Qualifications
Masters and Bachelor of Medicine, MRCPsych, Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry, Diploma in Anxiety Management, Diploma in Electrocardiography, Masters in Healthcare Management, Diploma in Health Service Management.
Accreditation
Approved clinician status for the purposes of section 145(1), including approval under section 12(2), of the Mental Health Act 1983. Medico- legal Expert Witness Certificate (Criminal) from City University and the Inns of Court School of Law.
Areas of expertise
Mental Illness, Personality Disorder, Substance Misuse, Eating Disorders, Mental Capacity.
Foreign Languages Spoken:
Dutch/Flemish, French
Biography
After I trained as a doctor in Antwerp, I moved to Dublin to pursue specialist training in psychiatry. I gained considerable experience in the treatment of severe and enduring mental illness, eating disorders and substance misuse, both in a private and a public setting.
After a lecturing job in psychiatry at University College Dublin, I moved to Oxford in 2005 to obtain dual training in General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry on the Oxford Training Scheme. As a Specialist Registrar I worked in an Assertive Outreach Team, a Rehabilitation Service, an Adult Community Mental Health Team and two Teams for Older Adults. I am fully trained as an Adult Psychiatrist and in the Psychiatry of Old Age.
I have done a number of reports in criminal proceedings and have given evidence in the Crown Court.