Ava has always been energised by working to achieve healthy outcomes for people and putting smiles on faces. She is extremely passionate about elevating the voices of others to achieve holistic outcomes for both organisations and their stakeholders.

As a dual-trained dental surgeon and medical doctor specialising in psychiatry, she uses a profit-for-purpose mindset to improve outcomes for patients and families, either directly through clinical work or indirectly through her roles in clinical governance and management. 

Ava is a Board Director at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and is a Board member on the Canberra Regional Medical Education Council alongside several other panels in the healthcare sector related to education, compliance, accreditation and regulation. 

Ava has been awarded the Calvary Healthcare Prize for Excellence and the Lived Experience Australia Award for best practice in consumer and carer inclusion, and has authored articles directly related to psychiatric care in the dental setting. She has presented and participated in keynote and panel presentations domestically and internationally on the topics of dental phobias across cultures, environmental sustainability in health, and chronic pain and psychiatry.