Dr David Leonard graduated from Medicine in Sydney and trained in Psychiatry in UK (London and Edinburgh) returning to Melbourne to work in leadership and educational roles in public psychiatry before coming to Ramsay Clinic Albert Road, formerly known as Albert Road Clinic, 20 years ago. Dr Leonard has had a number of academic positions at Melbourne and Monash universities and has been a member of the Professorial Unit here at RCAR during his time here. He has focused on complex PTSD and in particular dissociative disorder. Dr Leonard has researched, lectured and published in this area. He is currently semi-retired but is providing a consultation service for people with complex PTSD and dissociative disorder. Dr Leonard can provide short term treatment, including, inpatient treatment to people with these disorders. 

Dr Kelvin Leung is a psychiatrist with training in the United Kingdom and Australia. He is a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych, UK) and a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP). He has a particular interest in general adult psychiatry, young adult psychiatry, and early intervention, complemented by his Professional Certificate in Youth Mental Health. He is also passionate about medical education.

Dr Yichao Liang is a consultant psychiatrist with interests in general adult psychiatry. He has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, anxiety disorders and psychotic disorders. He also has special training and qualifications in managing addiction problems, ADHD and eating disorders.

Dr Yichao Liang uses patient-centred approach to provide culturally sensitive and holistic assessment and management of mental health disorders. He works in both inpatients (at Ramsay Clinic Wentworthville) and outpatients. He closely collaborates with patients, their families and carers, GPs, psychologists and other health professionals to achieve the best recovery outcomes for patients.

Dr Yichao Liang obtained his medical degree in 2002. After working as a medical officer in both general medicine and surgery for more than 10 years, he found his genuine interests in psychiatry and entered the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). He received extensive training in general and addiction psychiatry in Western Sydney LHD and Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). Dr Yichao Liang is now working as a consultant psychiatrist in JHFMHN for patients with drug and alcohol disorders in prisons. Dr Yichao Liang has been appointed as a conjunct lecturer in the Westmead Medical School at the University of Sydney since 2014.  

Dr Ling completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is skilled in applying the best evidence-based practices for the benefit of his patients and discussing issues such as diagnosis and treatments with his patients in an accessible way. He has been keenly involved in medical education since he was a junior doctor.

Dr Ling’s practice emphasises a holistic bio-psycho-social-cultural assessment and individualised formulation. He actively uses shared decision-making processes to implement a collaborative management plan that focuses on a person’s recovery goals. He is experienced in liaising with other medical and allied health professionals to achieve the best outcomes for his patients.

Dr Ling is also able to provide telehealth services to those who are based in rural and remote areas.

Colleen Loo is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professorial Fellow at the Black Dog Institute, Sydney; Australia. She qualified in medicine and psychiatry in Australia (MB BS, FRANZCP) and completed a research doctorate in 2003 (MD). She was chair of academic psychiatry at St George Hospital (2006-2021), founded the Neurostimulation service at the Black Dog Institute in 2014, and is Regional Medical Director of ECT and Interventional Psychiatry (including ketamine treatment) at Ramsay Clinics in Sydney. She was President of the International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation (2018-2020) and is an editorial board member of the journal Brain Stimulation.

Her research interests are in developing novel treatments for depression and other psychiatric disorders, focussing on transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy and ketamine, and their effects on brain functioning. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and has received grant funding from the Australian NHMRC, US-based NARSAD and Stanley Foundations, UK NHS/MRC and Singapore NMC. 

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Dr Luscombe has worked in the field of Psychiatry since 1991, including as a fully qualified consultant psychiatrist since 1999. Through those years, she has developed a practice as a Psychotherapist using a combination of therapeutic modalities. She draws on Trauma Informed Psychotherapies such as Trauma Informed Stabilisation Therapy (Fisher) and Internal Family Systems Therapy (Schwartz), Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Insight Orientated Psychotherapy.

Dr Luscombe's particular area of interest is in attachment patterns and developmental trauma, understanding their contribution to personality development and adult mental health. 

Dr Maclean completed his medical degree at the University of Auckland (UoA), is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and an Associate Clinical Lecturer with the University of Sydney Medical School. He takes a recovery-oriented approach to mental health in delivering evidence-based treatments tailored to each patient's clinical presentation, values, and circumstances. His treatment approach integrates medications, psychotherapy, nutrition and lifestyle domains.

Based at Ramsay Clinic Northside, Dr Maclean assesses and treats a range of mental health difficulties. His particular clinical interests include Substance, Medication, and Behavioural Addictions, Perinatal Substance Use, Chronic Pain & Addictions, ADHD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours, Mood & Anxiety Disorders and Driving Assessments in adults aged 18–65.

Professor Sloane Madden is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist recognised for his expertise in the management of eating, mood and anxiety disorders. Prof Madden has more than 25 years' experience in the field of eating disorders. He has been the Director of the Eating Disorder Service at Ramsay Clinic Northside (St Leonards) since 2017 has worked as the Medical Lead of the Eating Disorder Service at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and has been the Director of The Eating Disorder Service at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network NSW since 2000.

Professor Madden is a past President of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorder who awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and of the international Academy of Eating Disorders, where he was a board member for 5 years and responsible for Research Practice Integration.

Professor Madden has served as a member and adviser to various professional and government bodies and has participated in the development of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Eating Disorder Guidelines for professionals and consumers. He has been a steering committee chair for the Federal Government, funded National Eating Disorder Collaboration

Professor Madden is one of Australia’s foremost researchers in the eating disorder field and has published over 100 peer reviewed scientific articles and abstracts. He has been a chief investigator on multiple NHMRC grants. Prof Madden’s research has three major foci including the treatment of anorexia nervosa, early onset eating disorders and the neurobiology of eating disorders.


 

Dr Deepa Malik is an consultant psychiatrist with a special interest in the treatment of anxiety, PTSD, mood disorders, psychotic disorders and adult ADHD. She uses a patient-centred approach to provide holistic care to her patients. Dr Malik offers both in-patient and out-patient services at Ramsay Clinic Wentworthville. 

Clinical interests:

• Adult ADHD
• Anxiety disorders
• Mood disorders
• Trauma
• Psychotic disorders