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Neeraj Gill
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Professor Neeraj Gill
Elected Director
Professor Neeraj Gill is a psychiatrist at Gold Coast Health and professor and clinical lead for mental health at the School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast. He is a member of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal.
Neeraj completed his MBBS from Govt. Medical College Patiala, India and MD (Psychiatry) from Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, India. He worked as Senior Resident, at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bangalore, before moving to Australia in 2002. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists since 2006.
He worked as the Clinical/Medical Director of district mental health services at Toowoomba and then Gold Coast from 2010 to 2017. He worked as Consultant to the Queensland Mental Health Commission in 2015 and acted as the Chief Psychiatrist of Queensland in 2017 and in 2018. He is the secretary of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics.
In 2019, he served as the psychiatrist member of the Independent Health Advice Panel (the so-called Medevac Panel), appointed by the Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government.
Neeraj has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) by the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, based on his doctoral thesis on 'human rights of people with mental disabilities'. He has published many academic papers on human rights, mental health law and Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing.
Prof Gill is the Chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Members’ Advisory Council, Audit Committee and Practice, Policy and Partnerships Committee.
Professor Gill can be contacted at neeraj.gill@ranzcp.org
Professor Neeraj Gill is a psychiatrist at Gold Coast Health and professor and clinical lead for mental health at the School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast. He is a member of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal.
Neeraj completed his MBBS from Govt. Medical College Patiala, India and MD (Psychiatry) from Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, India. He worked as Senior Resident, at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bangalore, before moving to Australia in 2002. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists since 2006.
He worked as the Clinical/Medical Director of district mental health services at Toowoomba and then Gold Coast from 2010 to 2017. He worked as Consultant to the Queensland Mental Health Commission in 2015 and acted as the Chief Psychiatrist of Queensland in 2017 and in 2018. He is the secretary of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics.
In 2019, he served as the psychiatrist member of the Independent Health Advice Panel (the so-called Medevac Panel), appointed by the Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government.
Neeraj has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) by the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, based on his doctoral thesis on 'human rights of people with mental disabilities'. He has published many academic papers on human rights, mental health law and Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing.
Prof Gill is the Chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Members’ Advisory Council, Audit Committee and Practice, Policy and Partnerships Committee.
Professor Gill can be contacted at neeraj.gill@ranzcp.org
