Our Team
Past iBIPP Fellows
Dr Daniel Smoothy
iBIPP Fellow Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District & South West Sydney Local Health District
Psychiatry Advanced Trainee – ISLHD Mental Health Brain Injury Psychiatry Registrar – Illawarra & Liverpool Brain Injury Services
Dr Jodi Cartoon
2019 Inaugural iBIPP Fellow / 2020 iBIPP Supervisor Western Sydney Local Health District
MBBS (Hon) FRANZCP Cert. Consul. Liaison Psych. Supervisor icare Brain Injury Psychiatry Program- Westmead Hospital/Westmead Brain Injury Unit Royal North Shore Hospital Chronic Pain Clinic
Dr Bernard Myers
2020 iBIPP Fellow Northern Sydney Local Health District
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Advanced Trainee | Brain Injury Fellow Royal North Shore Hospital | Royal Rehab
Dr Kiran Lele
2020 iBIPP Fellow Western Sydney Local Health District
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Advanced Trainee | Brain Injury Fellow Westmead Hospital
Dr Abirami Ratnagopal
2020 iBIPP Fellow Hunter New England Local Health District
Liaison Psychiatry icare Brain Injury Psychiatry Fellow Neuropsychiatry Service, Calvary Mater Hospital Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, John Hunter Hospital Hunter Brain Injury Service, Hunter New England Local Health District Conjoint Fellow, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Newcastle
Past iBIPP Supervisors
Dr Ralf Ilchef
2019 Inaugural iBIPP Supervisor/ 2020 iBIPP Supervisor Northern Sydney Local Health District
Director, Liaison Psychiatry Service I Royal North Shore Hospital Consultant Psychiatrist I Royal Rehab Clinical Senior Lecturer I School of Medicine I University of Sydney
Dr Jodi Cartoon
2019 Inaugural iBIPP Fellow / 2020 iBIPP Supervisor Western Sydney Local Health District
MBBS (Hon) FRANZCP Cert. Consul. Liaison Psych. Supervisor icare Brain Injury Psychiatry Program- Westmead Hospital/Westmead Brain Injury Unit Royal North Shore Hospital Chronic Pain Clinic
Dr Josef McDonald
2020 iBIPP Supervisor Hunter New England Local Health District
Dr Josef McDonald Neuropsychiatrist iCare Brain Injury Psychiatry Program – Hunter New England Local Health District Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, John Hunter Hospital Department of Neuropsychiatry, McAuley Centre Conjoint Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
Dr Nabil Malik
iBIPP Supervisor South West Sydney Local Health District
FRANZCP, Cert. Consul. Liaison Psych, EM Cert. (ACEM), MBBS A/Clinical Director of Liverpool/Fairfield Mental Health Service -South Western Sydney Local Health District Staff Specialist/Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist Conjoint associate Lecturer, University of New South Wales Liverpool Mental Health Centre, Liverpool Hospital,
Dr Matthew Macfarlane
iBIPP Supervisor Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Staff Specialist Psychiatrist | Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Wollongong Hospital
Project team (USyd/BMC)
Prof Leanne Togher
The University of Sydney
Professor of Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury Senior NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Research Fellow Supervisor, Communication Sciences Executive Leadership Team, Brain and Mind Centre Speech Pathology | School of Health Sciences| Faculty of Medicine and Health
Melinda Lyne
The University of Sydney
Project Manager, icare Brain Injury Psychiatry Program (iBIPP)
Dr Louise Hunt
The University of Sydney
Research Officer | icare Brain Injury Psychiatry Program (iBIPP)
Partnership/affiliates:
Jacqueline Scott
icare
Service Development Manager Care and Community
Suzanne Lulham
icare
General Manager Care and Community
Ken Branighan
The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
NSW Branch Manager RANZCP NSW Branch
Dr Christopher Ryan
Western Sydney Local Health District
Clinical Associate Professor | Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist University of Sydney | Westmead Hospital | Sydney Health Ethics
Dr Joe Gurka
Western Sydney Local Health District
Staff Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine Head of Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Westmead Hospital Medical Director of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Westmead Hospital
Dr Rebecca Martens
Western Sydney Local Health District
Rehabilitation Physician Team Leader Community Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service (CBIRS) Westmead Hospital
Dr Stuart Browne
Royal Rehab
Rehabilitation Medicine Staff Specialist Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service Royal Rehab RYDE
Prof. Marina Vamos
Hunter New England Local Health District
University of Newcastle Area Director Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Hunter New England Mental Health
Dr Ashwinder Anand
Hunter New England Local Health District
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist: McAuley Centre, Mater Hospital, NSW
Consultant Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist: John Hunter Hospital, NSW
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Adult General Psychiatrist: Private Practice, Newcastle NSW
Lecturer in Psychiatry: School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle
Dr Peter Schofield
Hunter New England Local Health District
BSc (Hons), MBBS, MSc (Epidemiol), MD, FRACP Clinical Director, Neuropsychiatry Service Senior Staff Specialist in Neurology Hunter New England Local Health District Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health Conjoint Professor, School of Psychology University of Newcastle
Dr Adeline Hodgkinson
South Western Sydney Local Health District
Director Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, | Liverpool Hospital
Dr Matthew Thomas
South Western Sydney Local Health District
Liverpool/Fairfield Mental Health Service. Adult psychiatrist. Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Team, Liverpool.