David Todd

David has worked in Neonatal Medicine for 44 years initially as a medical scientist obtaining a MSc and PhD from Sydney University. Following these qualifications, he obtained a medical degree at Sydney University in 1998. Since then, he has continued to work within the field of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine. Currently, he works in the Neonatal Department at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Canberra. He has a university appointment of Associate Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) in the School of Medicine and Psychology. His main focus of research had been Chronic Lung Disease and Retinopathy of Prematurity in preterm babies, but he now also has a major interest in Tongue Ties in babies that can affect breastfeeding. Since 2006, David has established and is the lead clinician at the Tongue Tie Clinic at the Centenary Hospital.