Rate My Professor Chia Saw

Dr. Chia Saw is a consultant paediatrician with special interests in neonatology and developmental paediatrics. He serves as Senior Adjunct Clinical Lecturer in Medicine at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Holding qualifications including MBBS, NSR (Malaysia), FRACP (Australia), and FRCPCH (United Kingdom), Dr. Saw has completed paediatrics specialist fellowships in Malaysia, Australia, and the United Kingdom. He passed his postgraduate exams through the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health at Leeds General Infirmary Hospital in 2014. With over 15 years of clinical experience across multiple paediatrics specialties, he emphasizes a holistic approach to children and families.

Dr. Saw currently practices as Consultant Paediatrician at St John of God Healthcare in Warrnambool, Australia, and as Consultant Paediatrician and Head of Research in the Paediatric Department at SJOG Midland Hospital. His research contributions include 13 publications focusing on neonatal and paediatric topics. Notable works are 'Familial congenital duodenal obstruction' (2026), 'Paediatric necrotising pancreatitis' (2026), '‘PHACE’ on the ‘face’' (2025), 'Neonatal early-onset sepsis calculator: Impact on antibiotic use in a level II neonatal unit in Western Australia' (2023), 'Unusual local epidemic of paediatric respiratory syncytial virus during a time of global pandemic' (2023), 'An Extremely Rare Cause of Isolated Congenital Anosmia' (2022), 'Fifteen-minute consultation: Outcomes of the extremely preterm infant' (2022), and 'Outcomes in children after mild neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: A population-based cohort study' (2023). Additional publications cover neonatal endotracheal intubation education, hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, neonatal sepsis audits, e-HEEADSSS screening, and therapeutic hypothermia practices.