Passionate about Psychiatry
The idea of Psych Scene took wind in a suburban Sydney home in 2009, with the quest to enhance psychiatry as our guiding passion. We founded Psych Scene because we saw a need for comprehensive, world-class training that would not only boost careers but also improve patient care. It all took off by offering a helping hand to a few colleagues. But then the few became many, and we knew it was time to create something unique. The 'Cruise Through the Fellowship Courses' for the RANZCP Exams were our first creation. Based on the great feedback from our peers, we soon took the next step in developing the online learning concept; Psych Interview. We kept listening intently to what our members want and went on to develop the Psych Evidence Critical Appraisal Course, Psych Interview online training, Psych Scene Symposium, GP Mental Health Skills Masterclass, and Psychiatry Masterclass for Trainees. A desire to create a free platform for relevant and real world articles and videos led to the development of the Psych Scene Hub. Since 2009, over 3,000 members have benefited from our training events and online products, and we look forward to investing in adding, even more, value to psychiatry in the future.
Sanil Rege - Co-Founder and Academic Lead
“Real world success requires real world skills. I believe that high quality education can help transform careers and make a huge difference to patients.”
Sanil is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He obtained both degrees in just five years, passing his exams at the first attempt. Since then Sanil has worked in the United Kingdom and across Australia, finally settling down on the Mornington Peninsula where he is now a private Psychiatrist leading his own boutique clinic with a team of psychiatrists and psychologists. He combines his clinical experience of 20 years with academia to provide a unique perspective to psychiatry.
As Academic Lead at Psych Scene, Sanil is responsible for the creation of all course materials, collaborating with expert speakers and running the live courses. Sanil is a clear, enthusiastic and motivational course facilitator who promotes discussion and interaction during live events. His events are highly sought after.
Sanil’s clinical and management skills have enabled him to found Vita Healthcare, a boutique mental health clinic on the Mornington Peninsula. Sanil has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is a regular contributor to the Psych Scene Hub.
In his spare time, Sanil enjoys spending time with his family, reading, thinking and travelling.
Jaana Rege - Co-Founder and Business Manager
“I aspire to offer high quality service that is consistent and stress free, so our clients can just focus on learning.”
Jaana has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Business Management, a Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise and a Certificate in Graphic Design. Before co-founding Psych Scene, she worked in international tourism marketing and product management.
As Business Manager at Psych Scene, Jaana is responsible for managing business procedures and strategy, executing customer care and fine tuning product offerings to ensure smooth delivery. She also oversees business administration and marketing.
When not on duty, Jaana keeps busy with her young family and loves travel, photography and the great, green outdoors.
Harshini Reddy - Digital Content Manager
“I aim to consistently develop and fine-tune product content, so as to improve the customer experience in order to respond to the needs of medical professionals.”
Harshini is a humble and dedicated professional with a Masters in HR and Business, coupled with 10+ years experience in middle & senior level management. With an interest and expanding skillset in the digital space, Harshini develops, manages and maintains digital content for the range of Psych Scene websites and products. Harshini is also responsible for implementing and evaluating existing product content and third party educational programs for physicians and healthcare professionals.
Outside the office, Harshini enjoys spending time with her family and exploring the Mornington Peninsula.
Adgie Poquiz - LMS Administrator and Technical Support Specialist
"I am committed to delivering seamless and engaging learning experiences by integrating technology, multimedia, and AI—ensuring professionals can focus on their growth."
Adgie is an instructional systems designer, multimedia specialist, and experienced LMS administrator who develops engaging, personalised digital learning experiences. Skilled in Learning & Development, Curriculum Design, and Project Management, he integrates multimedia and emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance educational outcomes.
Currently, as an LMS Administrator and Technical Support Specialist at The Academy by Psych Scene, Adgie supports learners in navigating educational pathways and achieving Continuing Professional Development (CPD) aligned with Australian standards. With a diploma in Computer Graphics & Animation, he blends technical expertise and creativity to continually advance digital learning.
Outside of work, Adgie enjoys travelling, creating motorcycle vlogs, and spending quality time with family.
Emma Vinton - Clinical Medical Content Writer - Psychiatry & Neurodiversity | Registered Mental Health Nurse | Policy Writer | Strategic Leader
"I am passionate about creating impactful content that supports professional development and enhances learning for healthcare professionals and patients alike."
