Shaping the Future of Sleep Health
Behind every restful night is a team committed to your wellbeing. Discover our mission, our approach, and the passion that drives us.
Milestones That Define Us:
Today, Geelong Sleep Disorders Centre stands as a testament to our commitment to patient care, research, and education. Our story is not just about our growth as a centre but about the countless individuals who have found solace and solutions within our walls. As we look forward, we remain dedicated to innovating, educating, and most importantly, caring for the sleep health of our community.
Dr John Swieca
Dr John Swieca has been the medical director of the Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre since returning from a Sleep Disorders Fellowship at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles in 1994. In his clinical practice, he cares for patients with a range of sleep disorders. Dr Swieca’s clinical interests are broad, although he specialises in the management of complex multi-factorial sleep disorders. He is a principal investigator in a range of clinical research trials. Dr Swieca is open to a range of treatment strategies for sleep apnoea, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, parasomnias and narcolepsy.
Dr Swieca chairs the Sleep Physicians Council of the Australasian Sleep Association, is on the Board of the Australian Association of Consultant Physicians and serves on the Executive Committee of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group.
Dr Juan Mulder
Dr Juan Mulder is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician. Juan undertook additional training in Intensive Care, to enable him to manage complex modes of invasive and non-invasive ventilation, as well as treating critically ill patients.
He has a particular interest in sleep disorders, especially complex disorders such as insomnia, parasomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome and sleep apnoea. He is also a firm believer in a multimodal approach to managing sleep disorders, given their frequently complex nature.
Dr Mariannick Le Guen
Dr Mariannick Le Guen is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and specialises in respiratory and sleep medicine. She graduated in Medicine from Monash University and completed her physician training at Southern Health, the Geelong Hospital and Austin Health. Dr Le Guen’s experience includes all areas of sleep medicine, including sleep disordered breathing, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnias and insomnia. She has been involved in research investigating obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with quadriplegia. She is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Sleep Association, the American Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society and the American Association of Sleep Medicine.
Dr Ksenia Chamula
Before embarking on her medical degree, Dr Ksenia Chamula completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at the University of Melbourne, focusing on Neuroscience and Anatomy. Medical studies were also undertaken through the University of Melbourne and Dr Chamula completed her Physician training at Austin and Frankston Hospitals, gaining her Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Since then, she has focused on management of sleep disorders, including sleep apnoea syndromes, restless legs syndrome, circadian rhythm disorders, insomnia and narcolepsy. She enjoys the multifactorial nature of sleep disturbances and relating Sleep Medicine back to the structure and function of the brain. Her extra-clinical work involves active membership in several subcommittees and councils within the Australasian Sleep Association, membership with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and contribution to education through the Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre.
We have established the Geelong Sleep Disorders Centre, to offer the same broad range of sleep disorders care to patients in Geelong and the surrounding region, no matter how straightforward or complex the disorders may be. This may require multidisciplinary care, including collaboration with sleep psychologists, dental sleep medicine practitioners, ENT and bariatric surgeons, other specialist physicians and CPAP therapists. Often a broad approach is required, to give patients every chance to achieve a good night’s sleep and improved daytime alertness and energy levels.
Dr. Toby Fothergill
Known for his expertise in sleep disorders medicine. After completing his medical degree and both internal medicine and respiratory medicine, he underwent a clinical fellowship in sleep disorders medicine at the Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre. Dr. Fothergill is passionate about delivering holistic care for patients with all sleep/wake disorders.
Dr Caroline Kronborg
A Physician who strives to provide quality care together with a compassionate and personalised approach. After obtaining her medical degree from The University of Adelaide in 2009, Dr Kronborg completed her specialist training through The Alfred Hospital and Western Health in Melbourne and became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. She went on to accomplish a clinical fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre in conjunction with Western Health, where she gained valuable skills and experience in the evaluation, diagnosis and management of a broad range of sleep disorders.
She manages patients suffering from all sleep conditions, including sleep apnoea and excessive sleepiness and has a keen interest in complex sleep disorders including insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnias, narcolepsy, and restless legs syndrome. Dr Kronborg understands that a poor night’s sleep can significantly impact one’s quality of life.
Dr Kronborg is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australasian Sleep Association. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her young family and is a keen runner.
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