Dr Martin Chapman

M.B.B.S. (UWA), FRANZCP, Chief Executive Officer of The Marian Centre; Dr Chapman is a Consultant Psychiatrist working in private practice. Dr Chapman has experience in the areas of Consultation-liaison psychiatry and hospital administration. He has worked in most of the public and private psychiatric units in Perth.
His main areas of interest are the psychiatric aspects of medical illness, psychopharmacology and development of hospital programs. Information technology and its application to medicine are one of his chief interests.
Dr Chapman continues to be a Senior lecturer in the Department Psychiatry at the University of Western Australia. Dr Chapman is a lecturer and examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of psychiatrists. He has served on the major college committee for Western Australia and was the Chairperson of the Quality Improvement Committee.
Dr Chapman has publications in the area of Organ Transplantation, Psychopharmacology, Endocrine illness, Treatment guidelines and the Health and well being of Medical Staff. Dr Chapman has been involved with the establishment of Psychiatric units including the Mills Street Centre, Alma Street Centre, Swan Valley Centre and the Proposed Osborne Park Psychiatric Unit.

Mrs Dale Nelligan

Dale Nelligan has provided years of dedicated service to the idea, inception and creation of The Marian Centre and has many years experience in the healthcare industry. As The Marian Centre's Chief Operating Officer she oversees the management of The Centre's daily activities and is responsible for operations management. Dale's areas of interest are in the development, design, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the highest level of quality care that The Marian Centre prides itself for.
dnelligan@themariancentre.com.au

Mr. Ross Cowin

BSc Nursing, Director of Nursing and Therapy. Ross is a nurse who has been a clinician and manager in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Units since the early 1970's. His experience includes both public and private mental health settings within Western Australia, including Stubbs Terrace Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital. He was a lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Western Australian School of Nursing and he has served on many HDWA committees as a representative for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. These committees included Recruitment and Retention of Mental Health Staff, Education and Policy Development committees. Ross was involved in the development of the Mental Health Nurses career structure. His interests include program development and the integration of Information Technology into Mental Health. He spent several years as a business analyst on the LAMHIS and PSOLIS projects.

Dr Jaroslaw Komeda-Hryniewicki

M.B.B.S. (Flinders, SA), FRANZCP, Certified Child Psychiatrist, Medical Director of Outpatient Services; Dr Komeda-Hryniewicki is a Consultant Psychiatrist working in private practice. Previously he practiced as a Consultant Psychiatrist in various public and private mental health services. He was also involved in Juvenile Justice Division of the Western Australian Department of Justice and has been providing medico-legal opinions to the WA Children's Court. He completed an accredited Family Training Program.
Dr Komeda-Hryniewicki has a special interest in psychotherapy and its application to the group setting. Dr Komeda is an accredited RANZCP supervisor. Dr Komeda has recently been involved in a risk management project in association with the Medical Defense Association (MDA). In the past he published articles about Post-traumatic Stress Disorders (civil trauma) and early identification of psychosis.

Dr Michael Hagan

M.B.B.S. (UWA), FRANZCP, Certified Child Psychiatrist, Dip. Obs. RACOG, Medical Director of Inpatient Services; Dr Michael Hagan is a Consultant Psychiatrist working in private practice. Dr Hagan has worked in public and private mental health services.
Dr Hagan is experienced in developing therapy programs i.e. Adolescent Program. He was instrumental in program development at public and private Mental Health Services. Dr Hagan has had an interest in education and training, previously being a member of the bi-national Committee for Examinations RANZCP and previously being the Chair of the Committee for Training WA branch RANZCP. He is the current chair of the annual conference committee of the WA branch RANZCP. He has extensive experience in providing medico-legal opinions in the civil law, family law and Children's' Court jurisdictions.

Ms Fiona Cooper

Fiona Cooper joined The Marian Centre in 2008, offering expertise from her comprehensive experience in the private health sector. Fiona oversees several key functions within her role including provider contract management, patient administration systems, accreditation and credentialing of providers, compliance to the organisations strategic plan and marketing. Owing to her professional dedication to keeping abreast of and strengthening industry standards, processes and guidelines Fiona represents The Marian Centre at various key industry forums.
fcooper@themariancentre.com.au

Mrs Carrie Allmark

Senior Occupational Therapist, BSc(OT)(Curtin); Carrie has 2-years experience coordinating therapy programs within nursing homes and has spent the last 6-years working in private mental health services. Mrs Allmark has significant experience conducting individual and group-based therapy programs, in particular mood and anxiety management; communication and relationships as well as drug and alcohol programs.
Mrs Allmark has a particular interest in enhancing the success of discharge and reducing readmission rates.
Mrs Allmark received an award in clinical medicine and rehabilitation during her studies and has developed and implemented group therapy programs focusing on mood management, older patients with mental health disorders and activity based discussion groups. She has also written and produced relaxation training CDs.

Bree Eborall

BSc (HIM), Bree Eborall, a recent addition to The Marian Centre team, is a graduate of Curtin University and has been working in Western Australian hospitals for more than 5 years in a range of roles. She is responsible for managing the medical records, forms design, clinical coding and data submissions, auditing, release of information and is also the chairperson of the Information Management Committee. Bree is especially interested in clinical classification and data management as demonstrated in her participation in clinical coding education workshops and winning the NCCH Clinical Classification Award in 2008.