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Executive committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr George El-Nimr | 2024 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Czarina Kirk | 2022 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Rachel Thomasson | 2022 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Killian Welch | 2024 (C) | Academic Secretary |
| Dr Niruj Agrawal | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Dot Bindman | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jacob Bird | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Graham Blackman | 2022 (C) | Higher Trainee Representative |
| Dr Darren Carr | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Harry Costello | 2022 (C) | Higher Trainee Representative |
| Prof. Anthony David | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Quinton Deeley | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Michael Dilley | 2024 (C) | Immediate Past Chair |
| Dr Caroline Donnelly | 2024 (C) | Northern Ireland |
| Dr Hesham Elnazer | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Prof. Eileen Joyce | 2023 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Agnes Kamau | 2023 (C) | SAS Doctor Representative |
| Dr Ruta Kontautaite | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ashley Liew | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Seth Mensah | 2018 (C) | Wales |
| Dr Ana Miorelli | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Mr Sam Mountney | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Akshay Nair | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr David Okai | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Maria Oto Llorens | 2022 (C) | Scotland |
| Dr Emily Rackley | 2024 (C) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Parashar Ramanuj | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Hugh Selsick | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Baskaran Sridharan | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Christopher Symeon | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Peter Trimble | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Himanshu Tyagi | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Maytal Wolfe | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
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The Faculty of Neuropsychiatry Strategy is:
- To set a neuropsychiatry syllabus and curriculum according to GMC guidelines
- To lobby and support the commissioning of neuropsychiatry services to ensure equitable access
- To provide high standard educational meetings to promote the clinical neurosciences relevant to the practice of psychiatry
Neuropsychiatry working groups
Sleep educational meeting, 17 June 2021
This webinar is the Sleep working group’s first educational meeting, chaired by the Chair Dr Hugh Selsick.
The first speaker is Dr Ivana Rosenzweig, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist from the Sleep Disorder Centre at Guy’s Hospital, discussing What psychiatrists need to know about obstructive sleep apnoea.
The second speaker is Professor Guy Leschziner, Consultant Neurologist from the Sleep Disorder Centre at Guy’s Hospital, discussing Parasomnias: the divided brain.
Our aims
- To foster a greater awareness of sleep medicine amongst UK Psychiatrists
- To emphasise the importance of sleep medicine in psychiatric practice
- To encourage psychiatrists to contribute to the field of sleep medicine.
Current projects
- Curriculum development:
- we have produced a detailed syllabus that identifies the aspects of sleep medicine that trainees should be familiar with at each stage of their training
- Educational symposia:
- we arrange sleep medicine symposia at College conferences
- CPD:
- we are generating CPD modules and other educational resources for trainee, career grade and consultant psychiatrists.
- Guidelines:
- we are developing guidelines on good practice for psychiatrists treating sleep disorders
- Collaboration:
- we encourage closer links with other sleep medicine organisations, particularly the British Sleep Society.
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If you would like to join the group's Basecamp group or get in touch, please email us.
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