Department of Psychiatry

Staff Profiles

ACADEMIC

Head of Department of Psychiatry

John Walter Gell Tiller, BSc Well . MB ChB Otag o MD Melb . DPM FRACP FRANZCP ( Albert Road Clinic)

Professors

David John Ames, BA MD MB BS Melb.  MRCPsych FRANZCP FRCPsych (National Ageing Research Institute)

Michael Berk, MB BCh MMed(Psych) PhD FF(Psych) S.Afr. FRANZCP

David Castle , MB ChB CapeTown MSc Lond. MD CapeTown DLSHTM MRCPsych UK FRANZCP ( St Vincent's Mental Health )

Mark Creamer, BA Ports. MA Melb. PhD Melb. FAPS (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Nicola Lautenschlager MD, Dr. Med. Habil., FRANZCP (Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age)

Christos Pantelis, MB BS MRCPsych FRANZCP ( Cognitive Neuro-psychiatry Research & Academic Unit, Sunshine Hospital )

Isaac Schweitzer, MB BS MD DPM FRANZCP (The Melbourne Clinic)

Bruce Singh (Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Professorial Fellows with the title Professor

Fiona Judd , MD DPM FRANZCP (Royal Women's Hospital)

Associate Professors

David Forbes, BA(Psych) Melb. MA(ClinPsych) Melb. PhD(Psych) Melb. (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Carol Harvey, BA MB BS MRCPsych FRANZCP (Psychosocial Research Centre)

Graeme Edmund Hawthorne, BA Monash PhD Monash GDipEpiBio Melb. DipEd Monash ( Royal Melbourne Hospital & Australian World Health Organisation Quality of Life Field Centre)

Virginia Lewis, BA MA Melb PhD La Trobe ( Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Health )

Trevor Ronald Norman, BSc Adel. PhD Adel. (Austin Health)

John Pead, BSc Melb. MSc Melb. PhD MAPS (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Health) Principal Research Fellow with the title Associate Professor

Olga Yastrubetskaya , MD PhD ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Senior Lecturers

Peter Bosanac , MB BS MMed(Psych) FRANZCP (Austin Health)

Anne-Laure Coineau (Australian Centre of Posttraumatic Mental Health)

John Anthony Cooper, MB BS Melb. MPM Monash (Australian Centre of Posttraumatic Mental Health))

Jeremy William Couper, MB BS MMed(Psych) FRANZCP ( St Vincent 's Hospital)

Alexander Charles Holmes, MB BS MMed(Psych) Melb. FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Eugen Koh , BA Lond. MB BS Monash MPM FRACGP FRANZCP (Cunningham Dax Psychiatric Art )

James Samuel Olver, MBBS FRANZCP MPM(Mon) GDip Ment Hlth Sci (Hypnosis) Melb. (Austin Health)

Sean M Ording-Jespersen, MB ChB Cape Town MMed( Psych) Witwatersrand FCPsych S.Aust FRANZCP (Werribee Mercy Mental Health Program)

Andrea Phelps, BA MPsych ( Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health )

Alessandra Radovini (mindful)

Michael Raphael Salzberg, MB BS MD FRANZCP ( St Vincent 's Hospital)

Moghamad Cassim Schrueder, MB ChB Natal DipPsych Adel. MRANZCP FRANZCP ( Albert Road Clinic)

Toby Syme (Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Dennis Velakoulis MBBS MMed DipCrim FRANZCP

Lecturers

Robyn Attoe (Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age)

Lanny Boschler (Austin Health)

Carol Eddington, BA UNSW DipEd Wollongong DipSpecEd UWS M Indigenous Health Wollongong MAPS

Sophie Havighurst, BA DipClinPsych PhD ( mindful )

John Koutsogiannis, MBBS Melb GradDip Visual Art VCA MMed Psych FRANZP Fellow of the Coll è ge de ‘Pataphysique

Allen Lee (Austin Health )

Carol Silberberg (St Vincent's Hospital)

Alissa Westphal (Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age)

Senior Research Fellows

John O'Connor (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health / Senior Clinical Fellow)

Meaghan O'Donnell, BAppSc(N) BSc MPsych(Clin) PhD ( Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health )

Ruth Parslow, BAppSc (Maths) BA MPH PhD (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Darryl Wade (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health / Senior Clinical Fellow)

Stephen J Wood, PhD ( Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre )

