About us
The child and adolescent faculty promotes the mental wellbeing of young people and their families.
We contribute to, and draw from an established knowledge base to inform practice.
Our objectives are to:
- promote the training of medical students, doctors in training, and substantively employed psychiatrists
- act as a forum for the exchange of experience and research
- promote the developmental perspective, and the importance of family functioning in mental health within the wider college functions
- influence public policies in appropriate directions
- promote mental health awareness through working with the media and offering information directly to the public
- organise regular national conferences and local meetings to promote professional development, clinical education and peer networking opportunities.
Executive committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Bernadka Dubicka | 2017 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Jon Goldin | 2017 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Alka Ahuja | 2017 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Prof. Andrea Danese | 2019 (C) | Academic Secretary |
| Dr Omolade Abuah | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nicolette Adrian | 2016 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Cornelius Ani | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nisha Balan | 2019 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Nick Barnes | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Miss Zara Baxter | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Anupam Bhardwaj | 2017 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ivona Bialas | 2019 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Aileen Blower | 2017 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Anna Boyce | 2016 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Debra Bradley | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Philippa Buckley | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Prathiba Chitsabesan | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ann Collins | 2018 (C) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Rory Conn | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Anna Conway Morris | 2019 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Sarah Curran | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Ananta Dave | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Virginia Davies | 2013 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nicola Dawson | 2013 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sharada Deepak | 2019 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Suyog Dhakras | 2017 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Kristy Fenton | 2019 (C) | Wales |
| Prof. Tamsin Ford | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nicole Fung | 2017 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Rajesh Gowda | 2017 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Muhammad Gul | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Shermin Imran | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Tina Irani | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr David Kingsley | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Abdullah Kraam | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Leopold Kroll | 2017 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Marinos Kyriakopoulos | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Clare Lamb | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Holan Liang | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Elaine Lockhart | 2016 (C) | Scotland |
| Dr Mark Lovell | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jose Mediavilla | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Shashi Muniswamy Govindaswamy | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Tessa Myatt | 2014 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Saeed Nazir | 2016 | Committee Member |
| Dr Guy Northover | 2016 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Lynne Oldman | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Dennis Ougrin | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Kiran Panesar | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Edward Pepper | 2019 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Parthasarathy Pushparaja Sekaran | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sarah Rawlinson | 2017 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mark Rodgers | 2017 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Paramala Santosh | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Fionnuala Stuart | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Louise Theodosiou | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Mrs Toni Wakefield | 2017 (C) | Carers Representative |
| Dr Susan Walker | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Birgit Westphal | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr David Williams | 2009 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Richard Wilson | 2015 (C) | Northern Ireland |
Regional representatives play a vital role for the college. Although our key role is to quality check the jobs advertised by NHS organisations, we also provide vital information to the college about local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS). We aim to meet three times a year through teleconferencing.
Regional representatives are also members of the faculty Executive Committee. We contribute to working groups and other work streams at a national level. It’s a valuable networking opportunity and we all receive one day training to enable us to undertake our roles.
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Regional representatives are appointed by the geographical divisions of the College in England and devolved nations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and we're members of their local Executive, which gives us direct links with all the specialities.
There are 21 regional representatives including representatives from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Regional representative |
Division or devolved nation |
| Dr Nicky Adrian | London SW |
| Dr Nisha Balan | Trent |
| Dr Anupam Bhardwaj and Dr Anna Conway Morris | Eastern |
| Dr Ivona Bialas | South Eastern |
| Dr Aileen Blower | RCPsych in Scotland vice chair |
| Dr Anna Boyce and Dr Nicola Dawson | Yorkshire |
| Dr Debra Bradley | North Western |
| Dr Sarah Curran and Dr Paramala Santosh | London South East |
| Dr Sharada Deepak | Oxford |
| Dr Muhammad Gul | West Midlands |
| Dr Shermin Imran | North Western |
| Dr Shashi Kiran | North Eastern |
| Dr Tessa Myatt | Mersey |
| Dr Saeed Nazir | Regional Rep lead |
| Dr Lynne Oldman | Wessex |
| Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury and Dr Raj Sekaran | London C & NE |
| Dr Edward Pepper | Yorkshire |
| Dr Sarah Rawlinson | South West |
| Dr Mark Rodgers | RCPsych in Northern Ireland vice chair |
The paediatric liaison network is an international group of child and adolescent psychiatrists who work with paediatric staff. We discuss clinical and non-clinical issues, particularly policy and the promotion of mental health in paediatric practice.
We meet in conferences in various UK locations twice a year.
If you are interested in joining, please email stella.galea@rcpsych.ac.uk
To join us, login to the members' section and select your faculties.