obtained her MBBS from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria (1991).

Dr. Shola’s expertise includes:

• Management of general pediatric problems.
• Growth and development monitoring.
• Weight management (failure to thrive, under/overweight, obesity).
• Behaviour assessment and management (ADHD, ODD, CD, DMDD).
• Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment and management.
• Emotional problems assessment and management (anxiety, school refusal, self harm).
• Assessment and management of learning difficulty and intellectual disability.
• Management of children with congenital abnormalities (chromosomal, metabolic, cerebral palsy).
• Incontinence clinic (bedwetting, encopresis).
• Specialised developmental follow up clinic for preterm infants.

Professional Memberships:

• Fellow, Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP)
• Member, Association for Research in Infant and Childhood Development
• ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) Trained