Dr Navid Adib is Queensland’s first paediatric rheumatologist who has been diagnosing and treating children and young adults with chronic conditions since 2006. Graduated from the University of Queensland’s medical school in 1992, he carried out his general paediatric training at the Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane until 2000, when he was given a training position at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. After one year fellowship at arthritis research campaign unit in Manchester, he completed his PhD in the outcomes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, at the school of epidemiology, University of Manchester. He returned to Brisbane in 2006 for setting up paediatric rheumatology care in Queensland and has worked tirelessly since then to provide state wide services. He attends clinics in Brisbane, Gold and Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, and visits Townsville and Mackay Hospitals frequently.