Dr Pillay graduated from WITS University in 1995 with her MBBCh. Following her internship at CHBH, she worked in Psychiatry (primarily Neuropsychiatry) in the UK for three years, returning to specialise in Psychiatry in 2000. She completed her FCPSYCH in 2003 and commenced employment as a Specialist consultant at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital from 2004 -2017. She completed her MMED in Psychiatry in 2013. She was granted subspecialist registration as a Neuropsychiatrist in 2015. Dr Pillay is currently in full-time private practice at the Life Riverfield Lodge Hospital and the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre. She has special interests in Neuropsychiatry training, Psychoneuroimmunology, Epilepsy and TBI. She has played an active role in the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP), where she has served various leadership roles including that of Honorary Treasurer from 2021-2023. She is the current President-Elect. She also serves as a specialist Neuropsychiatrist on the Aeromedical Committee of the SACAA.