AUSTRALIAN
HOMOEOPATHIC
ASSOCIATION
(NSW Branch)

Australian Homoeopathic Association
(NSW Branch)

The AHA(NSW) Committee

The committee is a group of diverse volunteers who have a passion for Homoeopathy and the advancement of the profession in Australia. The 2008/2009 members were elected onto the committee in August 2008 for one year. They are:

Committee Memembers 2008/2009

Maryanne Logan
Maryanne is a Sydney based homeopath who has a practice in Brookvale at the Bikram Yoga centre. When she is not in Brookvale, she works in her family business which distributes a wide range of products nationally into pharmacies and health food stores. Maryanne works for Providence in both Lewisham and on the northern beaches and hopes to be useful within the AHA to help Homeopathy to become better known, better understood and better respected in Australia.

Lorraine Vine
Lorraine has been in private practice since 1993, and is currently working at Camden in Sydney’s South West. She regularly conducts First Aid Classes, giving parents the confidence to use Homoeopathy as the initial choice of treatment for their family’s health. She currently also works for AROH as Executive Support Officer and has a background in banking and bookkeeping.

In joining the NSW Branch committee, Lorraine hopes to help encourage practitioners to adopt a professional attitude to the “business” of running their clinics.

Vicki Kennedy
Vicki graduated with a Diploma in Homoeopathy from the Victorian College of Classical Homoeopathy. She now has a private practice in Pymble. Vicki has been on the AHA(NSW) branch committee for seven years and runs the office in Drummoyne. She has served as Treasurer and contributed extensively to professional seminars in NSW. Vicki's corporate memory is invaluable and her focus on continually improving member services helps regeneration.

Shashi Reddy
Shashi completed her homeopathic training in NZ with the Bay of Plenty College of Homeopathy. After graduation, she worked at a homeopathic pharmacy, while establishing her own private practice. Shashi migrated to Australia 2 yearsago, registered with AROH & AHA, and is currently practising homeopathy at Fivedock, Sydney.

"I find the level of awareness of homeopathy in the general population, given the population size of Sydney, to be low when compared to countries like NZ and India. I would like to see a change which is why I joined the AHA. Any ideas / feedback from members are most welcome."

Kathy Harris
Kathy's professional life is a 50:50 split between her practice in Pyrmont and teaching at the University of Western Sydney and Nature Care College. Because her three passions are learning, teaching and disseminating, she also stays involved in organising seminars, expos, all manner of printed material and is on the peer review panel for Similia. A dream of hers is to teach medical students Homoeopathy!

After some time off the NSW branch committee while working on the 2008 Australian Homoeopathic Medicine Conference, she is glad to be back. "Being involved on the AHA branch committee is very rewarding and gives me a chance to work with some very talented and stimulating people."

Sherryn McCarthy
Sherryn completed her homoeopathic training at Nature Care College in 2005 and is currently practising out of a multi-modality clinic in Balgowlah. Sherryn is excited to be on the Committee this year and is looking forward to making a contribution to the important efforts of the AHA to raise awareness of homoeopathy in the community and to support homeopaths in their work.

Tjok Kerthyasa
Tjok (pronounced 'choc') graduated in 2006 with an Advanced Diploma of Homoeopathy from ACNT and a Bachelor of Health Science Homoeopathy from UNE. After establishing his practice in the multidisciplinary Blues Point Practice at McMahons Point it became evident that awareness of homeopathy in the greater community was lacking. It was this fact that has driven Tjok to become a more active member of the homoeopathic association in Sydney. Hailing from Bali, Tjok also conducts homoeopathic clinics there a few times in the year and is currently in the process of having homoeopathy officially recognised by the Indonesian government and developing a pilot hospital ward dedicated to homeopathic medicine. Tjok has a background in hospitality management and is one of the foremost authorities on tea in Australia, acting as tea master to the Observatory Hotel, Sydney.

Vaishali Shah
Vaishali graduated from Y.M.T Medical College in 1998 with a Diploma in Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery. She also did her Post Graduation in Homeopathic clinical training (2 yrs) with the Institute of Clinical Research, Mumbai (India). She was the Assistant Homoeopathic Physician at the Dr. M L Dhawale Rural Homoeopathic Hospital (Palghar) in the Screening and Gastro-intestinal department for 4 years and had her private clinical practice for 7 years before shifting to Sydney. With keen interest in understanding the cause and effect and the role of psyche in health and illness, she further trained in Psychology (MSc in Psych) and Counselling and practiced as a counseling Psychologist for the past 2 years. She currently practices in Sydney city.

Vaishali wishes to promote the principles and benefits of Homoeopathy to be a leading therapy of choice.

Michelle Hookham
Michelle has a background in general and mental health nursing. She studied homoeopathy at the London College of Classical Homoeopathy and now practices in Castle Hill in a multidisciplinary clinic. She is committed to helping people achieve a level of health where they are no longer dependent on any medicine or therapy. Homoeopathy in mental health is an area of special interest. Michelle would like to be a part of a vibrant community where homoeopaths work together towards a common goal – professional excellence and public recognition.

Christine Pope
Christine Pope has been in practice for two years, after graduating with an Advanced Diploma of Homoeopathy (2005) and a Diploma of Nutrition (2006) from Naturecare College. Her practice is based on educating people about Homoeopathy and how it can be used to treat a range of health conditions. Christine has been involved in running Homoeopathic First Aid Workshops at St Ives as well as participating in Workshops on a number of other health conditions with practitioners at the practice.

Christine's previous career was in Finance, predominantly in Financial Analysis and Training. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and has worked for 15 years in banking as well as spending a further 2 years in Venture Capital. To have a committee member with this background is a real asset for the AHA.

Lesley Greig
Lesley is a registered practitioner of homoeopathic medicine who enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary practice on the northern beaches of Sydney in NSW. Lesley takes pleasure in educating her local community about Homoeopathy, presenting regular talks from her practice as well as short courses in Homoeopathy at her local community college. Lesley’s qualifications include an Advanced Diploma in Homoeopathy and a Bachelor of Health Science (Complementary Medicine). Lesley is dedicated to promoting awareness and acceptance of Homoeopathy in Australia as an effective and valid form of complementary medicine.