With over 20 years of experience in nursing, medical writing, policy development, and education, I bring a wealth of knowledge to the field of psychiatry. Qualifications include postgraduate diplomas in Practice Education and Development (Distinction) and Strategic Leadership and a Master’s degree in Public Health. These allow me to create insightful and compelling journal abstracts, articles, patient materials, and promotional pieces that will help you grow into a well-rounded, knowledgeable clinician.
The Psych Scene Faculty
We recruit only the very best professionals to speak at our workshops, courses and events and to offer other specialist support to our team. You can learn a little more about them below.
Dr Ken Gillman
Psychiatrist and Clinical Neuro-pharmacologist
Dr Ken Gillman is a leading researcher in psychiatry, specialising in serotonin toxicity and MAOI antidepressant drugs. As Principal Investigator and Director at PsychoTropical Research, he leads a team publishing peer-reviewed research in these areas. Founder and convener of the International MAOI Expert Group and Chairman of its presiding council, he has played a pivotal role in advancing the clinical application of MAOIs in psychiatry.
Dr Kasia Kozlowska
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr. Kasia Kozlowska is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at The Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Westmead Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney. She leads a multidisciplinary team specializing in functional neurological disorders (FND) in children and directs a program offering tailored treatment for those affected by FND, bridging research and clinical practice.
Dr Antonella Ventura
Consultant Forsenic and Adult Psychiatrist
Dr Antonella Ventura is an experienced medical educator and has been closely involved with the RANZCP Examinations Committee. Dr Ventura has a particular expertise in women mental health. More recently she has developed a clinical interest in mood disorders associated with the menopause. She provides valuable feedback to the PsychScene Clinical Course participants.
A/Prof Neil Jeyasingam
Psychiatrist
Clinical Associate Professor Neil Jeyasingam is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor. He has advanced training from the Maudsley in London and holds double master's degrees in Psychiatry and Health Administration. With over 40 publications, he is the clinical director for mental health services in a major regional centre, where he established Australia's first publicly funded multimodal psychotherapy service.
Dr Neeraj Sareen
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Neeraj Sareen is Head of the Adult Psychiatry at Casey Hospital, Monash Health. With a clinical interest in Youth Psychiatry, he has worked for Alfred Health’s Youth Early Psychosis Program through Headspace and as Youth Psychiatrist at Monash Health. Neeraj has a wide range of interests including teaching, medical leadership, health service management and service improvement.
Dr Ruth Ann Harpur
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Ruth Ann Harpur is a clinical psychologist from the UK with over ten years of experience in assessing and treating psychological difficulties in adults. Specialising in interpersonal difficulties, including narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder, she offers professional psychology services focused on improving relationships and supporting recovery from interpersonally abusive experiences.
Prof David Castle
Chair of Psychiatry
Professor David Castle is Chair of Psychiatry at St Vincent’s Health and The University of Melbourne. He has wide clinical and research interests, encompassing schizophrenia and related disorders, bipolar disorder, cannabis abuse, OCD spectrum disorders and disorders of body image. David speaks regularly at local, national, and international scientific meetings about his research, and also teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
Dr. David Cunnington
Specialist Sleep Physician
Dr David Cunnington is a specialist sleep physician with over 20 years of experience in sleep medicine. Co-founder of SleepHub.com.au, he trained in sleep medicine in Australia and at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on non-drug treatments for sleep disorders, with publications in top medical journals. He also produces the Sleep Talk podcast and frequently appears in the media.
A/Prof Ajeet Singh
Consultant Psychiatrist
A/Prof Ajeet Singh is an academic private psychiatrist with interests in complex mood disorders, transcranial magnetic stimulation and pharmacogenetics. In 2013, he was awarded a doctorate in blood brain barrier pharmacogenetic prediction of antidepressant dosing. He is a senior clinical lecturer and research fellow at Deakin School of Medicine and deputy medical director of The Geelong Clinic.
Dr James Shelly
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr. James Shelly is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with extensive experience in ASD and neuro-developmental assessments within a tertiary-level assessment team. He has contributed to ADHD treatment guidelines, participated in the ICF Core Set development project for ASD and ADHD at the Karolinska Institute, and has research experience in neuro-developmental disorders.
