Experts

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Dr David Horgan (now retired) was recently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, with high ratings for his lectures to medical students, to other psychiatrists, and to Healthed audiences. He was known as a “last resort” psychiatrist treating depression and high suicide risk. He remains heavily involved in a charity which he founded, the Australian Suicide Prevention Foundation. He initiated the award-winning App “Prevent A Suicide: What to Say” to empower family, friends and colleagues when a person mentions wishing to be dead. He is keen to teach highly practical clinical tips in suicide prevention and he is no longer registered as a practising psychiatrist.
Cindy is a registered nurse and midwife, International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBCLC) and maternal and child health nurse. She is the Clinical Director of Ternity Group and Co-Director of Sleep Smart and oversees the consultant team at Safe Sleep Space. Cindy is passionate about the health and wellbeing of families and offers a response-based approach to help babies and children with sleep problems.
Stephen Carbone holds qualifications in Medicine (MBBS), Social Work (BSW), Psychology (PostGradDipPsych) and Public Health (MPH). He has worked as a clinician in primary healthcare (general practice) and as a psychiatric medical officer within Victoria’s specialist mental health system. He has also held policy, research and evaluations roles in the mental health field including at DHHS, Orygen, headspace and Beyond Blue. Stephen is currently the Executive Director of Prevention United, a mental health promotion charity specialising in the prevention of mental disorders and he holds an honorary appointment with the University of Melbourne in the School for Population and Global Health.
Doctor Rebecca Burgell is a consultant gastroenterologist with an interest in pelvic floor dysfunction and functional gastrointestinal disorders. She completed her PhD at the University of London examining the physiology of the lower bowel in patients with severe functional constipation at the National centre for bowel research and surgical innovation based at Bart’s Health in London. She is expert in performing anorectal physiology investigations and endoanal ultrasound. Dr Burgell currently works fulltime at Alfred Health and Monash University where she is head of the Functional gastrointestinal disorders service and is actively involved in research in the field.