Dr Kirsten Ball is a General Paediatrician, Paediatric Pain Specialist and Paediatric Palliative Care Physician who works within the Women’s and Children’s Health Network in South Australia. Kirsten is passionate about providing holistic child and family centred care to children and young people. Kirsten has expertise in acute and pain management in Sickle Cell Disease and is excited to be a member of the Sickle Cell Working Group, contributing to the development of Australian Clinical Guidelines for Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease.