Following the completion of her medical degree at the University of New South Wales in 2011, Dr Greenland undertook Psychiatry Training in South Eastern Sydney and Hunter New England Local Health Districts. During her training she was President of the Registrar Cohort and was awarded Registrar of the Year in 2017. She has a Masters of Medicine (Psychiatry) from the University of Sydney, and achieved her Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) in 2020. She has completed her Advanced Training in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and also has an interest in Older Person’s Mental Health.

Dr Greenland has an interest in teaching and is a Conjoint Fellow with the University of Newcastle with ongoing roles as a lecturer and tutor for medical students and junior doctors. She is an accredited Supervisor with the RANZCP, and examiner for both the University of Newcastle and RANZCP.

Dr Greenland has been working as a Staff Specialist Psychiatrist in Hunter New England Health, with roles in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Service, and the Specialist Older Person’s Mental Health Team. Her skills and experience include:

• Acute and rehabilitation psychiatry

• Psychotic, mood and anxiety disorders across the lifespan

• Perinatal psychiatry

• Functional neurological symptoms

• Medical comorbidities, in particular: oncology; cardiology, pain and post stroke syndrome

• Diagnosis and management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

Dr Greenland has recently commenced private practice to pursue her interest in providing holistic mental health care to the local community.

Dinesh is a psychiatrist who has worked in psychiatry for more than 10 years. He has extensive experience in the
management of people with complex mental health issues and has provided care in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Dinesh has experience in treating patients with a variety of different mental health problems including
Schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive
disorder. He has interests in the treatment of patients with complex trauma and the impact of this on the development of
personality structure and personality disorders.

Dinesh has an interest in teaching. He is currently a Conjoint Fellow with the University of Newcastle. He has extensive
experience in teaching and supervising medical students with the University of Newcastle, and junior medical officers working for the
Hunter New England Area Health Service. He has previously been involved in preparing the observed structured clinical examination
for medical students with the University of Newcastle. In the past he has acted as an examiner for medical students. He has also played a role in choosing suitable candidates to join psychiatric training with the College of Psychiatrists.

Dinesh is originally from Sri Lanka but has lived and worked in Newcastle NSW since 2010. He currently works in both the public
and private sector. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, tending to his garden and listening to crime podcasts
on Spotify.

Sarah is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists with further training in both General Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. She completed her medical degree at the University of Tasmania and then moved to Newcastle NSW to complete all her post-graduate training.

Sarah has worked as a psychiatrist for both the private and public sector in Newcastle NSW and has vast experience in treating patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She is passionate about providing holistic and recovery-oriented care for her patients. In 2019 she was awarded a special psychiatry award – a NSW HETI Fellowship which involved treating dual diagnosis mental health and substance use disorders in especially vulnerable Perinatal and Adult populations, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds. During this Fellowship she worked across 5 settings, which included the Royal Flying Doctors, to provide outreach services to Rural populations.

In addition to her clinical work, Sarah has had a variety of Leadership, Mentoring and Teaching Roles. In 2019 she was elected as co-president of her Registrar Cohort. She is currently a committee member of the NSW Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry. Sarah is also a Conjoint Lecturer and Examiner for the University of Newcastle, Faculty of Health & Medicine.

In her spare time, Sarah enjoys spending time with the people she loves. She is often busy chasing after her 4 children – 2 of whom are very naughty Siberian Huskies!
 

Dr.Venkatesh is a fellow with The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists FRANZCP and has been working in the busy public mental health system for many years. She has interests in first episode psychosis, mood disorders including bipolar disorder, depression and psychotic disorders.