RANZCP ACT / NSW Branch Conference 2026

Dr Brown is a psychiatrist who has worked across clinical and administrative roles in the health and mental health systems for over 40 years. She is Chair, Mental Health Australia and a Board Director at Wellways Australia. She is also Chair, RANZCP Community Collaboration Committee, a Member of the Clinical Governance Advisory Committee for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Patron of the BPD Foundation and Chair of the Council of Clinical Leads for the Global Leadership Exchange.She has formerly held a number of senior roles including Commissioner, Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Senior Clinical Advisor at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care; Chief Executive Officer of the National Mental Health Commission; Director-General, ACT Health; Chief Psychiatrist/Director of Mental Health in Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory; and an NHS International Fellow in the United Kingdom. 

Dr Annie Parsons is a dual-trained child, adolescent and forensic psychiatrist working in New South Wales with children and young people in contact with, or at risk of entering, the criminal justice system. She has a strong interest in reducing health inequity and improving access to assessment, treatment and psychosocial support in this population, particularly those with mental illness and neurodevelopmental disorder. 

Dr Ian Fowler is a consultant psychiatrist and Fellow of the RANZCP with over four decades of clinical experience in New South Wales. He is a Member of the RANZCP Section of Psychotherapy, and has developed a particular interest in the integration of psychotherapy and contemplative practice with biological treatments.

Since commencing private practice in 1993, Dr Fowler has maintained a longstanding commitment to the psychiatric care of first responders, with a particular focus on police officers. Over more than three decades he has provided ongoing clinical psychiatric care to this population, bringing both deep clinical experience and personal understanding to the complex trauma, occupational stress, and mental health challenges that characterise this work.

Currently, he works within the Ketamine, Psilocybin, and MDMA Assisted Therapy teams at the Neurostimulation Unit, Ramsay Clinic Northside, and holds Authorised Prescriber status for both psilocybin and MDMA. He also works with the Ketamine Team, Ramsay Clinic Lakeside. His training in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy includes programmes through the Mind Medicine Institute, the MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapist Training Program at Monash University's Clinical Psychedelic Lab, and ketamine and psilocybin training through the Black Dog Institute.

He is a member of the teaching faculty at the Black Dog Institute for both their ketamine and psilocybin assisted psychotherapy programmes. Dr Fowler's therapeutic approach draws on a broad psychotherapy background encompassing Internal Family Systems Therapy, Somatic Psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, and Mentalization Based Therapy.

He holds Diplomas in Buddhist Psychotherapy and Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training and has maintained a long personal and clinical engagement with Vipassana meditation and contemplative practice. These influences inform a distinctly integrative approach to psychedelic-assisted care.

Ian Korbel is a psychiatrist who has worked as a staff specialist in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the Illawarra from 2002-2008. He has worked as a forensic psychiatrist in Justice Health since 2008 in the Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service and in the NSW Community Forensic Mental Health Service. He has been Chair of the Mental Health Medical Staff Council of Justice Health since 2024 and a NSW Branch Councillor for the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF). He is the current Chair of the NSW Branch of the RANZCP.