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Dr. Maxwell Qu
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Dr Qu is a dual-trained Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine Specialist with expertise in psychiatric injury, substance use disorders, chronic pain, complex substance pharmacology, and operational fitness in military and safety-sensitive roles. He contributes to research, education, and policy development in addiction medicine, mental health, and aviation safety.

He provides telehealth-based IME assessments nationally.

  • • WorkSafe Victoria – Impairment Assessor
  • • WorkSafe Victoria – Independent Medical Examiner (Addiction Medicine)
  • • State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) New South Wales – Impairment Assessor
  • • Return To Work SA (RTWSA) – Independent Medical Examiner & Impairment Assessor
  • • WorkCover Tasmania – Independent Medical Examiner & Impairment Assessor
  • • AMA Guides 4th & 5th Edition
  • • Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale (PIRS)
  • • Guide to the Evaluation of Psychiatric Impairment for Clinicians (GEPIC)
  • • Medical Review Officer (MRO), Australasian Medical Review Officers Association (AMROA)
  • • CASA Approved Aviation Consultant (CAAC) – Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine
  • • Phoenix Australia – Assessment, Formulation & Treatment Planning for PTSD
  • • Australasian College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) – Expert Report Writing & Witness Certification
  • • QOTP-Approved Prescriber – Methadone & Buprenorphine (Queensland)
  • • Psychiatric Injury, Impairment & Causation
  • • Workers’ Compensation
  • • Motor Vehicle Accident / CTP
  • • Total and Permanent Disability / Superannuation Claims
  • • Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Aviation & Pilot Assessments
  • • Military Personnel / DVA
  • • Commercial Driver Assessments
  • • Fitness-for-Duty (Aviation, Transport, Defence)
  • • Public Liability
  • • Permanent Impairment Assessments
  • • Income Protection
  • • Return to Work
  • • DVA

• General Adult Psychiatry

• Psychiatric Injury & Permanent Impairment

• Addiction Medicine & Dual Diagnosis

• Aviation & Safety-Sensitive Fitness-for-Duty

• Defence, Military & Veteran Mental Health

• Opioid Dependence & Pharmacotherapy

• Chronic Pain, Medication Risk & Substance Use

• Mood, Anxiety & Trauma-Related Disorders (including PTSD)

  • • Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)
  • • Fellow, Royal Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (FAChAM)
  • • Associate Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (AFRACMA)
  • • Dual Specialist Registration with AHPRA (Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine)
  • • Accredited Faculty Member, Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry (RANZCP)
  • • Member, Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ASAM)
  • • Associate Member, Australasian College of Legal Medicine (ACLM)
  • • Academic Appointments, University of Queensland (UQ)
  • • Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS)
  • • Consultant Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine Specialist – public and private sectors
  • • Independent opinions on all psychiatric injuries, as well as specifically being able to comment on complex opioid pharmacology, chronic pain, substance use disorders, and medication safety
  • • Independent review committee informing policy and clinical guidance
  • • Contributor to CASA alcohol and other drugs policy and aviation safety guidance