Dr Niluka Coelho

BHB, MBChB, MPH&TM, FRACP

Dr Niluka Coelho is a Consultant Paediatrician specialising in the health and wellness of children aged 0 -16 years.

Dr Coelho was born in Zambia and has also lived in South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. She arrived in Australia in 2007.

She received her medical degree from the University of Auckland and did her Paediatric specialist training at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and various metropolitan and regional hospitals in Victoria, Auckland and Sydney. She received her Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine from James Cook University in Townsville. Dr Coelho is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

She is the mother of two wonderful young children. In her spare time she enjoys playing guitar and spending time with family and friends.

Current Appointments:

  • Visiting Medical Officer at Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals
  • Visiting Medical Officer for Karitane at Camden Hospital
  • Conjoint Lecturer at the University of Western Sydney Medical School

To me nothing in the world is as precious as a genuine smile, especially from a child

Rumi