Research Fellows

Bridget Bassilios (The Melbourne Clinic)

Justin Biltza, BAppSc RMIT PhD Melb ( Austin Health )

Kathryn Ellis, BAppSc PhD Swinburne UT ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Anita Goh, BSc(Science Scholar) Hons, DPsych (Clin Neuro) Monash (Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age)

Sam Korn (Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Delyth Lloyd, BA (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health / Research Project Manager )

Kirsty Irving

Marc L Seal, PhD BBSc PhD La Trobe ( Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre )

Bronwyn Wolfgang (Austrialian Centre for Posttramautic Mental Health)

Andrew Zalesky, BSc BE PhD Melb

Research Assistants

Kerryn Addison (The Melbourne Clinic)

Wee Kiat Ang

Cali Bartholomeusz (Melbourne Nueropsychiatry Centre/NHMRC Fellowship )

Rebecca Bereny (Psychosocial Research Centre)

Melissa Bourchier (Mindful)

Liam Connor (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Karen Docherty (Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Marie Donnelly (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Brooke Ferguson (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Susan Fletcher (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Alexander Fornito, BA PhD Melb

Francine Hanley (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Ian Harding (Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre)

Ann Harley (Mindful/Training Manager - Tuning into kids)

Ben Harrison, BSc PhD Swinburne UT ( Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre )

Laura Hayes, BComm BA Melb

Christiane Kehoe, BSc Swinburne (Mindful)

Angela Komiti, BBSc LaTrobe MPsych Melb. ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Winnie Lau, BBSc ( Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health )

Valentina Lorenzetti (Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre)

Bernadette Mannaa (Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age)

Katherine Manson,

Erica Neill (The Melboure Clinic)

Karissa Searle (Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre)

Pooja Shah (Mindful)

Tracey Varker (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)

Thomas Whitford (Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre / Overseas Biomedical (CJ Martin) Training Fellowship)

Honorary Appointments

Professor Emeritus

Brian Michael Davies, MD BCh Wales DCH DPM Lond. FRCP FRACP FRANZCP FRCPsych

Sidney Bloch , MB ChB CapeTown PhD DPM DipPhiIMedSocApoth Lond. FRCPsych FRANZCP ( St Vincent 's Hospital)

Professorial Fellows with the title Professor

Richard Bryant

Anne Elizabeth Buist, MB BS MMed MD FRANZCP (Austin and North Park )

Graham Dene Burrows, AO KCSJ BSc NZ MB ChB Otago MD Melb. DPM DipMHSc(ClinHyp) MRACMA FRANZCP FRCPsych FAChAM. (Austin Health)

Edmond Chiu, AM MB BS DPM FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

David Copolov

Brian Dean, MSc PhD ( Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria )

Lorraine Dennerstein, AO MB BS Monash PhD Monash DPM Melb. FRANZCP (Office for Gender and Health)

Phillipe Lehert, DrEg Polytech.Mons PhD Mons ( Office for Gender and Health )

Thomas Trauer, BA PhD ABPsS MAPsS ( St Vincent 's Hospital)

George Vaillant

Principal Fellows with the title Associate Professor

Robert Adler, MB BS PhD Newcastle (NSW) FRACP FRANZCP

Paul Amminger, MD FRANZCP ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Andreas Bechdolf , MD MSc (ORYGEN Research Centre)

James Richard Baldwin Ball, MB BS Durh. MD Newcastle ( UK ) DPM FRANZCP FAS MA

Phillip Burgess, MBBS

Alexandra Cockram

Alexander Cohen, MB BS MD

Jane Edwards, BA MA MAPsS ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

John Fielding, MB BS Adel . MD DPM MRCPsych FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Oyewusi Gureje ( St Vincent 's Hospital)

Anne Maria Hassett, MB BS Melb. DGM FRACGP FRANZCP ( Sunshine Hospital )

Malcolm John Hopwood, MB BS MPM MD FRANZCP ( Austin Health )

Norman James, MD BS DPM DHA FRANZCP FRACP FRCPsych

John Little, BSc MB ChB DipObs FRANZCP MRACMA ( Ballarat Health Services)

Norman Moore, MB BCh BAO MD DipPsychMed MRCPsych ( Sunshine Hospital )

Nicolino Paoletti , MB BS DPM FRANZCP ( Austin Health )

