Dr Daham De Silva

• Looking Beyond the Feet: Understanding the Developmental Assessment Journey

• What does a developmental paediatrician do?
• Common conditions encountered in developmental paediatrics (e.g., ADHD, autism, developmental coordination disorder, developmental delay, and learning difficulties) and how these may present to Podiatry (impact on gait, balance, behaviour, etc).
• What information is most useful for podiatrists to include in a referral – red flags.
• A patient journey that walks through the referral, assessment, diagnosis and management process.

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Dr Daham De Silva

Daham is a General Paediatrician with over 15 years of experience in Paediatrics. He specialises in working with children who have neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and Autism, and their families.

Daham completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Sri Lanka, and attained a Doctor of Medicine in Paediatrics in 2011. He completed the membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) in 2014. He has worked in South Australia since 2012 and has previously worked at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and as a staff specialist at the Mount Gambier Hospital.

Daham consults in his private practice at Adelaide Paediatrics Kensington Park rooms.