DR ANTONI FELLAS

Dr Fellas is a lecturer in Podiatry at the School of Health Sciences (SHS), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing (CHMW), University of Newcastle (UON). Dr Fellas is a member of the 'Equity in Health and Wellbeing Research Program' at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and a current member of the Australian Podiatry Association (APODA) and Australian Paediatric Podiatry (APP) Group. 

Dr Fellas is an AHPRA registered Podiatrist and has been a practicing clinician since graduating at the UON in 2014. Dr Fellas’ research and clinical focus are the fields of paediatrics, sports, biomechanics and rheumatology. During his PhD Dr Fellas led a multicenter randomised clinical trial at the Sydney Children's Hospitals at Westmead and Randwick and the John Hunter Children's Hospital in Newcastle. This clinical trial explored the effect of a low-cost and safe intervention to reduce lower limb pain and improve outcomes such as quality of life and walking function in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.