Dr Linny Phuong is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician who provides comprehensive care for children with infections.

Linny is an Australian trained paediatrician and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP). She has clinical experience at many local tertiary hospitals including the Royal Children’s Hospital, Monash Children’s, Royal Women’s Hospital and Austin Health.

Linny is an active researcher in paediatric infections and vaccine safety. She is currently completing a PhD (University of Melbourne, Department of Paediatrics) studying risk factors in pneumococcal infections in children. Her publications listed are here.

Linny actively contributes to national and international paediatric infectious diseases committees. She has been involved in reviewing and writing tertiary hospital guidelines and is also a regular invited reviewer for paediatrics and infection related medical journals. You will also occasionally find her bringing attention to community and health related topics on ABC News Breakfast TV.

Linny is an empathic and active listener, fantastic patient advocate working well with children and their families, as well as with multidisciplinary teams, for optimal patient outcomes.

Availability for inpatient and outpatient consults

Linny holds current consultant appointments at Cabrini Health, Epworth Health, the Royal Children’s Hospital- Melbourne, University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

At Cabrini Health and Epworth Health- Malvern, Linny is available for inpatient consults for children (<18 years) with suspected or confirmed infections and undifferentiated fevers.

Clinical questions are welcome from medical practitioners and referrers- if urgent, please contact switchboard at either of the abovementioned hospitals.

Linny is also available for outpatient reviews, including for telehealth consults, for queries about infections in her clinic at Cabrini Malvern (Mother & Baby Centre, Level 2).

Linny also works as part of the skilled team at the Family Immunisation & Travel Specialists (FITS) and provides travel related advice to children and their families.

To make a referral, our clinic accepts referrals via fax or email. For more details- refer to our Contact Us page.