Dr. Lionel Lubitz MBBS, FRACP, MRCP, DCH
Consultant General Paediatrician and Associate Professor
About Dr. Lionel Lubitz
Dr. Lubitz is an experienced paediatrician, having worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria for 35 years as a consultant general paediatrician. He is experienced in general paediatrics and managing children and adolescents with developmental problems and learning issues. Lionel has special interests in chronic fatigue syndrome and adolescent health. He works part time at Leading Steps Paediatric Clinic while he continues to supervise a major transition study for adolescents with autism, intellectual disabilities and mental health problems in Melbourne.Experience
Dr. Lionel Lubitz was formerly Deputy Director of General Medicine at the Royal Children’s Melbourne for two decades. He has enormous experience in the full range of general paediatrics. His multidisciplinary management approach to chronic fatigue syndrome and somatization disorders is internationally renowned.Education
An Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, Melbourne University, Dr. Lubitz teaches postgraduate and undergraduate paediatrics.Lionel is a member of BabyCenter’s Medical Advisory Board.
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