Dr Sarah Newton

General Paediatrician in Cayman
MBChB, FRACP (paeds), DCH
Specialist General Paediatrician & Newborn Care
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Every Monday, Dr. Sarah Newton will be located at our Harbour Walk Location – 52A Edgewater Way.


Dr Sarah Newton

Education, Training & Experience

Born in New Zealand, Dr Newton is a general paediatrician with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, tertiary level trained in highly respected paediatric and neonatal centres in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Her specific interests include neonatal care, complex diagnoses and developmental follow up.

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Qualifications

Dr Newton has the following qualifications & accreditation:

  • MB ChB, Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery with Distinction
  • FRACP (Paeds), Fellow of The Royal Australian College of Physicians
  • DCH, Diploma in Child Health

Dr Newton has the following additional training pertinent to her neonatal & paediatric work in hospital:

  • Newborn Life Support Training
  • Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Training

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Paediatric Experience

Dr Newton is a New Zealand born General Paediatrician under the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and has been a paediatrician here in Grand Cayman for more than 7 years, providing important continuity of care to the many children under her care across that time. She is also a busy mum to four children of her own, ranging in age from 10 months through to 11 years, as of writing. She believes in a holistic approach to health care, patient advocacy and empowering patients and their families through education and preventative health care.

General Paediatrics

  • Competent in resuscitation of seriously ill children using APLS guidelines.
  • Competent in management of children who require high dependency care and stabilisation of children prior to transfer to PICU.
  • Competent in management of children with wide range of common childhood diseases.
  • Competent in planning discharge of complex long stay patients.
  • Clinical Supervision of junior doctors in their clinical duties including technical paediatric procedures
  • Competent in the following practical procedures: peripheral intravenous access, peripheral arterial access, peripheral long-line insertion, lumber puncture.

Child Protection

  • Competent in child protection procedures and medical examination.
  • Darkness to Light training

Developmental Paediatrics

  • Experience in developmental assessment, ADHD and autistic spectrum disorder clinics.
  • Experience in multi-disciplinary developmental clinic assessment of children with complex developmental and social/behavioural concerns.

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Neonatal (Newborn) Experience

My training and experience stretches over many years and includes training and experience in a wide variety of units, including tertiary hospitals in Singapore (KKH Women & Children’s Hospital), Australia & New Zealand, prior to working as a paediatrician in Cayman.

General Newborn

  • Attending deliveries of all kinds – normal vaginal, caesarean section and assisted deliveries of all kinds
  • Initial assessment of newborn infants
  • Newborn baby checks

Neonatal Care Experience

  • Competent in all aspects of modern neonatal care.
  • Competent in resuscitation of very premature and sick term neonates
  • Competent in the use of conventional ventilation, high frequency oscillation ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, as well as noninvasive ventilation – CPAP
  • Competent in the management of babies with congenital abnormalities, cardiac and surgical conditions
  • Competent in neonatal intensive care skills such as endotracheal intubation, umbilical venous and arterial catheterisation, peripheral venous and arterial access, insertion of long lines, chest drain, dilutional and exchange transfusion.
  • Competent in antenatal counseling of parents of premature babies and babies with antenatal diagnosis.

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Dr Newton Career Highlights

  • FRACP (Paeds), Fellow of The Royal Australian College of Physicians
  • Newborn Life Support & Advanced Paediatric Life Support Training
  • Tertiary newborn care training & experience from Singapore, Australia & New Zealand
  • Special Interest in Developmental Paediatrics
  • Special Interest in Complex Diagnostics

Services, Conditions & Procedures

Paediatric Services

  • General Paediatrics
  • Well-Child Assessments
  • Developmental Follow-up
  • Urgent Care & Advice
  • Hospital Admissions
  • Growth, Nutrition & Digestive
  • Respiratory Problems
  • Autistic Spectrum & ADHD
  • Lumps, Bumps & Bashes
  • Fever, Bugs & Rashes

Newborn (Neonatal) Services

  • Attending Deliveries
  • Attending C-Sections
  • Newborn Complications
  • Resuscitation & Emergencies
  • Advanced Neonatal Care
  • Baby Checks
  • Immunisations
  • 1st Year of Life
  • Respiratory & Neurology
  • Referral Management

Booking

Appointment Booking with Dr Sarah Newton

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Appointment Availability

If you cannot see an Integra appointment slot available, please call us on (345) 745 7450 within office hours, and we will do our best within our capacity.

Meet our doctors

We are passionate about improving the quality of care available to those residing in Grand Cayman and that extends to an unwavering commitment to employ individuals with true expertise, as committed as we are.

Paediatrics & Newborn Care Specialists

Dr Siobhan Jaques

Dr Siobhan Jaques

Specialist Paediatrician & Neonatologist

Dr Sarah Newton

Dr Sarah Newton

Specialist General Paediatrician & Newborn Care

Dr Tamara Bugembe

Dr Tamara Bugembe

Consultant Paediatrician

Dr Zanele Balang

Dr Zanele Balang

Consultant Paediatrician

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Fetal Medicine

Dr Madhavi Manoharan

Dr Madhavi Manoharan

Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist & Fetal Medicine

Dr Laura Hole

Dr Laura Hole

Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Adult & Paediatric Dermatology

Dr Alison Duncan

Dr Alison Duncan

Consultant Adult & Paediatric Dermatologist

Dr Davide Altamura

Dr Davide Altamura

Consultant Dermatologist & Dermatosurgeon

Family Medicine & General Practitise

Dr Francisco Martinez

Dr Francisco Martinez

Family Physician & General Practitioner

Dr Andrew Robinson

Dr Andrew Robinson

Family Physician & General Practitioner

Dr Tanushree Bhakta-Perry

Dr Tanushree Bhakta-Perry

Family Physician & General Practitioner

Dr Pedro Toscano

Dr Pedro Toscano

General Practitioner – Family and Community Medicine Specialist

Midwifery & Paediatric Physiotherapy

Samantha Sparg

Samantha Sparg

Paediatric Physiotherapist

Urology

Dr Lona Vyas

Dr Lona Vyas

Consultant Urologist

Endocrinology

Dr Seshadri Pramodh

Dr Seshadri Pramodh

Consultant Endocrinologist

Orthopedics

Dr Olivia Antos

Dr Olivia Antos

Orthopaedic Surgeon