Liz is one of our permanent part time registered nurses at Hobart TMS. She brings extensive experience to the team, having worked in general medicine, midwifery and psychiatry in public and private during her long career.

She has several years of experience of providing TMS to our patients and is a valued and competent clinician. Liz is enjoying spending time with her family and is a proud grandmother. She loves reading widely and regularly, typically getting very immersed in her books on the go.

Karen is one of our registered nurses with over 40 years of experience having gained extra qualifications in midwifery, psychiatric nursing, ECT and TMS training.

She is a competent core team member at Hobart TMS and her caring personality assists our patients to feel immediately at ease. In her spare time Karen is an engaged mother and grandmother and loves to enjoy all that our Tasmanian beaches have to offer.

Dr Yvonne Turnier-Shea is a locally trained psychiatrist with wide experience having worked for many years in the public and private system in Australia as well as in Germany.

She specialises in TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) and has contributed to research, publications and treatment provision of TMS over the last 30 years in collaboration with experts in the field worldwide. As co-director of Hobart TMS Dr Turnier-Shea is a strong believer in and advocate for affordable access to psychiatric treatment for all patients.

She enjoys road trips across Tasmania, Yoga and singing in her spare time. 

Dr Marzena Rybak is a consultant psychiatrist and co-director of Hobart TMS.

Over the years, she has gained extensive experience working in the public and private system. Since 1996 Dr Rybak has been involved in the development of TMS as a treatment modality for psychiatric disorders and she has co-authored over 100 national and international scientific publications on the subject. Having graduated as a medical doctor in both Poland and Australia Dr Rybak subsequently obtaining her fellowship from the RANZCP in 2002.

Originally based in Sydney, she moved to Hobart to raise her family in the mid-nineties. In her free time, she is an avid reader who enjoys travel and art.

Professor Saxby Pridmore is an internationally acclaimed psychiatrist, who has earned many awards over his career. He is to be regarded as the father of TMS in Australia, having brought the first TMS machine to the southern hemisphere back in 1996.

Under his direction the current Hobart TMS team has researched, published and learned about TMS and has provided TMS to thousands of patients across various settings. Prof Pridmore is a pool of information when it comes to Tasmanian history and the origin of figure of speech expressions and proverbs.

He does not like to talk about his achievements and is probably going to be cross with us writing about him.