Dr Amanda Gwee
General Paediatrician, Infectious Disease Physician & Travel Medicine Specialist
General Paediatrician
Clinical Interests
- General Paediatrics: Acute and chronic childhood conditions from birth to adolescence including developmental delay, growth and behavioural concerns, ADHD, sleep disturbance, unsettled babies, constipation, incontinence, asthma
- Infectious diseases: Common and unusual infectious diseases, recurrent fevers, hepatitis
- Travel health: Pre-travel advice for children (and adults) including travel vaccinations and prevention of malaria, infections in the returned traveller
- Immunisations: Childhood vaccines, immunisations for immunocompromised children
- Clinical pharmacology: adverse drug reactions, drug allergy, poisonings, drug interactions
Background and Experience
Amanda Gwee is a General Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. She completed her Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne and completed her specialty training through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.
Travel Medicine
Amanda has worked overseas in Cambodia, India, Malawi and Papua New Guinea and has completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene through the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
She has expertise in travel medicine including pre- and post-travel vaccines, preventing malaria and managing infections in the returned traveller such as gastrointestinal and parasitic diseases, fevers and skin infections.
Research Interests
Amanda is a clinician-scientist fellow in the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and completed a PhD on antibiotic dosing in children. She has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters and was the editor of the 9th edition of the Royal Children’s Hospital Paediatric Handbook.
Publications →
- Diamond Y, Carr JP, Gwee A, Freyne B. Brain Abscess Due to Staphylococcus lugdunenis: A CoNSiderable Pathogen. J Pediatr. 2015 Jul 28.
- Gwee A, Cranswick N, Curtis N. Posaconazole: promising but problematic in practice in pediatric patients. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jun;34(6):604-6.
- Osowicki J, Gwee A, Noronha J, Britton PN, Isaacs D, Lai TB, Nourse C, Avent M, Moriarty P, Francis JR, Blyth CC, Cooper C, Bryant PA; ANZPID-ASAP group (Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Infectious Diseases-Australasian Stewardship of Antimicrobials in Paediatrics). Australia-wide point prevalence survey of antimicrobial prescribing in neonatal units: how much and how good? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 May 5.
- Osowicki J, Gwee A, Noronha J, Palasanthiran P, McMullan B, Britton PN, Isaacs D, Lai T, Nourse C, Avent M, Moriarty P, Clark J, Francis JR, Blyth CC, Cooper CM, Bryant PA. Australia-wide point prevalence survey of the use and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing for children in hospital. Med J Aust. 2014 Dec 11;201(11):657-62.
- Gwee A, Cranswick N, Connell TG, Curtis N. Minimizing nephrotoxicity using continuous infusion of deoxycholate amphotericin B. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Oct;33(10):1098.
- Osowicki J, Carr JP, Bryant PA, Gwee A. Comment on: Comparison of oral amoxicillin given thrice or twice daily to children between 2 and 59 months old with non-severe pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015 Feb;70(2):635-6.
- Cooper EC, Curtis N, Cranswick N, Gwee A. Pristinamycin: old drug, new tricks? J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Sep;69(9):2319-25.
- Osowicki J, Gwee A, Noronha J, Palasanthiran P, McMullan B, Britton PN, Isaacs D, Lai T, Nourse C, Avent M, Moriarty P, Clark J, Francis JR, Blyth CC, Cooper CM, Bryant PA. The impact of an infectious diseases consultation on antimicrobial prescribing. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jun;33(6):669-71.
- Gwee A, Curtis N, Garland SM, Connell TG, Daley AJ. Question 2: which infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infection benefit from antiviral therapy? Arch Dis Child. 2014 Jun;99(6):597-601.
- Gwee A, Cranswick N. Anti-infective use in children and pregnancy: current deficiencies and future challenges. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2015 Feb;79(2):216-21.
- Gwee A, Rodrigo R, Casalaz D, Ritz N, Curtis N. Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG? In reply. Med J Aust. 2014 Feb 17;200(3):149-50.
- Gwee A, Coghlan B, Rayner C, Smith A, Krieser D. Fortnightly emergency department case-file audit for timely detection of missed cases of suspicious injury. Med J Aust. 2014 Jan 20;200(1):23.
- Gwee A, Cranswick N, Metz D, Coghlan B, Daley AJ, Bryant PA, Curtis N. Neonatal vancomycin continuous infusion: still a confusion? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jun;33(6):600-5.
- Gwee A, Carapetis JR, Buttery J, Starr M, Connell TG, Steer A, Bryant PA, Curtis N. Formal infectious diseases consultations at a tertiary pediatric hospital: a 14-year review. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Apr;33(4):411-3.
- Gwee A, Curtis N, Connell TG, Garland S, Daley AJ. Ganciclovir for the treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus: what are the side effects? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jan;33(1):115.
- Wong KJ, Osowicki J, Seaby E, Curtis N, Gwee A. Bullous herpes zoster. J Pediatr. 2014 Mar;164(3):667.
- Gwee A, Curtis N. Ureaplasma–Are you sitting comfortably? J Infect. 2014 Jan;68 Suppl 1:S19-23.
- Gwee A, Chinnappan M, Starr M, Curtis N, Pellicano A, Bryant P. Ureaplasma meningitis and subdural collections in a neonate. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Sep;32(9):1043-4.
- Gwee A, Rodrigo R, Casalaz D, Ritz N, Curtis N. Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG? Med J Aust. 2013 Sep 2;199(5):324-6.
- Gwee A, Coghlan B, Curtis N. Question 1: what are the options for treating latent TB infection in children? Arch Dis Child. 2013 Jun;98(6):468-74.
- Gwee A, Pantazidou A, Ritz N, Tebruegge M, Connell TG, Cain T, Curtis N. To x-ray or not to x-ray? Screening asymptomatic children for pulmonary TB: a retrospective audit. Arch Dis Child. 2013 Jun;98(6):401-4.
- Gwee A, Chinnappan M, Connell TG, Clarnette T, Bryant PA. The water lily sign. J Pediatr. 2013 Jun;162(6):1294, 1294.e1.
- Gwee A, Coghlan B, Everett D, Chagoma N, Phiri A, Wilson L, Molyneux E. Bacteraemia in Malawian neonates and young infants 2002-2007: a retrospective audit. BMJ Open. 2012 May 15;2(3).
Book Chapters →
- Editor – The Royal Children’s Hospital Handbook 9th Edition – an authoritative an trusted management guide for paediatric clinicians throughout Australia.
Paediatric Handbook, 9th Edition
http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405174005.html - Gwee A, Coghlan B, Cranswick N. Chapter 11. Enabling equitable access to Essential medicines. Optimizing Treatment for Children in the Developing World.
- Gwee A, Cranswick N. Evidence-based formularies chapter. Neonatal and Paediatric Prescribing. Global Research in Paediatrics (GRiP)
- Gwee A, Garland SM, Daley AJ. Anti-infectives and vaccines. The Royal Women’s Hospital Drugs in Pregnancy handbook
Public / Private Hospital Appointments
- The Royal Children’s Hospital
- Honorary Fellow of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- PhD student – University of Melbourne