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Dr Pushkal Pushkal

Psychiatrist
Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Wentworthville
Fax:
(02) 8833 2221

Dr Pushkal has devoted his psychiatric training and practice to serving the Central Coast, Northern Beaches, Upper North Shore, and Western Sydney. As an accredited Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, his focus lies in adult Psychiatry, supplemented by active participation in research and publication. Dr Pushkal presently holds roles in both public and private sectors including Visiting Medical Officer at Westmead Public Hospital. Besides his clinical duties, he mentors medical students and psychiatry trainees.

Languages spoken;

  •  English
  •  Hindi
Qualifications:
MD, FRANZCP

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Dr Farhang (Sebastian) Radmanesh

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3599

Dr Radmanesh completed his medical and General Psychiatry training at the Royal Melbourne hospital. He then commenced advanced training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Alfred Hospital. During his training, he worked in Child and Adolescent psychiatry inpatient units at the Royal and Monash Children’s hospitals. 

Dr Radmanesh believes that adolescence is a period of dynamic physiological, neurocognitive and behavioural changes and that during early developmental phases; the brain is uniquely susceptible to stress. Accordingly, Dr Radmanesh supports the conceptual framework of early diagnosis and interventions for children and adolescent. He enjoys working with children, adolescents and their families to develop a positive outcome, which is rewarding to both patients and Dr Radmanesh himself. Dr Radmanesh has an interest in neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum disorders and ADHD.

 

Qualifications:
MD (Psych), CAP (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), FRANZCP

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Dr Zoran Radovic

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Cairns
Fax:
07 4050 7001

Born in Serbia, Dr Radovic finished school and completed his specialist training in psychiatry in 1992. Following a successful career as a specialist Psychiatrist in a renowned state hospital in Serbia, he decided to move internationally, spending a number of years in Cyprus and Europe.

In 2004, Dr Radovic relocated to Australia where he worked in private practice on the Sunshine Coast before moving to Victoria in 2015. During this time he pursued a career in public mental health, leading acute intervention clinical teams. 

In 2020, Dr Radovic was promoted into the role of Clinical Director of Mental Health at the Warrnambool Mental Health Service before commencing at Robina Private Hospital.

In 2022, Dr Radovic accepted the role of Clinical Director of Mackay MHS before moving to Cairns.

Dr Radovic interests are in general adult psychiatry, PTSD, mood disorders, psychotherapy and ECT, VVA and DVA clients with PTSD, for which he has vast experience.

Dr Radovic’s personal interests extend to spending time with his family outdoors, playing sport and traveling.

Qualifications:
MBBS, FRANZCP

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Dr Veena Raghupathy

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Northside Group
Ramsay Clinic Wentworthville

Dr Raghupathy is a medical doctor, and completed her medical training in India. She has completed her Advanced Training in Intellectual Disability Mental Health and Paediatric Neuropsychiatry in addition to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.   She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and new Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and is trained as both General Adult and Child and, Adolescent Psychiatrist.

 

In addition to private psychiatric practice, Dr Raghupathy works in the public hospital sector and is currently appointed as a Staff Specialist Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.  She is a member of the RANZCP Special Interest group in Psychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disability (SIGPIDD)

Qualifications:
MBBS, FRANZCP Cert Chil Adol Psych

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Dr Vijay Raj

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Shepparton Private Hospital
Ramsay Clinic Shepparton
Wangaratta Private Hospital
Fax:
03 5897 7508

Dr Vijay Raj is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He is interested in the assessment and management of older teenagers and young adults for a wide variety of psychiatric conditions, including mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, trauma – related disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. Whilst he uses multiple tools including medications and brain stimulation therapies (tDCS, rTMS and ECT) to promote care and recovery, he maintains a strong psychotherapeutic leaning and focus in his approach to understanding and treating his patients.

Vijay believes in making the latest technologies and treatment advances available for his patients to provide them care that is uniquely tailored to their needs.

Qualifications:
BMedSci, MBBS(Hons), FRANZCP, Cert. Child Adol. Psych

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Dr Jacqueline Rakov

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3553

Dr Jacqueline Rakov is a Psychiatrist with an interest in clinical and forensic psychiatry. Dr Rakov studied medicine at Monash University. She undertook her clinical specialty training in psychiatry at The Alfred Hospital and Forensicare.

In a treatment capacity, Dr Rakov is passionate about delivering personalised and expert care to her patients. She has worked extensively with both victims and perpetrators of crime. At Ramsay Clinic Albert Road, she treats older adolescent and adult patients and consults on a variety of psychiatric concerns. Apart from general adult psychiatry, her further interests include developmental trauma, interpersonal conflict and psychotherapy. She has completed further training through the Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. She works publicly in forensic psychiatry in a community setting. 

