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Dr Leila Masson
M.D., MPH, FRACP, FACNEM, DTMH

Dr Leila Masson is a consultant paediatrician who specialises in nutritional and environmental medicine for children. She is the mother of two wonderful, grown-up boys. She had a busy clinic in Auckland, New Zealand, for 14 years before moving to Sydney in 2016. She received her medical doctorate from the Free University of Berlin and did her paediatric specialist training at the University of California in San Francisco. She received her Master in Public Health from Harvard University and her Diploma in Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Leila has worked in the US, Europe, New Zealand, and volunteered for 2 years setting up a rural clinic in Pakistan.

Dr Masson lectures internationally on the subject of children’s nutrition and an integrative medicine approach to paediatric issues, including autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, behaviour issues, allergies, recurrent infections, and autoimmune diseases.

She is the author of “Children’s Health A-Z”, a parent’s practical guide to natural and effective therapies for the most common health issues in childhood.

Specific areas of interest in her practice

  • Nutritional and environmental approach to paediatrics, including chronic diseases, developmental, and behavioural problems

  • Treatment for autism spectrum disorders and ADHD

  • PANS and PANDAS

  • Allergies, asthma, and eczema

  • Gut health, including reflux, chronic diarrhoea, and constipation

  • Breastfeeding problems

  • Preventive medicine and positive parenting

Qualifications

  • M.D.: Doctorate in Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin

  • FRACP: Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

  • FACNEM: Fellow, Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

  • Registered as specialist Paediatrician in Germany

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (past)

  • MPH: Master in Public Health, Harvard University

  • DTMH: Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

  • Lactation Consultant

Dr Leila Masson speaks English, German, French, and Spanish.