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Katie is a General Paediatrician who enjoys working with children and their families to achieve excellent outcomes. She has particular interests in eczema, asthma, constipation, encopresis, enuresis, infectious disease, developmental and behavioural issues, autism, ADHD, anxiety, growth and adolescent medicine.
Behavioural and developmental
Behavioural and developmental paediatrics including developmental delay.
Many children have delays in their development and/or challenging behaviours. Parents may have concerns regarding their child’s communication, social interactions, emotional regulation, learning and/or “executive functions” (eg. organisation, memory, attention). An initial assessment by a developmental paediatrician is a recommended who can arrange referrals to other professionals as needed.
The following practitioners at CPMG can be of service in helping investigate and manage behavioural and developmental concerns in children:
**Dr Morpeth not taking on new patients for the time being. Thank you for your understanding**
Melinda is a skilled paediatrician who sees children with a range of medical, behavioural and developmental problems from birth to 18 years. She has a particular interest in unsettled babies, developmental and behavioural concerns, ADHD, autism, sleep issues and learning differences. She also has experience in a range of common paediatric conditions including constipation, asthma, eczema, and toileting concerns.
Michaela trained as a Paediatrician at the Royal Children’s and The Mercy Hospitals in Melbourne.
During her training Michaela specialised in developmental and behavioural paediatrics, but since then she has continued to work both acute and outpatient settings, seeing children of all ages, including babies.
Michaela’s areas of interests include developmental delay, speech delay, failure to thrive and growth concerns, Autism, ADHD, constipation, encopresis and enuresis, behavioural problems, anxiety, eczema, asthma and urinary tract infections.
Erin Dobinson is a Paediatric Dietitian with vast experience and passion for the field both in Australia and overseas across all age groups from preterm to adolescents.
She has worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne since 2007, across all major areas, and more recently continues in her role there specialising in faltering growth in young infants, and decreasing enteral feeding or NG dependency.
Her areas of specialty and interest include: