Lisa has contributed significantly in shaping St Vincent’s Drug and Alcohol service which provides services to more than 2,500 of St Vincent’s most vulnerable patients every year. She embodies the true qualities of a health professional and is a great clinician and thinker, driven by commitment to her patients. Lisa encourages feedback from patients and staff to help provide better services.
Lisa has been integral delivering developments including establishing a new 20-bed acute inpatient detoxification unit, implementing and teaching the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale as well as the Development of Alcohol Withdrawal Policy, and representing D&A services at a Governance level to ensure quality processes are met.
In 2017 she was the winner of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Clinician of the Year, and the St Vincent’s Health Australia – Clinician of the year (public division).