Kate Riney is a Paediatric Neurologist based in South Brisbane, QLD. She works out of 501 Stanley St, South Brisbane, and she looks after children and young people who have seizure disorders and related brain conditions. In clinic, Kate takes time to understand what’s been happening at home, how symptoms change over time, and what matters most for the family.
Kate’s day-to-day work often involves complex epilepsy. This can include syndromes like Lennox-Gastaut and West syndrome, as well as conditions linked with brain development such as cortical dysplasia, tuberous sclerosis, and neuronal migration disorders. At times, children may also deal with absence seizures, focal or multifocal seizures, generalised tonic-clonic seizures, myoclonic epilepsy, or severe ongoing seizure patterns like status epilepticus.
Seizures don’t just affect the body, they can affect learning, sleep, mood, and day-to-day routines too. Kate also supports families where there are added neurodevelopment concerns, including autism spectrum disorder and developmental or behavioural challenges. Some children she sees have other brain-related conditions like lissencephaly and polymicrogyria, or issues such as periventricular heterotopia and subcortical band heterotopia. She can also help with rare eye and nerve conditions like Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), depending on the child’s overall picture.
Over time, Kate builds a care plan around what the child needs right now, and what might help in the months ahead. Treatment usually involves working with families and other health professionals to support safer seizure control, better routines, and clear next steps if seizures change. She focuses on practical decisions, like medication options, safety plans, and what to do during breakthrough seizures.
Kate has experience caring for children with these kinds of complex neurological conditions. She uses evidence-based approaches and stays up to date with current paediatric neurology care through ongoing professional education. If research is relevant to a child’s situation, she can discuss what new treatment options and clinical study pathways might look like, in a way that’s clear and grounded.
