Ognenis, Samuel

Dr Samuel Ognenis

General Practitioner; Mead Medical, ESUS Centre
Sam is a specialist GP in Perth, with specific interests in mental health, eating disorders, ADHD, palliative care and chronic disease. He is particularly passionate about mental health, and has obtained completed Focussed Psychological Strategies (FPS) training, as well as experience in a range of mental health services, including inpatient and outpatient teams, public and private hospital settings, and Sam is an RACGP registrar supervisor and hopes to be part of the first group of WA GPs to undertake specialised ADHD training to diagnose and prescribe treatment, as part of WA’s new ADHD reforms.

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Over one in five Australian adults are regularly consuming alcohol at a quantity that is hazardous to their health. Join Dr Richard Bradlow for this presentation where he will discuss how to identify these patients in primary care, how the issue can be raised and how clinicians can change patients' drinking behaviour.