Grand Cayman Paediatrician – Dr Sara Watkin – on a Page

As my newborn and paediatric site has lots of info, I wanted those arriving to have a simple page of information about me, Dr Sara Watkin, Paediatrician (Pediatrician) & Neonatologist, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. You’ll find a wealth of information below, including about my baby clinic, children’s clinic and other services.

My Practice Information

Tel: (345) 745-7070

Location: Optimal Healthcare at Dr Glatz Office, 2 Alexander Place Dorcy Drive, Grand Cayman

Finding My Clinic

We are very easy to find!

Clinic Times & Information: https://optimal.ky/clinic-fees-information/clinic-times-locations/

About Dr Sara – Paediatrician & Neonatologist

I moved to Grand Cayman in July 2016 to take up post, originally, as Specialist Paediatrician in Camana Bay and Specialist Neonatologist (newborn & preterm care) with full admitting rights to the neonatal unit and paediatric wards at George Town Hospital (Cayman Islands Hospital HSA). I moved from the UK, where I was Chief of Service for the Neonatal Service at University College London Hospitals, one of the UK’s most prestigious services, having previously been Chief of Service in Nottingham prior to this.

In my general paediatric role in Grand Cayman, I see up to 20 children a day in the outpatient setting. These children range from newborn to 16 years and have the full spectrum of childhood complaints from very minor to complex health and developmental problems. That means I am becoming a more experienced paediatrician every day! Besides the more everyday care needs, the more complex conditions managed include respiratory disease, failure to thrive, short stature, diabetes, duchennes muscular dystrophy, complex cardiac disease and immune deficiency.

I have full paediatric admitting rights to George Town Hospital and also care for children requiring urgent admission to the paediatric wards. My acute paediatric skills include line insertion and lumber puncture.
I have a broad education in both general and tertiary paediatrics including 10 months training at Great Ormond Street Hospital, as well as Nottingham City Hospital. I covered general paediatrics as registrar in Derby, Nottingham City Hospital and Stoke and as senior registrar in Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. In Stoke I did a general paediatric clinic each week and at QMC I had 2 general paediatric clinics each week, as well as a neonatal follow-up clinic.

– Dr Sara Watkin – My Practice & Clinic Information

GMC REGISTRATION: Full registration July 1987. No: 3120873

SPECIALIST REGISTER: 1996 General Paediatrics

Add MDC Cayman registration MD/PL/MED 438

You can find out much more about my clinical background here: Dr Sara Watkin, Paediatrician, Grand Cayman – detailed

Neonatal, Newborn & Paediatric Care Services & Conditions

Here are the services Dr Watkin offers as a Specialist Paediatrician & Neonatologist in Grand Cayman (in the UK, it would be called Consultant).

 

NEWBORN CARE

Dr Watkin is especially experienced in newborn care, including newborn resuscitation and preterm care, and a very safe pairs of hands at delivery to ensure no complications or a rapid response if there are. All of Dr Watkin’s deliveries are followed up with baby clinic appointments for their continued care and she offers urgent care to address the range of paediatric (pediatric) care and development needs your newborn baby has, especially through the first year of life.

It’s a busy time with lots of development so we’ll be seeing quite a lot of each other!

• Attending deliveries
• Baby checks
• Early care
• 1st year of life care
• Breastfeeding advice
• Feeding, nutrition & growth
• Immunisation & vaccination
• Congenital abnormalities
• Wheezing & Breathing Difficulties

The above is not a comprehensive list but it does contain the majority of the more common aspects of care that I provide for the newborn period. My experience from UCLH & Nottingham as a consultant and her training, including from GOSH means I cover the full spectrum of more complex problems too but these are obviously more rare in a population of our size here in Cayman.

 

NEONATAL CARE

In Grand Cayman, it is rare for parents to actually ‘book’ me for neonatal care because nobody plans for it and then when it happens it is generally either provided in urgent circumstances or I am brought in by your obstetrician for known complications or concerns. However, I attend a particularly large proportion of the deliveries because my neonatal credentials mean I am one of the only tertiary neonatal specialist with a heritage in extremely preterm care with full admitting rights to George Town Hospital for private patients, so parents book me for deliveries ‘just in case’ with me then also being on hand regardless. My experience in neonatal medicine is extensive:

• Neonatal resusciation & life support
• Preterm birth from 23 weeks gestation
  (ELBW – extremely low birth weight, VLBW – very and upwards from there)
• Growth restriction and small for dates babies
• Respiratory distress, including surfactant administration & all forms of ventilation
• Cardiac and circulatory issues
• Congenital abnormalities
• Newborn infections & immune problems

I am always keen to discuss with parents both the sorts of problems that can occur in delivery and what happens if a baby is born preterm. We do have an excellent neonatal unit with first class staff here in Cayman, and so with the right care, our infants do very well for a small island.

 

PAEDIATRIC CARE

In addition to a range of specialist services for babies and newborn care, I also deal with Paediatric Care too, including:

• Development, developmental follow up & milestones
• Immunisation & vaccinations
• Ongoing feeding and nutrition advice and conditions
• Allergies and intolerances e.g. Cows Milk Intolerance & nut allergy
• Growth advice and concerns
• Skin, spots, rashes and other blemishes
• Fevers, viruses etc including bronchiolitis
• Asthma, wheezing & exercise intolerance
• Ears, noses, throats & eyes
  (occasionally these require referrals to ENT or eye specialists too)
• Urgent or emergency care
  (I have full admitting rights to the GTH paediatric wards and we have an urgent care service in-house too at Optimal Healthcare)

My tertiary training in acute and general paediatrics means that I am able to cover rare and quite complex conditions, so please ask if you don’t see what you need above.

Booking with Dr Watkin

Clinic Address

2 Alexander Place Dorcy Drive, Grand Cayman

Clinics

Monday to Friday:

0830 – 1700

Saturdays:

0900 – 1300

For appointments, or to confirm whether I am available, please contact my mobile (345) 326 7827 or (345) 745-7070 and reception will happily book you in.

Accessibility

I live permanently on island and only a short drive to the clinic. Whilst on island, I am permanently on call for deliveries and neonatal patients, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
However, I am generally available for urgent matters, by phone on (345) 326 7827.

Choosing a Newborn Paediatrician

Many parents first choose a paediatrician when they are about to have their first child and then maintain that relationship throughout their child’s childhood. I always suggest meeting paediatricians to see who best meets your needs. You can meet me for free antenatally, where we can discuss birth, immediate newborn care and address any questions you may have.

Booking an Appointment for Consultation/Care

You can call on the Optimal Healthcare main phone (345) 745-7070 and reception will happily book you in, call my mobile at (345) 326 7827, or you can use the booking form below, whether registered already or a new patient.

If I have not answered anything or you simply wish to make contact with a query or question, you can reach me as follows:

BY EMAIL: [email protected]

BY PHONE: (345) 745-7070 or (345) 326 7827