About the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry

Executive committee

Member Year of joining Position
Dr Alexander Thomson 2025 (E) Chair
Dr William Lee 2025 (E) Vice Chair
Dr Marc Mandell 2023 (E) Financial Officer
Dr Luke Baker 2025 (C) Committee Member
Dr Laavanya Damodaran 2026 (C) Committee Member
Dr Sanjukta Das 2025 (C) Committee Member
Dr Sarah Eales 2015 (C) Committee Member
Dr Marika Filippidou 2025 (E) Committee Member
Dr Anna Fryer 2023 (E) Committee Member
Dr Margaret Gani-Ikilama 2024 (C) Equity Champion
Dr Tom Hodgson 2025 (C) PRDC Rep
Dr Lenka Kaluzova 2025 (C) SAS Doctor Representative
Dr Akhtar Khan 2022 (C) Wales
Dr Deon Louw 2022 (C) Committee Member
Dr Chioma Maduka 2025 (C) Committee Member
Dr Omar Mahmoud 2025 (E) Committee Member
Ms Emma McAllister 2017 (A) Patient/Carer Representative
Dr Joanne Minay 2012 (C) Northern Ireland
Dr Ashwin Moothedath Asok 2024 (C) Committee Member
Dr Nida Munawar 2025 (E) Committee Member
Dr Claudia Murton 2025 (E) Committee Member
Dr Radhika Oruganti 2025 (E) Committee Member
Dr Maria Paz Timiraos 2022 (C) Committee Member
Dr Emma Phillips 2025 (E) Committee Member
Dr Sotirios Posporelis 2023 (C) SAC Chair
Dr Annabel Price 2023 (C) Immediate Past Chair
Dr Laurence Reed 2023 (E) Committee Member
Dr Amrit Sachar 2025 (C) Committee Member
Dr Elizabeth Sampson 2025 (C) Committee Member
Ms Janet Seale 2023 (A) Carers Representative
Dr Mostafa Shalaby 2025 (EX) Committee Member
Dr Sri Sira Mahalingappa 2023 (E) Committee Manager
Dr Murray Smith 2025 (C) Scotland
Prof. Tayyeb Tahir 2023 (E) Committee Member
Dr Birgit Westphal 2023 (C) Committee Member
Dr Michael Yousif 2023 (E) Committee Member

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 us.

PLN web resource

The paediatric liaison network has set up a web resource for clinical trainees interested in Paediatric Liaison Psychiatry.

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