Associate Professor Akosile is an Associate Professor at The University of Queensland and is the addictions unit Director at Ramsay Clinic New Farm. He is an addiction specialist (Fellow of two colleges, FRANZCP and FAChAM) who has several peer-reviewed research in addiction, psychiatry and dual diagnosis. He provides inpatient and outpatient services which include holistic management of substance use disorders and non substance use disorder psychiatric diagnosis, consideration of individual psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, functional restoration and neuro-stimulation. He recently completed his PhD at QUT and his research was on the link between PTSD and coronary artery disease.
Associate Professor Akosile is the 2016 recipient of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Addiction Psychiatry Prize. He completed his Masters in Public Health in 2009 at the University of Queensland School of Population Health with the Dean’s commendation for high achievement.
To obtain his addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine fellowship he trained at several Queensland hospitals, including the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital, Princess Alexandria Hospital, Brisbane Private Hospital and Mater Hospital. He is also an adjunct senior lecturer at the University of Queensland, and a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, with an advanced certificate in addiction psychiatry. He also holds the fellowship of the chapter of addiction medicine. Associate Professor Akosile is a member of the RANZCP faculty of addiction psychiatry. He is a recipient of the first prize of the late breakers abstract award at the 2014 APSAD conference.
As an addiction specialist, he is able to appreciate the complex nature of substance use disorder and sees it as a medical problem with social consequences. As a clinical researcher, his treatment and principles of management are based on evidence-based practice as well as individualised care. As a health manager, he appreciates the multidisciplinary paradigm and has a good understanding of how health systems work. He is focused on relapse prevention therapy, recovery model of care and client re-integration into society.
To arrange an appointment or referral, please phone A/Prof Akosile’s consulting suite on 07 3254 9111
Dr Syed Alam is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry. Dr Alam has an interest in General Adult Psychiatry and mood disorders. He speaks 3 languages: English, Urdu and Hindi.
Dr Mitali Bhuyan is a Psychiatrist with an interest in early intervention and psychosis.She uses a holistic approach to treat clients for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychosis including many other mental health issues. Dr Bhuyan individualises treatment plans tailored to a person's needs and environment.
Dr Byrne is the Head of the Academy of Psychiatry within the faculty of medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of the Older Persons Mental Health Service at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and Women's Hospital. His interests include Alzheimer's disease ( particularly the neuropsychiatric symptoms assosciated with AD) and personality, anxiety and depression in older people.
Recent published work has included papers on generalised anxiety disorder in older people, dementia, and delirium in the general hospital setting and the role of lifestyle factors in predicting cognitive trajectory in middle age and later life.
Dr David De Luchi is a Psychiatrist with further training in child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr De Luchi worked as a General Practitioner for several years before commencing psychiatry training in 2017 and completed his training across hospitals in Brisbane. Dr De Luchi is providing outpatient and inpatient services to adolescents and young adults.
Dr Maneesh Dhingra is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists since 2009. He currently holds a Senior Psychiatrist position at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and is a Senior Lecturer with the University of Queensland. He works as an Independent Medical examiner for Work Cover Queensland and is a medical member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal.
Dr Dhingra has experience in treating a wide range of mental health condidtions including Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Post traumatic stress disorder and Psychosis. Dr Dhingra is committed to working together with patients and carers to develop safe and effective treatment plans that utilise an evidence-based approach.
Dr Julian Dodemaide is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). He has earned a Certificate of Advanced Training in Forensic Psychiatry, and is an accredited member of the Faculties of Forensic Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry with the RANZCP. He is also an active sitting member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal of Queensland.
Dr Dodemaide has gained experience working in a wide variety of clinical settings, including with the forensic psychiatry services High Security Inpatient Service and Prison Mental Health Service in Queensland, and Canberra Forensic Mental Health Services, as well as general adult psychiatry with the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital and Ramsay Clinic New Farm. He has gained experience in the assessment and rehabilitation of complex patients, as well as the application of forensic risk assessment tools, writing medico-legal reports, and providing expert evidence for the courts. He is passionate about providing high quality medico-legal reports, and supporting GPs in shared patient care. Interests include medico-legal expert evidence, psychotic and mood disorders, violence risk assessment, neurostimulation technologies, PTSD and military veterans.
Dr Dodemaide is accepting referrals for all forms of medico-legal reports, as well as '291' assessment reports to assist GPs in patient management.
Dr Dodemaide is not currently accepting new patients for ongoing management.
Dr Mahdod Eftekar is a senior lecturer the University of Queensland and works as a psychiatrist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Ramsay Clinic New Farm Clinic.
Dr Eftekar trained in psychiatry at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. He then pursued subspecialty training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry which is the interface between psychological and medical health.
His special interests include consultation-liaison psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, sleep disorders, ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders.
Dr Axel Estensen is a general adult psychiatrist with interests in eating disorders and mood disorders. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.