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    About the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry

    Executive committee

    Member Year of joining Position
    Dr Alex 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 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 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
    Ms Janet Seale 2023 (A) Carers Representative
    Dr Mostafa Shalaby 2025 (E) Committee Member
    Dr Prakash Shankar 2024 (C) Committee Member
    Dr Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa 2023 (E) Committee Manager
    Dr Murray Smith 2025 (C) Scotland
    Prof. Tayyeb Tahir 2023 (E) Committee Member
    Dr Sitki Ustun 2026 (C) PRDC Rep
    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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