Dr Zoya Sharfuddin

Dr Zoya has over 10 years of experience in General Paediatrics in Australia. She is passionate about all aspects of paediatrics and is committed to providing high quality, multidisciplinary integrated care to all ages from newborns to teens.  She is caring and thorough, has great attention to details and provides care tailored to child’s specific needs following evidence-based medicine. For this, she works in close collaboration with all the contributors involved in the child’s care. She believes in individual-centered as well as family-centered care. She encourages shared decision-making and treats parents as partners to optimise the outcomes for every child. She follows a strength-based approach and advocates building resilience in children from a very young age. This is particularly important in neurodiverse children with ADHD and Autism. She is cognisant of children’s mental health issues and follows a pragmatic and holistic approach.

Dr Zoya also works casually as a Senior Medical Officer (General Paediatrics) at the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH). She is very proactive in educational and research activities.

Previously, Dr Zoya has varied experience through Australia having worked at Westmead Children’s Hospital, Hornsby Hospital and Monavale Hospital in Sydney, NSW from 2011 to 2013. She moved to Queensland in 2014 and has worked at Redland Hospital, Redcliffe Hospital, Ellen Barron Family Centre, later completing most of her training at QCH working with multiple specialities. She has neonatal ICU experience in both major tertiary hospitals in Brisbane, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and Mater Hospital. She has rural experience at Rockhampton Hospital where she has done outreach clinics in Emerald Hospital and Woorabinda.

Being a mother of 3 children herself, in the age groups from toddler to adolescent, she has empathy for families and has a closer understanding of parents’ perspectives and their struggles. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her children and enjoys cooking and travelling. Apart from English, she is also fluent in Hindi and Urdu. She can relate to culturally and linguistically diverse families with ease.