Dr Jacinta Coleman

Dr Jacinta Coleman is General Paediatrician with a special interest in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Offspring Health. She completed her medical degree at the University of Melbourne in 1986 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. She later trained in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and has worked as the Head of Adolescent Medicine at Monash Children's Hospital in Adolescent Health for 20 years.

Dr Coleman combines her expertise in general paediatrics with her interest in good mental health outcomes to manage a broad range of medical issues at Offspring Health, particularly those conditions which bridge the gap between paediatrics and psychiatry. She has experience managing several cases of young people with eating disorders, anxiety, depression and psychosomatic illnesses. She has clinical interests in unsettled infants, feeding difficulties, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, behavioural difficulties and learning difficulties.

Dr Coleman also has extensive experience in a wide range of general paediatric conditions including eczema, asthma, growth issues and developmental delay. Her passion is to support families in navigating the joys and challenges of each developmental stage of their children's lives, from infancy to adulthood.