Teams

RPAH Medical Team

Clinical A/Prof Timothy Brake
Specialties:	Pain Medicine and Anaesthetist
Expertise/interest:	Medical Education/Simulation training; Pain Interventions
Other involvement:	Learning and Development Committee of FPMANZCA; EMAC instructor
Dr Alix Dumitrescu Supervisor of training
Specialties:	Pain Medicine and Palliative Medicine
Expertise/interest:	Cancer pain, Cancer Survivorship, Staff Well-being, Medical Education
Other involvement:	Chair of Pain/Palliative Care multidisciplinary team meeting
Dr Charlotte Johnstone
Specialties:	Pain Medicine and Anaesthetist
Expertise/interest:	Cancer pain in colorectal surgery
Other involvement:	Interventional pain medicine fellowship with the World Institute of Pain; chair of the Central Clinical School Sustainability Committee at the University of Sydney; Opioid stewardship program in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Dr Amanda Johns Head of Department
Specialties:	Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine
Expertise/interest:	Cancer rehabilitation, musculoskeletal pain
Other involvement:	Head of acute pain service at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
Dr Yi-Ching Lee Research Lead
Specialties:	Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine
Expertise/interest:	Cancer pain, pain intervention, prehabilitation
Other involvement:	Pain management clinical guidelines
Dr Joshua Sandy
Specialties:	Pain Medicine and Palliative Medicine
Expertise/interest:	Cancer pain, Cancer Survivorship
Other involvement:	Quality assurance activities
Dr Nadine Yamen. Director of Acute Pain Service
Specialties:	Pain Medicine and Anaesthetist
Expertise/interest:	Pain Intervention
Other involvement:
Dr Matthew Holton
Specialties:	Psychiatrist
Expertise/interest:	chronic pain, trauma
Other involvement:	Liaison Psychiatry
Dr Joshua Watt
Specialties:	Addiction Medicine
Expertise/interest:	chronic pain
Other involvement:

Nursing Team

Ms Kristi Rossetto, Clinical nurse consultant
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management, drug and alcohol
Clinical involvement:

• Pain education program
• Intrathecal pain pump management
• Electronic persistent pain outcomes collaboration (ePPOC) management
• TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) clinic
• Clinical referral and triage
• Complex pain, Complex cancer pain
• Pain rounds
• Conscious sedation for painful dressing changes

Dr Emma Zhao, Clinical nurse specialist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management, cancer pain management, non-pharmacological pain intervention
Clinical involvement:

• Pain education program
• Pain intervention procedure support
• Virtual Reality (VR)clinic
• Clinical referral and triage
• Pain clinic research activities

Allied health team

Miss Mohini Rawjee, Pain Occupational Therapist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management
Clinical involvement:

• Focus on pain management to improve independence in engagement in daily activities, e.g. Personal Hygiene, Work, Leisure, spiritual participation etc
• Use of various techniques and practical solutions to adjust participation in daily activities and education on how to build up tolerance to improve participation in daily activities

Mr Shuichi Araoka, Senior Physiotherapist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management, Osteoarthritis Chronic care
Clinical involvement:

• Pain education program
• Hydrotherapy
• Individual assessment and physiotherapy

Ms Caroline Ho, Physiotherapist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management
Clinical involvement:

• Hydrotherapy
• Individual assessment and physiotherapy

Mr Zhulan Fu, Physiotherapist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management
Clinical involvement:

• Hydrotherapy
• Individual assessment and physiotherapy

Ms June Hee Choi, Physiotherapist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management, Osteoarthritis Chronic care
Clinical involvement:

Mr Jarrod Cookes, Clinical Psychologist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management, psychometric assessment
Clinical involvement:

• Pain education program
• Individual assessment and therapy

Mr Luke Wright, Clinical Psychologist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management, psychometric assessment
Clinical involvement:

• Pain education program
• Individual assessment and therapy

Ms Bethany Norton, Clinical Psychologist
Expertise/interest: Adult pain management, psychometric assessment
Clinical involvement:

• Pain education program
• Individual assessment and therapy

Administrative Team

Cleo Myerscough, Service Manager, Ambulatory Care Business Unit (ACBU)
Irene Koutellos, Department Secretary
Nilima Chanda, Administration Officer
Sunita Shrestha, Administration Officer