Dr. Tarun Yadav | Psychiatrist IMEs

Summary

Dr Tarun Yadav is currently Staff Specialist at the Drug and Alcohol Services in Newcastle as well as working in his private practice.

He is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of psychiatrists, teaching previously at the University of Queensland and currently at the University of Newcastle. He has been involved in teaching for over 10 years, having won an award for teaching in the Hunter New England Training in Psychiatry (HNET) network. He is also a RANZCP psychiatry training supervisor and examiner for Fellowship exams.

He specialises in addiction having participated in extensive training and also facilitated numerous training courses and workshops in this field.

Dr Yadav is an experienced Independent Medical Examiner, currently approved to undertake assessment for workers’ compensation cases in both New South Wales and Victoria. He is also an assessor for Impaired Registrant Program at AHPRA.

Accreditation

• AMA 4th Edition
• PIRS - Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale
• NSW Motor Accident SIRA - Authorised Health Practitioner
• NSW WorkCover SIRA Permanent Impairment Assessor
• Member of the WorkSafe IME Panel, Victoria
• Council Directed Health Assessor for AHPRA
• Dual Accreditation as Addiction Psychiatrist and Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist by RANZCP

Type of Cases

• Workers' Compensation
• Personal Injury
• Public Liability
• Permanent Impairment Assessments
• CTP
• Income Protection
• TPD
• Fitness for Duty
• Return to Work
• Superannuation Claims

Areas of Expertise

• Addiction Medicine

• Bipolar Affective Disorder

• Cognitive Disorders

• Depression and Anxiety Disorders

• Eating Disorders

• General Adult Psychiatry

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

• Psychosis

• Return to Work

• Schizophrenia

• Traumatic Brain Injuries

Professional Associations

• Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency & Medical Board of Australia
• Certificate in Addiction Psychiatry (RANZCP)
• Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (FRANZCP)
• MD Psychiatry, Lady Harding Medical College and Hospital, India
• Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

• Member of

• Association of Addiction Psychiatry
• The International Society of Addiction Medicine
• Clinical TMS Society
• The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
• Australian ADHD Professionals Association
• Pacific Rim College of Psychiatry
• Australian Medical Association
• Life Member of Indian Psychiatric Society
• Life Member of Indian Psychiatric Society - North Zone
• Indian Association of Holistic Psychology
• Addiction Psychiatry Society of India

• Life Member of Delhi Psychiatric Society

Experience

• Staff Specialist, Drug and Alcohol Service Hunter New England Local Health District 2018 – Current
• Conjoint Lecturer, The School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle 2015 – Current
• Private Psychiatrist, Multiple Locations and Telehealth 2019 – Current
• Psychiatrist, The Black Dog Institute, Mood Disorder Clinic, Sydney2019- 2021
• Staff Specialist, Mental Health & Substance Use Unit, Mater Mental Health Newcastle 2015-2019