Dr Khaldoon Alsaee
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Khal Alsaee is a dual specialist in Pain Medicine and Psychiatry. He practices in full-time private practice in the Sunshine Coast, focussing on both inpatient and outpatient care, education and medicolegal assessments. He is passionate about medical education and works with patients, families and other health professionals to be able to think of better ways to deliver better education, treatment and care outside the consultation room.
Prof Jayashri Kulkarni
Psychiatrist
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni is a psychiatrist and internationally recognised expert in women’s mental health. She is the Director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre and Head of Psychiatry at Monash University’s Central Clinical School. A pioneer in novel treatments for mental illness, she founded Australia’s first Women’s Mental Health Hospital in 2021.
Dr Jesús Ramírez-Bermúdez
Neuropsychiatrist
Dr. Jesús Ramírez-Bermúdez is a psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INNN), Mexico. A researcher and professor, he has published over 100 scientific works in psychiatry and clinical neurosciences. His expertise includes psychosis, mood disorders, catatonia, delirium, autoimmune encephalitis, and neurocognitive disorders, with a focus on neuroimaging in neuropsychiatric conditions.
Prof Michael Berk
Psychiatrist
Professor Michael Berk is a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Alfred Deakin Chair of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health. He heads the Institute for Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT). Professor Berk has published over 1,400 papers and received over $147M in grant funding, with a focus on novel therapies in mental health.
Dr Huu Kim Le
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr Huu Kim Le is an Australian Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist based in Adelaide, specialising in gaming disorder (video gaming addiction). As the founder of cgiclinic.com, he offers Telehealth services across Australia, providing psychiatric assessments and management plans. A passionate public speaker, Dr Le delivered a TEDx Talk and won the South Australian Toastmasters competition in 2018.
A/Professor Stephen Macfarlane
Psychiatrist
A/Professor Stephen Macfarlane is a psychiatrist and Head of Clinical Services for Dementia Support Australia. A former Director of Aged Psychiatry at Alfred Health and Peninsula Health, he has chaired the RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age. He has over 20 years of experience in Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials and dementia care policy development.
Dr Jonathan Meyer
Voluntary Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Jonathan Meyer is a Voluntary Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has lectured and published extensively on psychopharmacology and is a co-author of several key texts, including The Clozapine Handbook and The Lithium Handbook.
Dr Rachel Gibbons
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Rachel Gibbons is a consultant psychiatrist, consultant medical psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and group analyst with over 20 years of experience in the NHS. She chairs the Royal College of Psychiatrists Working Group on the Effect of Suicide and Homicide on Psychiatrists and has led groundbreaking work on suicide prevention and clinician support.
A/Professor Andrew Carroll
Deputy Chief Psychiatrist (Forensic Mental Health)
Andrew Carroll is the Deputy Chief Psychiatrist (Forensic Mental Health) at the Victorian Department of Health and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Swinburne University. With over 25 years in forensic psychiatry, he co-directs ‘Our Curious Minds’ and has a busy medicolegal practice. His publications cover risk assessment and mental health evidence in sentencing.
Dr Ceri Cashell
Specialist GP in Women's Health
Dr Ceri Cashell is a GP specialising in menopause, perimenopause, and hormone-related mental health issues. She co-founded Healthy Hormones, Australia’s largest online menopause community for healthcare professionals. A medical writer and speaker, she advocates for a holistic, personalised approach to menopause care and has led major educational events, including the “So Hot Right Now” series.
A/Prof Rebecca Koncz
Neuropsychiatrist
A/Prof Rebecca Koncz is the Chair of Intellectual Disability Mental Health at the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health, UNSW Sydney. A neuropsychiatrist with extensive clinical experience, she works with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and advocates. Rebecca leads education and research in neuropsychiatric conditions, ageing, and dementia, and collaborates with government and sector partners to improve mental health outcomes and build capacity across health and disability services.