Campbell Paul , MB BS CertChPsych-(RCP) FRANZCP (Royal Children's Hospital)

Wayne Ramsay, AM CSC MB BS MBedSc Tas. MHA UNSW RACMA (Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health )

Suresh Sundram, MB BS MMed FRANZCP DPM ( St Vincent's Hospital )

Eng-Seong Tan, MB BS Malaya DPM FRCPsych FRANZCP ( St Vincent 's Hospital)

Amgad Tanaghow , MB BS FRANZCP (Chief Psychiatrist DHS)

Frances Thomson-Salo, LLB MCPP PhD (Royal Women's Hospital)

Shashjit Varma , MB BS BSc MD PhD FRANZCP (Ballarat Health Services)

Clinical Associate Professor

Peter Burnett, MBBS FRANZCP ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Dhusham Illesinghe

John Newton

Chee Ng, MBBS MMed MD Melb . FRANZCP (St Vincent's Hospital & The Melbourne Clinic)

Senior Fellows

Francisco Baghulo, LicMed Lisb . FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

David Bathgate, MBChB Otago DipPsychMed BA Melb . FRANZCP (St Vincent's Hospital )

Josephine Beatson, MBBS FRANZCP ( St Vincent's Hospital )

Jeanette Beaufoy, BA(Psych) MA Psych Monash ( mindful )

Chad Bennett, BSc MBBS MRCPsych ( St Vincent's Hospital )

Robert Scott Blair-West, MBBS Melb . FRANZCP ( The Melbourne Clinic )

Robert Chazan, MBBS RANZCP AACAP MCCP ( mindful )

Peter Cheung, MBBS HK MD DPMEng FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Phyllis Chua, MBBS MMed FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Neil Coventry, MB BS FRANZCP CertCbildPsych, DipPsychMed Melb (CAMHS Austin Health), (mindful)

Wendy Crouch

Peteris Darzins, BMBS PhD FRACP LMCC FRCPC ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Harold Alfred Derham, MB BS FRACP DPM FRANZCP

Briony Dow

Russell D'Souza, MBBS Madras GDip ClinTrMgt Canberra MPM Monash DMHSc Melb . GDipTB&ChestDis Madras MD Madras ( Northern Psychiatry Research Centre )

Peter Elliott

Leon Fail, MBBS DPM Melb. FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Andrew Gibbons, SCc PhD Monash (Mental Health Research Institute)

Janet Guthrie, BSc MSc PhD DipEd ( Office for Gender and Health )

Dennis Handrinos, MBBS MPMed Monash FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Paul Hantz, MBChB Otago DipObs Otago FRANZCP ( Barwon Health Service)

Brendan Hayman

David Francis Hines

David Horgan, MB BCh BAO Dublin MPhil DPM Edin. MD MRCPsych FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Nicholas Ingram, MBBS FRANZCP ( Albert Road Clinic )

Simon Jones

Brigid Jordan, BSW PhD ( Royal Children's Hospital )

Paul Katz, BSc CapeTown MBChB Cape Town FCPSA

Abdul Khalid, MBBS , MD ( Ballarat Health Services )

Rakesh Khanna

Dianna Korevaar, MB BS DipGerMed (The Melbourne Clinic)

Jayashri Kulkarni, MB BS FRANZCP

Suzanne Frances Lambert, BEc W.Aust . PhD Murd .

Raju Lakshmana

Paul Lee, MBBS Monash FRANZCP (Mindful)

Gita Mammen, MBBS, MD, FRANZCP ( St Vincent's Hospital )

Heather Manning, MB BS DPM FRANZCP

John Mathai, MBBS MRCPsych FRANZCP FRCPsych

Linda Matthews

James Mawdsley, MBBS DPM BA Melb. FRANZCP ( mindful )

Cristea Anne Mileshkin, MBBS Syd. DPM Lond . FRANZCP ( St Vincent's Hospital )

John Moran, GDipComDev ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Barbara Murphy

Yael Netz, BA MA PhD Alabama ( Gender and Health )

Colin O'Donnell, MB BCh MRCPsych ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Kerryn Pennell ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Mahendra Hermon Perera, MBBS PhD MD(Psych) MRACMA FRANZCP MRCPsych FAChAM ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Trong Hiew Pham, MBBS MMed FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Linda M Richter, PhD(Psych) Natal ( Royal Children's Hospital )

