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About the Faculty of Eating Disorders
The Faculty of Eating Disorders works to secure the best outcome for people with eating disorders.
We accomplish this by:
- promoting excellent services
- supporting the prevention of eating disorders
- ensuring prompt treatment to achieve higher recovery rates and prevent complications
- improving medical training in eating disorders
- promoting quality and research
- setting standards
- being the voice of eating disorder psychiatry.
Executive Committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Ashish Kumar | 2023 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Agnes Ayton | 2023 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Samantha Scholtz | 2025 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Lisa Mukherjee | 2023 (C) | Academic Secretary |
| Mrs Sheila Boniface | 2023 (A) | Carers Representative |
| Dr Joan Brunton | 2025 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr David Cano Ochando | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Victoria Chapman | 2025 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr David Coyle | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Philip Crockett | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Katerina Denediou-Derrer | 2024 (C) | Equity Champion |
| Dr Rachel Elvins | 2024 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Carla Figueiredo | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Robert Freudenthal | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Shereen Haffejee | 2025 (C) | Committee Member |
| Miss Hannah Hickinbotham | 2024 (A) | Patient Representative |
| Prof. Hubertus Himmerich | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Agnes Johnston | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mrityunjai Kumar | 2025 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Caroline Leeming | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Hollie Mccalmont | 2026 (C) | PRDC Rep |
| Dr Barry Mullan | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Rebecca Perry | 2025 (C) | SAS Doctor Representative |
| Mr Tom Quinn | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Prof. Sandeep Ranote | 2026 (C) | Committee Member |
| Ms Bella Reed | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Laurence Reed | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Caroline Reynolds | 2025 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sonu Sharma | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Kathryn Speedy | 2025 (C) | Wales |
| Dr Tomos Williams | 2025 (E) | Committee Member |
In 1990 a College eating disorders working group was set up to produce Council Report 14 on eating disorders services in the UK.
This group led to the development of the Eating Disorders Special Interest Group (EDSIG), which was inaugurated by the College in 1995 with Professor Gerald Russell as its first Chair.
In 2006, the Council agreed that a new College section in eating disorders should be established in place of the EDSIG, and the Eating Disorders section came into being in June 2007.
In 2014, all College sections became faculties and we became the Faculty of Eating Disorders Psychiatry.
Sign in to the members' section to join our faculty or update your details.