Professor David Barton
Professor of Psychiatry | Old Age Psychiatrist | Neuropsychiatrist
Prof David Barton is the founding director of NeuroCentrix, providing care focused on treatment-resistant depression, brain injury and early dementia. For treatment-resistant depression, he offers TMS and Esketamine treatment in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. David’s subspecialty is in old-age psychiatry, neuropsychiatry(acquired brain injury) and treatment-resistant mood disorders. He has an extensive background in academia with research areas into ketamine, depression and cardiovascular disease funded through NHMRC grants. Prof Barton’s other roles include: Director of mental health services at South Eastern Private Hospital, Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist with the Acquired Brain Injury Unit at Caulfield Hospital, Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Heart Health, Senior Research Scientist at the BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Institute’s Human Neurotransmitter Laboratory, and Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Professor Roger Chen
Associate Professor | Consultant Endocrinologist
Professor Roger Chen is Senior Staff Endocrinologist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. He is a Conjoint Professor in Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Head of the Endocrinology Stream, The Rebecca Cooper Foundation and Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology Today and Senior Editor of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports. He also holds academic appointments at the University of Sydney and at the University of Technology, Sydney. Prof Chen completed his PhD at the University of Sydney and has worked in endocrinology for 30 years. His research interests are in diabetes in vulnerable populations and transplant-related endocrine disorders. He has been Medical Lead in the Metabolic Clinic in Mental Health and is now a Transplant Endocrinologist at the Heart Lung Transplant Service at St Vincent’s Hospital. He is on several national and international committees and was the lead author of the Australian Diabetes Society’s (ADS) Position Statement on Mental Illness and Diabetes.
Professor Shuichi Suetani
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health, UQ | Community Psychiatrist
Professor Shuichi Suetani is a community psychiatrist in Queensland. Alongside his psychiatry training, Shuichi completed a PhD exploring the epidemiological relationships between physical activity and mental disorders. Shuichi has numerous publications in high-impact journals, including The Lancet Psychiatry and JAMA Psychiatry. He is Associate Editor for Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, and also sits on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Professor Dan Siskind
Professor of Psychiatry | Clinical Academic Psychiatrist | Schizophrenia Researcher
Professor Siskind trained as a psychiatrist in Australia and the United States. He works clinically as a psychiatrist in Brisbane, Australia, with people with treatment-refractory schizophrenia. His research interests include treatment-refractory schizophrenia, clozapine and the physical health comorbidities associated with schizophrenia. He has over 300 publications and AU$60 million in competitive research grants, with over AU$7 million as Chief Investigator.
Dr Jonathan Laugharne
Psychiatrist | Trauma and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Specialist
Dr Jonathan Laugharne is a psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in mental health across the UK, USA, and Australia. He is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, with a strong clinical and research focus on trauma and post-traumatic stress. As Associate Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Western Australia, Dr Laugharne co-led the Post-Traumatic Stress Research Clinic at Fremantle Hospital before co-founding Pax Centre. He is an Authorised Prescriber of psychedelic-assisted therapy and is currently Medical Director of the Empax Centre clinic group.
Dr Lilian Zou
Consultant Psychiatrist | Eating Disorders and General Adult Psychiatry
Dr Lilian Zou is a consultant psychiatrist with extensive experience in the assessment and management of a variety of psychiatric conditions, including eating disorders, anxiety, mood disorders, psychosis, trauma, personality disorders, OCD and ADHD. Dr Zou works in the eating disorders inpatient unit at Ramsay Clinic Northside and sees outpatients at Tikvah Clinic in Woollahra.
Dr Karen Spielman
General Practitioner | Psychological Medicine and Eating Disorders
Dr Karen Spielman is a General Practitioner in Sydney with a special interest and expertise in Psychological Medicine, Youth Health and Eating Disorders. She is the current Chair of the RACGP Psychological Medicine Specific Interest Group and GP Consultant and Research Associate at InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders at the University of Sydney. Dr Spielman is a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician and Fellow of the Australian Society for Psychological Medicine, and is involved in education, research and advocacy for GPs in the field of eating disorders.
Professor Jill Klein
Professorial Fellow in Medical Education | Leadership, Decision-Making and Doctor Wellbeing
Professor Jill Klein is Professorial Fellow in Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School, and Professor of Marketing at Melbourne Business School. She has a PhD in Social Psychology, joined Melbourne Business School in 2009, and Melbourne Medical School in 2015. Prof Klein has expertise in clinical decision making, leadership and resilience. Her research interests are medical decision-making and medical students, trainees, and doctor wellbeing. She has published widely, including in the British Medical Journal and Harvard Business Review, and is currently writing “Thriving in Medical School” with co-author Jordyn Feingold.
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