Sarah is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists with further training in both General Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. She completed her medical degree at the University of Tasmania and then moved to Newcastle NSW to complete all her post-graduate training.

Sarah has worked as a psychiatrist for both the private and public sector in Newcastle NSW and has vast experience in treating patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She is passionate about providing holistic and recovery-oriented care for her patients. In 2019 she was awarded a special psychiatry award – a NSW HETI Fellowship which involved treating dual diagnosis mental health and substance use disorders in especially vulnerable Perinatal and Adult populations, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds. During this Fellowship she worked across 5 settings, which included the Royal Flying Doctors, to provide outreach services to Rural populations.

In addition to her clinical work, Sarah has had a variety of Leadership, Mentoring and Teaching Roles. In 2019 she was elected as co-president of her Registrar Cohort. She is currently a committee member of the NSW Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry. Sarah is also a Conjoint Lecturer and Examiner for the University of Newcastle, Faculty of Health & Medicine.

In her spare time, Sarah enjoys spending time with the people she loves. She is often busy chasing after her 4 children – 2 of whom are very naughty Siberian Huskies!
 

Dr Ramesh Vannitamby is a senior consultant psychiatrist based at Ramsay Clinic Wentworthville.

Dr Vannitamby completed his medical training at Flinders Medical School in South Australia and continued his junior training at Westmead hospital between 1993 – 1996. He then specialised in General Practice (GP) in 1997 and was based as a GP in the Lane Cove region.

After a successful career in General Practice, Dr Vannitamby entered psychiatry training between 2002-2009, from which he established a commendable career as a consultant psychiatrist within both the public and private sector. He has a special interest in treating adult patients with complex mental health issues including Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and ADHD.

Dr Vannitamby provides both in-patient and out-patient services at Ramsay Clinic Wentworthville.

Dr.Venkatesh is a fellow with The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists FRANZCP and has been working in the busy public mental health system for many years. She has interests in first episode psychosis, mood disorders including bipolar disorder, depression and psychotic disorders.

Dr Angelo Virgona has been a psychiatrist since 1990. For 10 years he held senior clinical director appointments with NSW Health in rural and metropolitan services, and at Healthscope’s private psychiatric unit in Campbelltown.

He has been Medical Superintendent at Ramsay Clinic Macarthur since it opened in October 2013. He has served on numerous clinical and policy committees at Area and Departmental level. Angelo has been instrumental in the establishment of early psychosis services and youth mental health services (Headspace) in Campbelltown.

His current interests are in the management of personality disorders in private practice setting and forensic psychiatry (member of the RANZCP Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry).

Warren is an Associate Professor at The University of Queensland and has held the position of Director, Queensland Eating Disorders Service (QuEDS) since 2005. He is Chair of the Queensland Health Eating Disorder Advisory Group and co-author of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Eating Disorders. In 2017 he received the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders (ANZAED) Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Eating Disorders. He has published more than forty articles and book chapters, most of them on eating disorders.   Warren commenced as Director Eating Disorders at Ramsay Clinic New Farm in January 2023.  He is also Director of the new Ramsay Mental Health Eating Disorders Training Program.  This program is designed for new fellows and established psychiatrists with an interest in entering the field of Eating Disorders and runs for 12 months. It includes regular structured supervision sessions supported by a digital lecture series and has been running successfully in Ramsay Mental Health’s Sydney services since February 2021 under
the directorship of Associate Professor Sloane Madden.
 

Treatment Services

Dr Ward is a Consultant Psychiatrist and the Medical Director of the addiction service at both Ramsay Clinic Northside  and Wentworthville Clinics. He has interests in the treatment of alcohol and other addiction disorders.

He interests include the comprehensive assessment and treatment of individuals who are experiencing problems with their physical and/or mental health as a result of the use of alcohol or other any other substances.

Dr Ward provides treatment on both an inpatient (hospital) and outpatient basis.

Additional Services

Dr Ward is available for comprehensive outpatient assessments, at the request of the treating General Practitioner, to provide an individualised management plan which may include medication psychological and or/social interventions.

About Dr Ward

Dr David Ward is a medical doctor with  qualifications in psychiatry and an interest in the treatment of alcohol and other addiction disorders. In addition to his private psychiatric practice, Dr Ward was for a number or years an Addiction Psychiatrist at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney.

Prior to commencing his medical studies, Dr Ward worked in the public and private sectors in senior business roles in both Sydney and Melbourne.

He holds a Master of Psychiatry degree from The University of Melbourne and also holds degrees in economics, marketing and public affairs.

In addition to his medical practice, Dr Ward plays the cello and performs regularly with Corpus Medicorum, the orchestra of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Dr Pri Wettasinghe is a psychiatrist working at Ramsay Clinic Northside and as a staff specialist at Justice Health.

Pri completed his medical degree as a postgraduate student at The University of Queensland, working extensively in internal medicine for 10 years before retraining in psychiatry. He completed his psychiatric training through the Northern Sydney Local Health District and has completed subspecialty training in Psychiatry of Old Age as well as a second advanced certificate in Forensic Psychiatry.

Pri has an interest in neurostimulation and utilising newer therapies such as TMS for the treatment of depression, anxiety, PTSD and OCD, and also ketamine for treatment resistant depression.

PTSD, Mood Disorders, Anxiety, Eating Disorders

Outpatient Clinic: Friday