Dr Aveena Anantharajah is an experienced Respiratory and Sleep Paediatrician who takes pride in providing tailored, holistic and evidence-based care for patients.

Aveena completed paediatric training through the Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, and is dual-trained in paediatric respiratory and sleep medicine. Aveena completed her sub-specialised sleep fellowship training at the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre and has since worked in her field at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Cabrini Health and Northern Hospital.

Aveena seeks opportunities to think outside the box and optimise care delivery for all children and adolescents. During her fellowship, Aveena learnt first hand as a parent of a child with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), the complexity with which families navigate the health system when seeking the right treatment for their child. This inspired her to create a seamless, stress-free and patient-centred pathway - Prana Paediatric Sleep Service.

Aveena is passionate about the diagnosis and management of paediatric sleep disorders like snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, parasomnias and hypersomnias including narcolepsy. She also cares for children and adolescents with other respiratory conditions like asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic cough, habit cough and unexplained breathlessness or noisy breathing. These conditions often co-exist with OSA.

She has a special interest in caring for young people with chronic conditions like CFS-ME, POTS, EDS and sleep disordered breathing associated with high BMI.

Aveena is a member of:

• Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)

• Australasian Sleep Association (ASA)

• American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

• International Paediatric Sleep Association (IPSA)

• World Sleep Society (WSS)

• Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand (TSANZ)

• European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Outside of work, Aveena prioritises spending time with her young family and growing her passion as an amateur ceramicist.