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  • Webinar panellist

Dr Ferghal Armstrong

MRCGP FRACGP FAChAM Addiction Medicine Specialist, Eastern Health
Panellists have generously contributed to our CPD webinars. Please note that they are not employed by MHPN, and we are unable to contact them or provide referrals on your behalf. Please do not send us patient details.

Dr Ferghal Armstrong graduated from the Queens University Belfast in 1998. He qualified as a General Practitioner in 2003 and has worked in his own GP Practice, as an Occupational Health Consultant, as well as delivering medical services in prisons.

He moved to Australia in 2014 and completed Addiction Medicine training at Eastern Health under the auspices of Turning Point Statewide Services, achieving a Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (FAChAM) in 2020. Ferghal is committed to clinician education and improving outcomes for all people experiencing alcohol and other drug issues. His special interests include complex medical detoxes, lifestyle medicine and the recovery journey and cannabis medicine. Ferghal is also the host of the successful podcasts Cracking Addiction and MedHeads

The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri and the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our office is situated. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. Find out more.