Morry Rottem, MBBS Melb . FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Gregory R Savage, BSc PhD Monash MSc(ClinNeuropsychol) Melb . ( St Vincent's Hospital )

Colin Eric Scott, MBBS DipPsychMed Melb . FRANZCP ( The Melbourne Clinic)

Ashok Singh, MB BS MD(Ps)

Bradley Smith, MBBS FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Deidre Smith , RN RM BAppSc(Hosp Adm) RMIT BA Melb . DipAdol& ChildPsych Melb. ( The Melbourne Clinic )

Betty Teltscher, DipSocStud Syd . ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age)

Andrew Thompson

Virginia Tuckwell, BSc MSc DipEd ( The Melbourne Clinic )

Catherine Tutton, MBBS MPM Monash FRANZCP ( The Melbourne Clinic )

Susan Joan Weigall, MBBS MPsychMed MD FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Marian Worcester

Fellows

Timothy Alexander, MBBS MMed FRANZCP ( St Vincent's Hospital )

George Anasson, MBBS Melb . MPsych Melb . ( Waratah )

Lena Andary, BA MClinPsych Flinders

Kathryn Baker, BBSc DPsych(Clin) ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Ibrahim Emre Bora MD I Dpsychiatry Izmir

Veronique Browne

Andrew Brunn, BSW ( mindful )

Amanda Carter, BAppSc(OT) ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Alice Cheung, RPN GDipGeronNurs. ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Andrew Churchyard, BSc MBBS PhD Melb . FRACP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Anthony Cichello, BSc Melb MPsych(Clin) UWA

Margaret Clark, BAppSc(Physio) Lincoln PhD LaTrobe (Office for Gender and Health)

Catherine Coffey, BSc MBBS DPM Melb . FRANZCP ( Austin Health )

Gregory John Coman, BA GDipPsych Monash MSc PhD Melb . ( Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health )

Phillipe Conus, MD Switz ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Elizabeth Cosgrave , BA Melb . GDip AppPsych Swinburne UT DPsych (ORYGEN Research Centre )

Hutita Delamere (Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age)

Paul Denborough, MBBS FRANZCP MMed Melb. ( mindful )

Phillip Dingjan

Simon Dodd

Kazuko Eto, MD Kyusyu PhD Kyusyu

Neville Evans, BSW Melb. ( mindful )

Rosemary Fawns ( Royal Children's Hospital )

Susan Kaye Fealy, BA Melb. MPsych(Clin) LaTrobe (mindful )

Paul Fineberg, MBBS Melb. FRANCP

Eleanor Fossey DipCOT UK MSc Health Psch City, Lond . AccOT (Psychosocial Research Centre)

Shona Margaret Francey, BSc MPsych LaTrobe PhD Melb. (ORYGEN Research Centre)

Richard Fraser (ORYGEN Youth Health)

Lyndie Freestone, RN ( mindful )

Hironobu Fujiwara

Andrew Fuller, BA Monash DipEd Monash MPsych LaTrobe ( mindful )

Lina Gibson, BSW GDipMHS ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Cherine Habib, BBehavSc GDipHum LaTrobe MPsych Melb .

Christopher Hall, MA BEd GradDipAdol&ChildPsych MAPS MACE FAIM (mindful )

Chris Harrison, RPN (Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Jennifer Harrison, MBBS NSW FRANZCP ( mindful )

Toni Heron, BOT Qld. ( mindful )

Chia Huang, MBBS MPM DRACOG FRANZCP ( The Melbourne Clinic )

Julian Hughes (The Melbourne Clinic)

Ronald Stanley Ingram, BSW ( mindful )

Peter Jenkins, MBBS FRANZCP ( mindful )

Linda Kader, MBBS MD(Psych) FRANZCP ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Spiri Katsenos, MBBS MMed FRANZCP ( Albert Road Clinic )

Rosemary Kelleher, BA DipSocStud MSW ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Anne-Marie Keogh, MBBS FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Simon Kinsella, BSc DipSOHyp PhD MAPS ( mindful )

Chikkagonigere Kirthikumar, MBBS DPM DNB ( Broadmeadows )

Natalie Knoesen

Nathalie Krapivensky, MBBS MWomen's Health Melb FANZCP ( St Vincent's Hospital )

