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Curriculum Vitae Diana Maria Laura BIRCH
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Brief
Curriculum Vitae – Qualifications - Diana Maria Laura BIRCH
Medical Director Youth Support – International NGO established in 1986 (UK charity Reg 296080) Including our International Branches
Director and Trustee YSUSA
(International Youth Service and Research Group) working in conjunction with
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Division of Adolescent Medicine.
(EIN:
33-0768508)
Hold full Licence to Practise (GMC) and have undergone successful
revalidation in May 2016 with annual appraisal as required by the GMC.
Experience – widely experienced
medical and public health professional highly qualified in several fields.
As medical director of Youth Support
responsible for planning, developing and executing clinical services both in
the UK and overseas. In this
context set up services for addiction and alcohol treatment and
rehabilitation;
units for traumatised children and families; public health and vocational
centres; and safe centres for street children and runaways. Work has been
based in the UK; Italy; Russia; Jamaica and the USA. Currently we are
planning maternity, childcare, addiction and community services in
Afghanistan.
Experience encompasses –
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Paediatric, adolescent, family, public health
on international basis at senior consultant level. Working with deprived
groups across varied cultures including refugee youth.
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers
– have conducted studies of children and youth in war zones including
Afghanistan and regularly perform medical assessments for young refugees
including torture and risk assessments. Lectured
re Age Assessment to the
IGC (Intergovernmental
Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees) in
Geneva 2011 and provided teaching materials to the
Age Determination Team, NATO - Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Australia 2013.
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Psychological, psychotherapeutic, mental health
work with individuals and families - have worked with addicted and
psychopathic personalities and a variety of disorders such as borderline
personalities, learning disabilities and with children in situations of
physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Dual
qualifications in paediatrics and mental health give me a unique perspective
of the dynamics of disordered families and this has been invaluable in the
assessment of families where fabricated or induced illness has been
suspected. My involvement with
cases of FII (Previously known as Munchausen) has included several families
and young parents who were admitted for observation to our residential unit
in South London (1990 – 2002)
where we cared for ‘high risk’ cases sent from all over the UK and many
families assessed in the community.
Our methods in the residential unit included video surveillance in
some cases.
Psychotherapy on group, individual, family and couples basis.
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Research
- am a leading authority on adolescent health and early pregnancy and
parenting and have conducted Longitudinal studies of our patient groups over
a twenty year time span and have worked on the British Cohort studies
(London University) and Millennium Cohort (Institute of Child Health). We
have also conducted studies on traumatic stress in Italy and field studies
with children and young people in Afghanistan.
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Assessment & Medico-legal work
As a leading authority on Child Protection, Adolescence, teenage pregnancy
and early parenting am often called upon to prepare legal reports for the
courts on young people and families particularly in child protection, family
disturbance, substance abuse and domestic violence as well as Factitious
Illness syndromes and family conflicts, custody and contact issues and child
alienation. Assessment and
medico legal work has been formally evaluated in published work. In addition
to referrals from solicitors,
work often involves single joint expert for Guardians and Social services –
examples - Croydon social services (2011); Kent Social services (2012; 2013)
and Medway (2012; 2013); Chelsea and Westminster (2013; 2014); Hertfordshire
(2014); Wakefield (2016); Cheshire 2016; Northampton 2016 ; Yeovil (2016); I
have also acted as expert to the General Medical Council (2012)
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Teaching
– wide experience of teaching both professional (medical, teachers, social
work and police) and general audiences and youth - lecturing, seminars,
workshops, literature and books, online and interactive material and
multimedia presentations. Have taught courses both in UK and Internationally
and have given ‘Grand Rounds’ at los Angeles Children’s hospital on several
occasions.
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Management / Administration
– managed large department of NHS child health and school services in
several London boroughs (Wandsworth, Merton Sutton, Lambeth and Southwark).
26 years experience of running an International NGO.
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Media, IT and Computing
– fully qualified Microsoft and Internet engineer. Experience of multimedia
and documentary production.
Medical School
Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London
Medical School Prize Certificates
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Paediatrics
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Tropical Medicine
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Venereal Diseases (Now known as Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
Qualifications - Degrees
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LRCP MRCS (Licentiate Royal College of Physicians; Member Royal
College of Surgeons) June 1970
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MBBS (Bachelor Medicine Bachelor Surgery) University of
London Oct 1970
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DCH - Diploma in Child Health - (London) Sept 1972
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MRCP (UK) - Member Royal College of Physicians - Jan 1977
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MD (London University) – Doctorate in Medicine - Oct 1986
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MSc Psychotherapy St George's Hospital London University -
June 1989
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MFCH (Member Faculty of Community Health) Sept 1989
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Accredited Consultant
Community Paediatrics 1987
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FRCPCH Fellow Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
1997
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FRIPH Fellow Royal Institute Public Health 1997
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FRCP - Fellow of Royal College of Physicians - 1998
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FSAM - Fellow Society for Adolescent Medicine (USA) 1998
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MAE
–Member Academy of Experts 2005 and‘checked expert’ (Sweet & Maxwell)
Other Qualifications and Certificate
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Psychotherapy
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London University MSc Clinical Psychotherapy St George's Hospital Medical
School. Trained 1986-1989
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Transactional Analysis - 1979 - 1987. Institute
of Transactional Analysis
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Psychodrama Training - Holwell Centre (Marcia Karp).
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Experience in substance abuse treatment programmes including Hazeldon and AA
models. TA Course Addiction and alcoholism – Institute of psychiatry
1985
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Assessment
and Paediatrics
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University of London/ National Association for Mental Health Certificate.
Approved assessor mental handicap /ability including qualification in
Stanford Binet scales, Schonell, Reynell language assessment Sept 1973
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Child Audiology/assessment of Deaf child Braidwood audiology unit and St
George's Hospital 1973
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Ruth Griffiths child development scales 1976
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Advanced Paediatric Course - Great Ormond Street - 1976
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Assistant Police Surgeon - forensic examination child /adult sexual abuse -
joint course 1986. Developed training programme for paediatricians and
community doctors Lambeth / Southwark and multidisciplinary protocol and
guidelines for Camberwell.
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Member of Academy of Experts 2005 onwards.
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Contraception and sexuality
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Family Planning Basic certificate 1973
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Family Planning advanced (IUCD) certificate 1974
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Family planning Instructing Doctor's course 1978
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Recently attended courses
2015 – CDC Dengue; CDC Chronic
Fatigue ; Gender Dysphoria
(these in addition to regular CPD)
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