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Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications

Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(RANZCP) April 26th 2002

Fellow, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
(FRANZCP) October 14th 2000

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
University of New South Wales. February 6th 1991
 
Appointments
March 2003 to present Visiting Medical Officer in Infant, Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, Sydney South Western Area Health Service
February 2003 to January 2010 Visiting Medical Officer in Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, North Coast Area Health Service
July 2003 to present Tutor ( casual ), New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry
July 2005 to December 2007 GP Psych Support Programme, McKessons Asia
August 2001 to January 2003 Staff Specialist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South Western Sydney Area Health Service
2000 Fellowship of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
1999 Child Psychiatry Registrar, Prince of Wales Hospital
1998 – 1999 Psychiatric Career Medical Officer, Corrections Health Service
1993 – 1998 Psychiatric Registrar, St Vincent’s Hospital
1992 Resident, St Vincent’s Hospital
1991 Intern, Sutherland Hospital

 
 
Clinical Experience

North Coast Area Health Service ( 7 years )

  • Consultant Child and Adolescent Outpatient Service
  • Consultation Liaison to Paediatric and Adult Inpatient wards
  • Locum for Adult Psychiatrists

Sydney South Western Area Health Service (10 years)

  • Inpatient Adolescent Tertiary Referral Unit
  • Consultant Child and Adolescent Outpatient Service
  • Area Adolescent Team

Prince of Wales Hospital and Sydney Childrens Hospital (12 months)

  • Consultation Liaison
  • Adolescent Service
  • 0- 12 years of age Child Outpatient Service

New Children's Hospital - Westmead (6 months)

  • Consultation Liaison
  • Eating Disorders
  • Community Outpatients

Rivendell Unit Concord Hospital (6 months)

  • Residential School Refusal Programme
  • Community Outpatients

Liverpool Hospital (6 months)

  • Integrated Perinatal Care Team
  • Postnatal Depression Day Stay Unit
  • Karitane Residential Unit Consultancy

Caritas Inpatients Unit St Vincent's Hospital (24 months)

  • Homeless mentally ill
  • Dual Diagnosis / Comorbidity
  • Integrated Service

Wagga Base Hospital (6 months)

  • Junior Consultant in Rural Psychiatry
  • Outreach Clinics ( Cootamundra and Temora )
  • Integrated Service
  • Lectures to General Practitioners and Allied Health Staff

Anxiety Disorders Unit St Vincent's Hospital (6 months half-time)

  • Research Unit
  • Group and Individual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Computerised Diagnostics

HIV Psychiatry St Vincent's Hospital (6 months half-time)

  • Consultation Liaison Service across broad settings (community/hospice)
  • Multidisciplinary Team

Consultation Liaison Psychiatry St Vincent's Hospital (6 months)

  • Diverse referrals from three institutions
  • Multidisciplinary Team

Community Psychiatry Darlinghurst Community Health Centre (6 months)

  • Integrated service
  • Multidisciplinary teams
  • Hostel clinics (Matthew Talbot Hostel)

Long Bay Prison Hospital (9 months)

  • Male personality disorders
  • Forensic psychiatry
  • Court reports and judicial system

Prison Outpatient Clinics (10 months)
Metropolitan Remand & Reception Centre Silverwater Complex
Special Purpose Centre Long Bay Complex
Metropolitan Medical Transit Centre Long Bay Complex

  • Junior consultant
  • Systems issues – Judicial, Custodial, Clinical
  • Remand environment
  • Intellectually impaired inmates