Carmelle Peisah
University of Sydney,Australia
Biography
Carmelle Peisah is an old age and consultation-liaison psychiatrist; medical welfare and culture lead for a large health district; currently working in an intensive care unit, in Sydney, Australia. She is Conjoint Professor University of NSW; Clinical Associate Professor Sydney University; founder and president of human rights charity Capacity Australia. She has had an interest in student and doctor well-being for almost 30 years, providing regular lectures to undergraduate medical students, collaborating with international research groups and physician programmes in the UK, US and Canada (e.g. Professional Renewal Centre, Rush University, Kansas, US; International Alliance for Physician Health; AMA; CMA); acting as consultant to the Australasian Colleges of Surgeons, Psychiatry, Anaesthetists and Intensive Care Medicine; with extensive publications on doctor health and well-being and is one of the most widely published authors internationally on older doctor’s health. She has delivered over 50 presentations on doctor and student well-being in Australia and internationally.