Kelly Josh
Kelly has worked as a dietitian for over 11 years.
Kelly has worked as a dietitian for over 11 years. She has completed a Bachelor of Science through Edith Cowan University and a Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics through Griffith University in Queensland. As a dietitian she has undertaken a course of study that included substantial theory and supervised and assessed professional practice in clinical nutrition, medical nutrition therapy and food service management.
Kelly has worked in a variety of clinical areas; from rural and remote Western Australia, to large specialist respiratory and cardiac hospitals in London. She has worked at Perth Children’s Hospital as a Senior Dietitian for over 8 years. She is a specialist in paediatric and preterm nutrition. She has expert experience in nutritional management of renal conditions, inborn errors of metabolism and diet therapy for epilepsy.
Contact Kelly Josh
CONTACT INFO
- 0431976260
- reception@paedswest.com.au
- Book Appointment
Kelly will provide nutritional assessment and evidence-based nutrition care plans for infant, toddler, child and adolescent nutrition and feeding.
Kelly will see patients referred with/for:
- Growth failure
- Malnutrition
- Infant feeding advice– formulas, breastfeeding.
- Introduction to solids
- Fussy eating
- Healthy meal times
- Balanced diets
- Overweight and obesity
- High cholesterol or triglycerides
- High blood pressure
- High energy high protein diets
- Constipation
- Food related gastrointestinal intolerances
- Dietary management of side effects for children on stimulant medications
- Electrolyte restricted diets e.g. low potassium diet, no added salt diets
- Increased nutritional requirements for medical conditions – Neurology, renal, cardiac, respiratory
- Oral nutritional support.
- Hypoglycaemia dietary management e.g. ketotic or non ketotic hypoglycaemia
- Modified Atkins Diet therapy for epilepsy.