Dr Ayooluwatunde Oluteye (MWACP-West Africa, FRCPCH- UK and FRACP- Australia, known as Tunde, has been a General Paediatrician for over two decades and has practised across three continents – Africa, Europe, and Australia.
Tunde’s Paediatric career started in Nigeria almost 25 years ago. After graduating from medical school in 1995, he worked in the private health sector for a few years, while trying to figure out his next career steps.
During his undergraduate medical training he had discovered he was particularly passionate about children, it seemed he had found his calling. He wanted to see children and their families free from the pain of sickness and lead healthy lives, able to thrive in society, this led to his decision to specialise in Paediatrics.
After an initial postgraduate training in Nigeria for about 5 years, he moved to the United Kingdom to continue his training for another seven years. He started his paediatric training in the north thames Paediatric rotation in London, England and completed this in 2014. Some of the hospitals he’s worked at include St Mary’s Paddington, Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital Neonatal unit and Royal London Hospital, to name a few.
Upon completion of his training in England in 2014, he did not restrict himself to where he had trained but instead continued to gather experience and acquire diverse skills by working across the United Kingdom, including Scotland, Wales and finally in Belfast, Northern Ireland where he worked at The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children for about 4 years before he moved to Australia with his family, mid – 2022.
Upon arrival in Australia, he worked at Tweed Hospital in NSW. He has since obtained his Fellowship Royal Australasian College of Paediatrics.
He and his family have come to love Australia especially the Gold Coast and all it has to offer.
Areas of Interest
- Neonatology (newborns)
- Unsettled babies, infant reflux, feeding problems and poor weight gain
- Developmental; ADHD, ASD, learning, speech, anxiety & behavioural difficulties
- Paediatric respiratory; asthma, chronic cough
