Panellists have generously contributed to our CPD webinars. Please note that they are not employed by MHPN, and we are unable to contact them or provide referrals on your behalf.
Associate Professor Sathya Rao is the Executive Clinical Director of Spectrum, a statewide service specialising in personality disorder and complex trauma. He is also the Vice President of Australian Borderline Personality Disorder Foundation and the former head of psychiatry training for Victoria, RANZCP. He works part time as the Deputy Chief Psychiatrist of Victoria.
Dr Rao is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with training and backgrounds in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and psychodynamic therapies.
He was a member of BPD Guidelines Development Committee of National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC). Dr Rao is also involved in clinical research and has published more than 60 research papers, contributed chapters to books and has co-authored books on Personality Disorder.
Dr Rao has been actively involved in teaching and training activities across Australia for psychiatrists, GPs, and clinicians of allied health disciplines in the last 25 years. He has held the roles of Director of Training, Director of Advanced Training (Psychotherapies and Adult Psychiatry) and a mentor for IMG psychiatrists.
