Since becoming a qualified doctor in 2007, Dr. Juan Panti has provided a high level of care across Australia’s top hospitals. Dr. Juan’s role within Vityl Medical is to provide expert clinical and non-clinical service to the patients.
Since completing her training in the UK, Helena has been a nurse for over 30 years. She has worked in Advanced Nursing roles in the United States and in Australia. She has a deep desire to improve outcomes in those who are chronically ill.
Linda is a registered Psychologist with an interest in helping people create meaning and purpose in their lives.
Linda holds a Master of Psychology (Clinical) degree and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales. She is a registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulationi Agency (AHPRA) and has served on the board of Mental Health Carers (ARAFMI) NSW Inc.
Linda has experience within the public and NGO sector, including: Westmead Depression Clinic, Brookvale Community Mental Health Services, the University of New South Wales Child Behaviour Clinic and WayAhead (former Mental Health Association NSW). She is committed to using evidence-based treatments and draws from modalities such as Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Informed Practice, Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) and Psychotherapy and Person-Centered Therapy (PCT).
Linda’s approach is warm, supportive and empowering. She prefers to work with the patient as a complex individual with their own capacity to heal and overcome life’s challenges. Linda is committed to upholding the highest standards in ethical practice and enjoys tailoring practical strategies from evidence-based treatment modalities to help meet her patient’s specific needs and maximise their therapeutic experience.
Dr Leideman is a highly experienced doctor who is also a cancer surviver. Since beating cancer, she has taken a pro-active approach to her own mental and physical care and feels healthier and happier than ever.
After almost two decades working in general practice, Dr Leideman now focuses on long term care, chronic illness prevention and research. She holds a certificate in the ethical conduct for research involving humans (TCPS 2: CORE).
Dimitri is a Pornography Addiction Recovery Coach and recovered addict. Dimitri helps high-achieving men and their partners heal from their toxic relationship with pornography and live a happy and purposeful life.
“I had been an addict for 16 years, when, convinced I would be an addict for life, I started looking into ways I could use my addiction in a constructive way. “
Dimitri began to study the nature of addiction and its effects on the mind and relationships.
“Six months later, I was healed. After 17 years of struggle, I was finally free. Goodbye wasted hours, feelings of guilt, loneliness, shame, inadequacy, low self-esteem, failure at communicating.”
Since then, Dimitri has coached hundreds of men out of their toxic relationship with pornography, healing their core trauma and live a meaningful life.
In his treatment protocol, he uses a method that allows for progressive deconditioning away from pornography. My clients also work on successfully integrating the shadow / wounded child through Transactional Analysis, trauma reprocessing and sexual fantasies analysis.
Prior to becoming a highly acclaimed coach he had completed his PhD in Astrophysics at Macquarie University.
Listen to Dimitri’s story here.
Once completing his study at Deakin University, Ryan commenced a post graduate degree in Diabetes Education and Management. He currently is a Credentialed Diabetes Educator whilst maintaining a full membership with the Australian Diabetes Educators Association.
Ryan has worked at the Alfred Hospital and was a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Diabetes Education in one of the regional hospitals in Victoria. He was also a Diabetes Coordinator and Advisor for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world at their satellite office in Melbourne.
Ryan has training in oncology, haematology and chemotherapy nursing at Peter MacCallum Centre and used to work as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager in some tertiary referring hospitals in Melbourne’s southeast.
He also conducts several Diabetes Clinics around southeast Melbourne.
Sarah Melancon, Ph.D is a Sociologist and Clinical Sexologist. Growing up with severe social phobia and a communication disorder called selective mutism, Sarah was equally fascinated and confused by human relationships – ESPECIALLY sexual relations.
Her research spans the fields of sociology, psychology, sexology, trauma and neurobiology. Sarah believes that while our sexual desires can be a path to greater intimacy and connection, they also reveal our deepest fears, hopes, dreams and traumas that we keep hidden in the shadows. By cultivating awareness, learning self-compassion and healing the underlying traumas endemic to modern society, our most hidden corners of shame can become our greatest sources of power to create the authentic, loving and pleasure-filled relationships we truly deserve.
Dr. Garg is the Vityl Medical resident information management officer and a licenced medical doctor. She is an expert in end-to-end implementation of enterprise-level healthcare projects through knowledge and expertise in med., informatics and project management.
Dr. Garg spent 22 years as a highly esteemed healthcare administrator in the Armed Forces wherein her most significant role has been in comprehensively leveraging IT for medical support of one of the world’s most advanced technical forces.
Over a period of seven years, Dr. Garg has been instrumental in planning, execution, implementation and monitoring of various healthcare informatics projects spanning over 120 medical establishments of the Air Force. She has high-level expertise and experience in the practice of med., informatics and clinical processes and has been able to document and implement the clinical processes and ‘Vityl Cycles of Care’ at Vityl Medical and the various divisions to be in line with world standards.
• Project management (certified PMP)
• Health Informatics: Formulation of User and Software Requirement Specifications, Business Process Analysis and Re-engineering, User Acceptance Testing, Training, standardisation of Masters and IT hardware templates, change management, project monitoring during the post Go-live phase, web administration.
• Med.: Domain expert for healthcare related projects, HR management, medical logistics, preventive health, inventory management, health statistics compilation, disaster preparedness, providing aerospace med. related care, and comprehensive preventive, curative and rehabilitative clinical care at primary and secondary level healthcare facilities as a general physician.
• Soft Skills: High situational awareness and adaptability; excellent communication, leadership and team building skills, effective decision making, exceptional time management and ability to innovate.
Dr Lucy graduated from medical school at Monash University (Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery) with a distinction average. Having presented medical research projects locally and globally, including in Canada and the States, Dr Lucy is passionate about evidence-based medicine and learning about the most up to date treatments for her patients.
During her medical training, Dr Lucy has worked on the Addiction Medicine, Cardiology and Stroke teams at Royal Melbourne hospital, and has a strong interest in preventative medicine- helping our patients prevent heart attacks and strokes from early aggressive lifestyle interventions.
Dr Lucy is an empathetic listener and enjoys a holistic approach to patient care. She has previously been active in global medical volunteering, organizing health checks for nannies in foster homes in China, and helping with eye checks and cataract surgeries in Unite for Sight in Ghana, West Africa.
Since the Covid pandemic, Dr Lucy is active in learning about various technological platforms to deliver the best patient care possible.
Dr. Samina Khan has developed comprehensive experience working as a Medical Officer within the Australian Healthcare System. Whilst working in various facilities across Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania, she has honed her skills in delivering excellent patient care in various complex situations.
Dr. Khan has a keen interest in a holistic approach to healthcare, particularly in the role of preventative med. and this can be further substantiated by her completion of a Graduate Diploma and Masters in Public Health (MPH). She has been involved in Grand Rounds/Journal Clubs, Multidisciplinary team meetings, Mental Health Review Tribunal and taking part in ECT rosters.