David McIlroy, MBBS FANZCA ( Albert Road Clinic )

Li Ma, BS MMed TongjiMed ( Austin Health )

Debora Marks, MBBS Melb. FRAC ( mindful )

Helen Martin, BAppSci(Speech Path) ChildPsychotherapy

Carolyn Mier, BAppSc(OT) Lincoln ( Mindful )

Heather Miller

Frances Minson

Naghmeh Mokhber, MD ( Austin Health )

Francine Moss, MBBS FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Brendan Murphy, MBBS Lond . MRCPsych ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Andrea O'Byrne, BA Flin. BSW Melb. MChildPsychiatPsychMonash (mindful)

Liam O'Connor

Bronwyn Parry-Fielder, BAppSc(Speech Path) GDip (CommDisorders) MEdSt GDip(HthServMan) ( mindful )

Richard John Pawsey, BA MBSc ( mindful )

Vahid Payman, MBBS M.Med FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Paul Robertson, MBBS FRANZCP ( mindful )

Joanna Robinson ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Ajit J I Selvendra, MBBS MMed(Psych) Melb . FRANZCP ( St Vincent's Hospital )

Syed Shah, MBBS Benin MRCP(UK) (ORYGEN Research Centre)

Jan Smith, BA Melb . MA Melb . PhD LaTrobe DipSocSt Melb . ( mindful )

Robert Sneesby

Benji Soosai, RPN BEd ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Lesley Stafford

Malina Stankovska

Robb Owen Stanley, BScChem BScPsych Cant . DipClinPsych Cant. PhD Melb (Austin Health)

Karen Margaret Story, BA DipSocStud Melb . DipEd MCPP Monash ( Mindful )

Danny Sullivan, MBBS MBioethics Monash MHlth&MedLaw Melb . MRCPsych Melb. (MMed)

Cassandra Szoeke, PhD  B.Sc.(Hons.) Genetics F.R.A.C.P.  M.B.B.S.  (Office of Gender and Health)

Tsutomu Takahashi

Christine Tanti, BA Swinburne UT BEd LaTrobe BAppSc(OT) Lincoln ( Mindful )

Ian Thompson

Dorothy Tinney

Jennifer Torr, MBBS FRANZCP ( Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age )

Nga Trann

Can Tuncer, MD FRANZCP( St Vincent's Hospital )

Helen Vidler, BA(Psych) Monash BEd (Counselling) LaTrobe MWomens's Health PhD Melb Adjunct Research Fellow UWS

Eric Vos, MD Groningen

Mark Anthony Walterfang, MBBS Hons FRANZCP ( Royal Melbourne Hospital )

Philippa Weiland

Annemarie Wright ( ORYGEN Research Centre )

Clinical Fellows

Susie Allanson

Administrative -

Business Manager
Allan D. Brown
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Administrative Staff
Katherine Birt

Beth Blackbourn
Austin Repat

Lisa Branco
Albert Road Clinic

Michelle Branco
Albert Road Clinic

Catherine Bressanutti
Psychosocial Research Centre

Joanne Cesario
Australian Centre For Posttraumatic Mental Health

Terri Devey
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Tania Fava
Mindful - centre for training and research in developmental health

Corinne Garamszegi
Office for Gender & Health

Robyn Goodwill
Australian Centre For Posttraumatic Mental Health

Jaiganesh Govinda Swarmy
Australian Centre For Posttraumatic Mental Health

Ros J Hendy
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Charlotte Henry
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Elizabeth Horton
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Cynthia Imisides
Mindful - centre for training and research in developmental health

Maureen Joss
ORYGEN Youth Health

Fiona Kelly
Mindful - centre for training and research in developmental health

Marilyn Kemp
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age

Toni Langley
Mindful - centre for training and research in develpomental health

Genevieve Mead

Yolande Murray
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Joy Preston
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age

Thetis Sardo
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Clinic

Marinella Serafim
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Deidre Smith
The Melbourne Clinic

Bridget Soulsby
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Clinic

Barbara Stachlewski
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health

Valeria Zoteyeva
Australian Centre For Posttraumatic Mental Health

Librarians
Wendy Bristow
Mindful - centre for training and research in developmental health

Information Technology

Karen Barber
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Chester Kang
Melbourne Neuropyschiatry Clinic

Richard Todd
Australian Centre For Posttraumatic Mental Health

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