Dr Anna Maria Vella, Clinical Chair, has been working at the Substance Misuse Out Patients Unit (Sedqa: National Agency for Dependencies) for the past 25years. Her area of specialisation is c
are for pregnant women with a substance misuse problem and women who are into prostitution. She is a Public Health specialist since 2008. She is also a visiting senior lecturer at the University of Malta for more than 20 years lecturing on Addiction to Medical students, Nurses, Midwives and Social workers and in postgraduate courses.
E-mail: [email protected]
Office Number: 00356 21666806
Date of Birth: 10th July 1962
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery- University of Perugia- Italy: 1992.
Read a Masters in Public Health – University of Malta: 2000.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Women’s Health- University of Dublin-Ireland: 2005
Read a Masters in Bioethics – St Mary’s University Twickenham-London: 2010.
Read a PhD in Addiction – King’s College London: 2019.
Membership in the International Society of Addiction Medicine: 2019.


