Higher postgraduate qualification in general medicine (MRCP) before specialising in psychiatry at the prestigious Maudsley Hospital in London and gaining further specialist postgraduate qualifications (MRCPsych, PgDip(CBT)). The Maudsley Hospital has been a centre of excellence in psychiatric training and research for almost a century; the largest and most influential mental health establishment outside the USA.
A variety of posts, working with leaders in the field, have provided a wide range of expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of many conditions; from anxiety and depression to schizophrenia, and from medication to psychotherapy. Currently working as a consultant psychiatrist both privately and at a central London NHS teaching hospital.
Also actively involved in research at the Institute of Psychiatry (Kings College London), leading to a number of publications in high-impact peer reviewed journals. These reflect wide ranging areas of expertise and interest, from chronic fatigue, to obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia, and from treatment trials to neuroimaging.
Received awards for both clinical and research work, for example:
- 'Innovation and vision' award from the UK government Cabinet Office for the OASIS team's efforts to identify and treat people at the earliest stage of psychosis.
- Hospital Doctor of the Year - member of the team which won the Psychiatry category.
- Young scientist award for international research into psychosis (presented in Switzerland)
- BUPA Foundation national award winner for clinical excellence (2007)
- Winner - “Team of the Year’ award across all mental health teams in South West London (2009)