Dr Arun Pillai is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with experience working in private and public health services across Australia. He currently holds the position of Medical Director of Campus based Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS), at Queensland Children’s Hospital and Queensland Adolescent Extended Treatment Centre – Jacaranda Place. Arun has a  focus in early intervention for both mental health and developmental challenges in children and young adults, incorporating the true concept of personal recovery. His clinical interest is in working with children and young people with a variety of issues such as anxiety disorders, OCD, mood disorders, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other developmental challenges.

Dr Pun has worked as a psychiatrist for 20 years in both the public and private sector.

Dr Pun is currently the Director of Mental Health at the Mater Hospital, South Brisbane.

Dr Pun is also the lead psychiatrist at the Gender Service, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital.

Dr Pun is currently chair of the Qld RANZCP Faculty of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and its Director of Advanced Training.

Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Work Cover, Employment Related Stress, DVA.

In private practice at three locations in Brisbane

Admits to New Farm Clinic

Visits Mackay clinics regularly

Offers Telepsychiatry for eligible patients

Professor James Scott is a Child and Youth Psychiatrist and the Director of Ramsay Health Youth Service at New Farm. He has experience working in inpatient and community settings. He has  an interest in providing care to children and young people with anxiety, ADHD, psychosis and mood disorders. His clinical practice incorporates a biopsychosocial model with intensive family involvement.     

James is also a clinician researcher. He was the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellowship (2016-2020), awarded for his research into prevention and intervention strategies to improve the mental health of adolescents. He is an author on over 300 peer reviewed publications. In 2018, he was awarded the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ Senior Research Award, conferred on the ‘Fellow who has made the most significant contribution to psychiatric research in Australia and New Zealand over the preceding five years.

Ramsay Health Youth Service at New Farm was developed by James and commenced in November 2022 with the opening of the first private inpatient unit for adolescents 14-17 years. It has now expanded to have a second ward for youth (18-25 years).

The service will provide a group based programme which will provide young people with skills to better cope with their mental health problems. The service will be for young people with mental health problems who have significant impairment in functioning. It is open to adolescents and young adults seeking voluntary admissions who are willing to participate in the programme of group and individual therapy, physical activity and family support. Young people will be admitted for a maximum of three weeks. The programme will be ideal for those who are seeking more intensive treatment than can be provided in outpatient appoinntments. Because it is an open ward without capacity for involuntary admissions, Ramsay Health Youth Service at New Farm is unable to provide care to young people who are at high risk of harm to themselves or others. 

Dr. Igor Shvetsov attained his Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery from Siberian University -Tomsk, Russia in 1980 and was conferred PhD after completion studies on personality disorders dynamic. He is a Fellow of Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, having 30+ years of experience in psychiatry and substance abuse. Over the years he had worked in public and private psychiatric and substance use services of Melbourne and Brisbane. His psychiatric skills include medico-legal assessment, pharmacotherapy, therapeutic support; dynamic psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). He also does drug and alcohol assessment, inpatient detoxification, providing ongoing support in addressing substance addiction.

Dr Jon Steinberg is a graduate of the University of Queensland Medical School. He completed his Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1996 and is a member of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age. Since completing his Fellowship Dr Steinberg has worked in the area of adult general psychiatry and old age psychiatry both in the public and private sector.

He has participated in a number of trials of atypical antipsychotic medications in schizophrenia and mood disorders. He has been on the National Advisory Boards for a number of the atypical antipsychotic medications since 2001. Dr Steinberg currently holds a senior lecturer position at the University of Queensland and is involved with educational activities for psychiatrists and general practitioners focused on mood disorders, old age psychiatry and dementia and its early detection and treatment.

He is the Director of the Psychosis program at the New Farm Clinic (private psychiatry clinic) and is Medical Director at Caloundra Private Clinic as well as holding a number of visiting medical officer positions at hospitals in Brisbane.

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.
 

PTSD, Mood Disorders, Anxiety, Eating Disorders

Outpatient Clinic: Friday

Dr Wysoczanski is a graduate of the University of Queensland medical school and has worked and trained in Queensland hospitals. He obtained specialist qualifications in psychiatry in 2018. Dr Wysoczanski provides comprehensive treatment of a wide range of mental health disorders in adults. This includes anxiety disorders, depression, psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder.

He utilises integration of both medical and psychological therapies and provides access to neurostimulation treatments (rTMS and ECT), available at Ramsay Clinic New Farm. Dr Wysoczanski’s preferred approach to psychiatry is a collaborative, promoting the individual’s self-sufficiency and resilience.