Dr Rakov has extensive experience in the preparation of psychiatric reports and delivering expert evidence to the Courts. She is experienced in provision of expert evidence for criminal matters of fitness, mental impairment and sentencing across the Court hierarchy, as well as civil matters pertaining to family law in the Federal Circuit Court and Children's Court. Dr Rakov is accredited in Family Report Writing by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and has completed further training in Psychiatric Assessments for the Family Court through Mindful and Monash University. Dr Rakov also undertakes assessments in workplace injury, historical sexual abuse claims and provides expert opinions in standard of care and medical negligence.

Dr Rakov will be on maternity leave from 15/10/25.  

Qualifications:
MBBS GCCS MPsychiatry GCFBS MHPE FRANZCP Cert. Forensic Psychiatry

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Dr Paresh Ramjee

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albury Wodonga
Albury Wodonga Private Hospital
Fax:
0260 224 451

Dr Paresh Ramjee is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, with more than 20 years of clinical experience in Australia and South Africa.

After completing his medical internship in South Africa, he was encouraged by his professors to pursue a career in Psychiatry. Psychiatry was always close to his heart and he enjoyed every aspect of his training.

He completed his post graduate psychiatric training in Pretoria and Australia. He worked in academia for a few years before going into full-time private practice and research at one of the largest private psychiatric hospitals in Pretoria. His research covered new psychiatric treatment modalities and therapeutic interventions in various disorders, including mood disorders, anxiety and schizophrenia.

Paresh has extensive experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders across different age groups. His interest is in mood disorders, anxiety (including PTSD), veterans’ health, neuropsychiatry disorders and TMS. Paresh has in-depth knowledge of the various treatment modalities and therapies used to aid patient recovery.

Through his acquired knowledge, experience and skills in the diagnosis of a broad range of psychiatric disorders, he is able to provide best treatment options, both psychological and pharmacological, to his patients in a holistic way.

Qualifications:
MMED(Psych) FRANZCP

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Dr Meera Ranganathan

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Lakeside
Warners Bay Private Hospital
Fax:
02 4941 3476

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Dr Jaya Reddy

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3554

Dr Reddy received his basic medical degree from the University of Malaya before pursuing a Masters in Psychiatry in Kuala Lumpur. He has worked extensively in public mental health settings as an inpatient and outpatient psychiatrist.

His most recent appointment was as Consultant Psychiatrist, ACT Health, Canberra and Senior Lecturer, the Australian National University between 2010 and 2016. 
An accredited supervisor for RANZCP psychiatry registrars in training, Dr. Reddy has also taught medical students in all his previous appointments. 

Dr Reddy obtained his PhD. From the University of New South Wales, having worked at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.  The PhD. thesis focused on the risk factors for psychological morbidity in people with diabetes mellitus. He has published papers in peer-reviewed international journals. While in Sydney, he worked with the Black Dog Institute as a trained facilitator for general practitioners conducting one-day programmes aimed at the assessment and treatment of depression. Dr Reddy enjoys working collaboratively with GPs to achieve better mental health outcomes for patients.

He has also had experience in post-trauma regions by volunteering in humanitarian missions to Iran post-earthquake in 2004 and Sri Lanka post-tsunami in 2005.

Qualifications:
MBBS, MMED(Psy), PhD., FRANZCP

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Dr Sanil Rege

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Beleura Private Hospital
Ramsay Clinic Beleura
Fax:
03 9787 2906

Dr Sanil Rege is an experienced specialist Psychiatrist, Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych, UK).

Sanil has practiced in the United Kingdom and throughout Australia and is committed to developing a broad private psychiatric practice on the Mornington Peninsula, with minimal waiting times maintained with regular consulting offered locally.

Dr Rege will be supporting both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services at Beleura Private Hospital and welcomes referrals for the assessment and management of a broad range of psychiatric disorders, including psychosis, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders, personality disorders, neuropsychiatric presentations, consultation liaison psychiatry and alcohol addiction.

SERVICES OFFERED:

  • Bio-psycho-socio-cultural assessments and management of general adults
  • Complex Neuropsychiatric cases
  • Management of psychiatric patients with complex medical issues
  • Medico-legal reports
  • WorkCover, TAC and VOCAT assessments
  • Medicare rebates available

Sanil also accepts referrals for patients who require a management plan and is keen to work with general practitioners to provide further reviews as needed, providing expertise in 291 and 293 assessments.

Sanil is actively involved in the academic world and is the cofounder of psychscene.com, providing training workshops and online education to mental health professionals in Australia and overseas. He is an experienced speaker and presents at several professional conferences and events every year.

Languages spoken other than English: Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, German & Spanish

Qualifications:
MBBS MRCPsych FRANZCP