Dr Daryl Cheng
Dr Daryl Cheng
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Dr Daryl Cheng is a consultant paediatrician and clinical informatician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), consultant paediatrician at Monash Children’s Hospital and Head of Paediatrics, Cabrini Health – with additional clinical research and educational posts at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. Daryl has specific interests in acute care / high dependency inpatient paediatrics and travel, immunisation medicine and vaccine safety.
He is engaged in systems thinking, innovation and design work through appointments in the RCH Strategy, Quality & Improvement team, and as a digital health consultant at the Melbourne Children’s Campus Centre for Health Analytics and RCH Electronic Medical Record Team.
His public health interest spans clinical research roles at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) with Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community (SAEFVIC), Victoria’s vaccine safety surveillance system.
He is engaged in systems thinking, innovation and design work through appointments in the RCH Strategy, Quality & Improvement team, and as a digital health consultant at the Melbourne Children’s Campus Centre for Health Analytics and RCH Electronic Medical Record Team.
His public health interest spans clinical research roles at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) with Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community (SAEFVIC), Victoria’s vaccine safety surveillance system.
Dr Daryl Cheng is a consultant paediatrician and clinical informatician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), consultant paediatrician at Monash Children’s Hospital and Head of Paediatrics, Cabrini Health – with additional clinical research...
Dr Daryl Cheng is a consultant paediatrician and clinical informatician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), consultant paediatrician at Monash Children’s Hospital and Head of Paediatrics, Cabrini Health – with additional clinical research and educational posts at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. Daryl has specific interests in acute care / high dependency inpatient paediatrics and travel, immunisation medicine and vaccine safety.
He is engaged in systems thinking, innovation and design work through appointments in the RCH Strategy, Quality & Improvement team, and as a digital health consultant at the Melbourne Children’s Campus Centre for Health Analytics and RCH Electronic Medical Record Team.
His public health interest spans clinical research roles at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) with Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community (SAEFVIC), Victoria’s vaccine safety surveillance system.
He is engaged in systems thinking, innovation and design work through appointments in the RCH Strategy, Quality & Improvement team, and as a digital health consultant at the Melbourne Children’s Campus Centre for Health Analytics and RCH Electronic Medical Record Team.
His public health interest spans clinical research roles at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) with Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community (SAEFVIC), Victoria’s vaccine safety surveillance system.
Top Publications
- Silva, MD, Voskoboynik, A, Ramesh, S, Campbell, J, Satkumaran, S, Cheng, DR. Communicable diseases platform (CDP): Real-Time clinical analytics for infections.. Int J Med Inform 209: 106277 2026 view publication
- Hibbert, RA, Cheng, DR, McMinn, A, Crawford, NW, Tosif, S. Human Metapneumovirus Hospitalisation in Children: A Retrospective Audit.. J Paediatr Child Health 62(1) : 66 -75 2026 view publication
- Smith, J, Schrader, S, Morgan, H, Shenton, P, Alafaci, A, Cox, N, Taylor, AJ, Hare, J, Jones, B, Crawford, NW, et al. Clinical phenotype of COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis in Victoria, 2021-22: a cross-sectional study.. Med J Aust 222(1) : 23 -29 2025 view publication
- van Heerden, C, Cheng, DR, McNab, S, Burgess, R, Russell, A, Wang, Y, Bleathman, F, Maharaj, I, Zhang, J, Easterbrook, M, et al. Scurvy and vitamin C deficiency in an Australian tertiary children's hospital.. J Paediatr Child Health 60(9) : 409 -414 2024 view publication
- Shenton, P, Schrader, S, Smith, J, Alafaci, A, Cox, N, Taylor, A, Hare, J, Jones, B, Crawford, NW, Buttery, JP, et al. Long term follow up and outcomes of Covid-19 vaccine associated myocarditis in Victoria, Australia: A clinical surveillance study.. Vaccine 42(3) : 522 -528 2024 view publication
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