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Michelle Atchison
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Dr Michelle Atchison
Elected Director
Dr Atchison is an Adelaide based private psychiatrist who works with a clinical focus on trauma and military psychiatry. She provides civil medicolegal reports as a treating psychiatrist and as an expert. Dr Atchison owns her practice at Hawthorn in Adelaide and works alongside other psychiatrists there.
Dr Atchison has a long involvement with the RANZCP, initially on committees for training and as an examiner. She was the SA Branch chair for six years. She has been a member of the Adult Faculty committee and currently supports the Adult Certificate trainees in Adelaide. As a Director of Advance Training, Dr Atchison participates in the SA Psychiatry Branch Training Committee and the Australian Government Funded Training Programs Committee.
Dr Atchison has been a strong advocate for private practice within the College and has chaired the Section of Private Practice Psychiatry for some years. She has represented private practice psychiatry on the Membership Engagement Committee and the Members Advisory Council. Dr Atchison has also supported the College’s work through participating on working groups that considered the College’s response to climate and sustainability and the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review, and in 2022 supported College advocacy for an accessible, affordable and equitable telehealth system.
Dr Atchison was elected to the Board in May 2024 for a two-year term and can be contacted via michelle.atchison@ranzcp.org
Dr Atchison is an Adelaide based private psychiatrist who works with a clinical focus on trauma and military psychiatry. She provides civil medicolegal reports as a treating psychiatrist and as an expert. Dr Atchison owns her practice at Hawthorn in Adelaide and works alongside other psychiatrists there.
Dr Atchison has a long involvement with the RANZCP, initially on committees for training and as an examiner. She was the SA Branch chair for six years. She has been a member of the Adult Faculty committee and currently supports the Adult Certificate trainees in Adelaide. As a Director of Advance Training, Dr Atchison participates in the SA Psychiatry Branch Training Committee and the Australian Government Funded Training Programs Committee.
Dr Atchison has been a strong advocate for private practice within the College and has chaired the Section of Private Practice Psychiatry for some years. She has represented private practice psychiatry on the Membership Engagement Committee and the Members Advisory Council. Dr Atchison has also supported the College’s work through participating on working groups that considered the College’s response to climate and sustainability and the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review, and in 2022 supported College advocacy for an accessible, affordable and equitable telehealth system.
Dr Atchison was elected to the Board in May 2024 for a two-year term and can be contacted via michelle.atchison@ranzcp.org
