Dr Samari Jayarajah
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Executive summary
Dr Samari Jayarajah is a distinguished Psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience in the medical field. She currently serves as a Consultant Psychiatrist at The Alfred Hospital and holds the position of Presiding Member on Medical Panels. In this capacity, she provides Opinions and Reasons on medical inquiries referred under Victorian Workers Compensation Legislation and the Wrongs Act 1958. Dr Jayarajah also acts as the Independent Medical Advisor to National Australia Bank (NAB).
Dr Jayarajah holds the title of Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) and is accredited in the AMA4 guides (GEPIC). Her extensive expertise spans various psychiatric sub-specialties, with a particular focus on PTSD and trauma-related disorders, historical sexual abuse, and women’s mental health. She has contributed to numerous publications and has been featured in esteemed publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers.
Special interests
PTSD and Trauma Related Disorders | Historical Sexual Abuse | Womens Mental Health | Addiction Psychiatry | Occupational Psychiatry Including TPD/ IP, Workplace Injuries | Personal Injury/Wrongs Act
Accreditations
- American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th Ed.
- Guideline to the Evaluation of Psychiatric Impairment for Clinicians
- Comcare Guide to the Assessment of Degree of Permanent Impairment
- WorkSafe, TAC & Wrongs Act Impairment Assessor
- Joint Medical Examiner
- WorkSafe VIC Independent Medical Examiner
- WorkSafe VIC Independent Impairment Assessor
Qualifications
- Bachelor of medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Hons), Monash University, VIC
- Masters of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, VIC
- Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrist
- Associate Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
Experience
- Consultant Psychiatrist, The Alfred Hospital, VIC
- Independent Medical Advisor, National Australia Bank
- Consultation and Liaison Psychiatrist, Cabrini Health, VIC
- Consultation and Liaison Psychiatrist, Epworth Health, VIC
- Presiding Member, Medical Panels
- Convenor Advisory Committee, Medical Panels
- Chief Medical Officer, AIA Group
- Medical Advisory Board Member, Mental Health Chief Medical Officer, Teladoc Health, VIC
- Medical and Educational Consultant, MDA National, VIC
- Consultant Psychiatrist, Addiction Specialist, Healthscope, Melbourne, VIC
- Addiction Specialist, Statewide Alcohol and Drug Service, DHHS, VIC
Professional associations
- Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrist
- Member, Australian Medical Association
- Member, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine
- Member, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
- Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
- Member, Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine
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