Introducing

Dr Arno is a Paediatrician and helps maximising the health and well-being of children from 0-18 years.

Born in Switzerland and growing up in Germany Dr Arno worked and lived in the USA, Canada, Philippines, Bangladesh, New Zealand and finally Australia. His initial career was studying Geophysics, before he later graduated as a Paediatric nurse in Berlin, Germany. While working as a Paediatric nurse he realised how much he loved medicine and helping children and their families, and he decided to study medicine. Dr Arno specialised as a Paediatrician at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Children’s Hospital in Greifswald, Germany with part of his advanced training in New Orleans, USA and Hamilton, Canada.

Dr Arno worked in child nutrition, immunology, and neonatology research in Germany and as a volunteer Paediatrician in the impoverished areas of Manila, Philippines and Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Dr Arno registered as a Paediatric specialist consultant in New Zealand and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. From 2008-2015 he worked as a Paediatrician and senior lecturer in General Paediatrics and Paediatric Haematology/Oncology in Timaru and Wellington in New Zealand, before moving to rural Australia in Mount Gambier and Traralgon. Since October 2018, Dr Arno has worked as a Specialist Paediatrician at Cairns Doctors on Barr St, founding and developing Cairns Paediatrics on Barr St, until joining the team at Spencer Health Hornsby in Sydney in May 2026.

Dr Arno’s professional interests and main focus are in Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatrics incl. ADHD, Autism, ODD; Mental Health e.g. Anxiety and Depression; Chronic Pain, Allergy, Asthma. He has a special interest in Travel Health and Wilderness Medicine but currently does not practice in this field.

Dr Arno does see children from newborn age to adolescence until their 18th birthday. However, if your teenage child would like to see him for a chronic condition after the 16th birthday, he recommends considering an adult physician service to ensure continuity of long-term care. Please discuss the options with your GP.

Dr Arno is a strong advocate for coordinated and methodical care to achieve the best outcome for the children and their families. He will send screening and assessment questionnaires and other information request forms to the parents / carers before the initial appointment, based on the information and concerns detailed in the GP referral letter. Dr Arno will not see a child for just signing off a diagnosis for assessments that were organised elsewhere by other parties without his initial involvement. If needed, Dr Arno will decide together with the family which further assessment tools to use to conclude to a diagnosis and to formulate a best practice management plan, after he has seen the child. While formal allied health and educational department psychometric assessments can be extremely helpful as an aid in the assessment of your child, it is very important for your child to have a well-planned and structured approach from the very beginning you have concerns. This will ensure continuity of care and the best health and development outcome for your child. Your child should have one lead health professional to have the oversight for organising and reviewing diagnostic assessments and therapeutic interventions. This can be your Paediatrician, your GP, or any other health care provider of your choice. Dr Arno’s opinion may or may not concur with a diagnosis provided by another professional or that required for NDIS funding purpose.