Psychiatric Medicine Teaching Team

Psychiatry Courses Teaching Team

The Psychiatric Courses are supported by both internal academics and a broad range of academics, clinicians, consumers and carers from across NSW and beyond and a broader support team.

Our internal staff  include:

Director Psychiatry and Mental Health Programs

Adjunct A/Prof Roderick McKay

Dr Roderick McKay has extensive experience as a clinical academic, clinician, clinical director, policy advisor and leadership within the RANZCP including as Chair of the Community Collaboration Committee, binational Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age, member of General Council and member of the Practice, Policy and Partnerships Committee. Currently working clincically in South Western Sydney.

Academic Lead – Psychiatry

Dr Paul Fung

Dr Paul Fung is a psychiatrist with a special interest in youth mental health, family therapy and primary care mental health service delivery. He developed and implemented the headspace Youth Early Psychosis Program (Western Sydney) across 3 headspace centres with Orygen (University of Melbourne), and more recently the Karrikin Youth Mental Health Service (Northern Sydney) where he is the Clinical Lead. He has generated a number of innovative models of care for Parramatta Mission, one of Sydney's leading NGO mental health service providers.

Paul is an active member of the RANZCP, having held the position of Chair of the Section of Early Career Psychiatrists, served on the Members Advisory Council, and currently representing Australian and New Zealand in the World Psychiatric Association.

Information about the braoder support team and external academics may be found here.