Neonatal Intensive Care Unit The Portland Neonatal Intensive Care Unit The Portland

MBCHB FRCPCH MD

Dr Elia Maalouf

Dr Elia Maalouf is a highly qualified General Paediatrician and Neonatologist, with a wealth experience and a specialist expertise in brain injury in preterm and term newborns. Based in London, Dr Maalouf is a part-time Consultant at Homerton University Hospital and at the Portland Hospital for Women and Children. Additional areas of expertise include general paediatric clinics and baby checks, treating excessive crying and feeding problems, gastroesophageal reflux in babies, breathing problems, recurrent fevers and frequent infection in babies, as well as diarrhoea, paediatric constipation and tiredness. Dr Maalouf obtained his primary medical qualification at the University of Dundee in Scotland in 1989, before embarking upon further education and comprehensive specialty training. In 1999, he completed a postgraduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, based on his thesis centred on brain injury in preterm infants and, in the same year, was appointed as a Consultant at Homerton University Hospital in London. Dr Maalouf is committed to advancing his field of expertise and is actively involved in research. He has published multiple research papers and is the Editor-in-Chief for "Early Human Development", a leading medical research journal. In addition, he is a core member of the Neonatal Society and The British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) and a Fellow of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

MBBS, MRCP, FRCPCH, FRCP, MBA

Dr Swee Fang

Dr Swee Fang is a Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist, based at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She also sees patients privately at The Harley Street Clinic and The Portland Hospital. Her specialist interests include general paediatrics, crying babies, poor weight gain and feeding problems. She holds memberships of the Neonatal Society and the British Association of Perinatal Medicine.

MD, FRCPCH, DCH

Dr Olga Kapellou

Dr Olga Kapellou is a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist based at Homerton Hospital. She also runs general paediatric clinics and baby follow up clinics at the Portland Hospital, Harley Street and The Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth. Dr Kapellou offers her patients baby checks, help with feeding problems, colic, excessive crying, food aversion, food allergy, breathing problems, constipation, diarrhoea, and frequent infections. In outpatient clinics, she uses Griffiths Neurodevelopmental Scales to track infant development. She is also a Neonatal Life Support instructor and a breastfeeding specialist (certified by Unicef). Dr Kapellou trained at a number of major London hospitals including Great Ormond Street and University College London. She has particular expertise in preterm and term neonatal brain injury as well follow-up of babies after complicated pregnancies and births. Following her qualification in 1995, she went on to conduct research on the impact of preterm on brain growth and development, and her work has been widely cited since. In 2009, Dr Kapellou was appointed consultant at Homerton Hospital, and she began working at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in 2010. She later began working at the Portland Hospital for Women and Children. Dr Kapellou is a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.