Mitcham Private Hospital is pleased to introduce Dr Yasaman Adli, psychiatrist with an interest in both adult and perinatal psychiatry. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

She completed her psychiatric training at Eastern Health, St John of God, and The Royal Women’s Hospital. Yasaman has extensive experience working with various inpatient and outpatient teams, as well as various perinatal mental health services.

Currently, Yasaman holds a public consultant position at The Royal Women’s Hospital. She has also served as a consultant psychiatrist with Eastern Health, collaborating with various inpatient and outpatient teams and perinatal mental health services.

Yasaman provides care for a broad range of psychiatric conditions, with a particular focus on Women’s Health. She supports women from pre-conception through pregnancy and the postnatal period, assisting those facing challenges with infertility, adjustment to pregnancy/ parenthood, mood and anxiety disorders, relationship difficulties, and pregnancy loss and grief.

Yasaman works collaboratively with her patients to understand the biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors contributing to their emotional difficulties. She offers comprehensive, tailored care to women, babies, and their families, which may include individual psychotherapy, parent-child psychotherapy, and medication management.

Dr De Silva is a locally trained psychiatrist, with over 10 years of practice in psychiatry, both in New Zealand and Australia with experience in peri natal psychiatry, early psychosis, trans-cultural issues and migrant mental health, personality disorders and old age psychiatry.

Special interests
• CBT / DBT / Supportive psychotherapy / ACT / family therapy approach for most of the psychiatric disorders with or without pharmacological interventions
• Depression / Anxiety /Psychosis / BPAD
• Offering support (psychological and pharmacological) for drug related issues

Dr De Silva wishes to develop a broad psychiatric practice at Mitcham Private Hospital, and will consult regularly onsite from March 2013, supporting both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services. She welcomes all new referrals for patients who require a management plan and is keen to work with general practitioners to provide further reviews as needed and to provide expertise in bulk-billed 291 and 293 assessments.

As an accredited psychiatrist at Mitcham Private Hospital’s private adult inpatient psychiatric unit Victoria Court, Dr De Silva will also accept inpatient and day program referrals for patients requiring care for:

• Mood and Anxiety Disorders
• Spectrum Disorders
• Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar Disorders
• Stress
• Grief

Dr Naomi Elliot  is a psychiatrist -who consults regularly onsite at Mitcham Private Hospital, supporting both out-patient and in-patient psychiatric services.

Naomi welcomes all new referrals for patients who require a management plan and is keen to work with general practitioners to provide further reviews as needed.

Special Interests:

• Interpersonal therapy for depressive disorders
• Cognitive Behavioural therapy for a range of depressive and anxiety disorders.

Mitcham Private Hospital would like to introduce Dr Lochanie Fonseka, psychiatrist. Lochanie has 10 years of psychiatric experience in both Australia and New Zealand. She obtained her fellowship in general adult psychiatry from RANZCP.

She has also completed her advanced training in old age psychiatry. Lochanie holds a position at Peninsula Health as a general adult psychiatrist. She also works as an adjunct senior lecturer at Monash University.

Lochanie consults onsite at Mitcham Private Hospital’s consulting suites and also treats patients in Victoria Court (Mitcham Private Hospital) a contemporary 21 bed inpatient unit purpose designed to facilitate mental health recovery and our 6 bed perinatal mental health unit that provides home-like, comfortable surroundings.

Dr Ruvanya Illesinghe is a locally-trained psychiatrist, having undertaken her undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne and her post-graduate training at Austin Health.

Ruvanya has worked in a range of settings over the past nine years, including public and private adult units, regional psychiatric services, Continuing Care teams and perinatal services, she has experience in managing a wide range of clinical presentations. These include perinatal psychiatry, mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD, psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder.

Ruvanya will also accept inpatient referrals for both the perinatal mental health unit and the adult inpatient unit at Victoria Court.

Dr Jessica Kuc is a psychiatrist who has obtained RANZCP Fellowship with Advanced Training focusing on the area of perinatal psychiatry. 

Jessica  completed her medical degree at Monash University in 2010, and a Masters of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne in 2014. In 2015, Jessica was awarded the RANZCP Block Family Memorial Grant to complete additional training in the parent-infant relationship with the ‘Circle of Security’ program. In 2016 Jessica also trained in ‘Watch, Wait and Wonder’ parent-infant dyadic therapy and presented on this topic to the Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health Australasian Conference in 2017.

Jessica is passionate about providing high quality, caring specialist mental health care to patients at every stage of their journey into parenthood and throughout the preschool years. She particularly enjoys working collaboratively with obstetricians, GPs, psychologists and Maternal & Child Health Nurses. 

“The perinatal period is such a special and vulnerable time in a new parent’s life, whether you are a first time parent or welcoming another child to your family. It is a privilege and a joy to come alongside families in my specialist role to support them to manage mental health challenges throughout this time. As a mum of two young children myself I am particularly familiar with the challenges and pressures facing new parents and parents of young children". 

After undertaking a comprehensive initial assessment I always work with my patients to develop a plan for their care together that takes into account their own unique situation and preferences.

Some of my particular areas of interest are: 

Anxiety and depression in the antenatal or postnatal period, birth trauma, supporting parents of unsettled babies, second-time mothers (or more!) who have struggled with mental health difficulties with previous pregnancies, establishing healthy parent-child relationships, and supporting new mothers with a past history of childhood trauma.

After undertaking a comprehensive initial assessment I always work with my patients to develop a plan for their care that takes into account their own unique situation and preferences. I work with mothers in all stages of pregnancy and early parenthood, including preconception counselling and throughout the preschool years.”

Mitcham Private Hospital would like to introduce Dr Navita Mysore, a locally trained Psychiatrist with experience across a broad range of public and private mental health settings, including acute inpatient units, community mental health services, and specialist outpatient care.

Navita provides comprehensive psychiatric assessment and management for adults, with a particular focus on diagnostic clarification, complex presentations, functional outcomes, and occupational psychiatry. She is known for her structured, formulation-driven approach, particularly in cases where there is diagnostic uncertainty, overlapping conditions, or treatment resistance.

She offers both in-person and telehealth consultations and provides detailed assessment and management plans to support ongoing care with referring GPs. She also offers inpatient admissions at Mitcham Private Hospital, including access to the adult inpatient unit and perinatal mental health services.

Her approach emphasises clarity of diagnosis, practical treatment planning, and close collaboration with primary care, including GPs and Primary Health Networks (PHNs).

Mitcham Private Hospital would like to introduce Dr Eranthanie (Hiranthi) Perera. Hiranthi is a local (Victorian) trained psychiatrist having completed training at Box Hill Hospital and The Alfred currently working across both public and private mental health services.

Hiranthi wishes to develop a broad psychiatric practice at Mitcham Private Hospital, and will consult onsite, supporting both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services. She welcomes all new referrals for patients who require a management plan and is keen to work with general practitioners to provide further reviews as needed and to provide expertise in bulk billed 291 and 293 assessments.

Dr Perera has a special interest in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (having advance training by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrist) for Depression, Anxiety, OCD Spectrum Disorders and PTSD and will be happy to see patients at a reduced fee for psychotherapy sessions.

As an accredited psychiatrist at Mitcham Private Hospital’s private adult inpatient psychiatric unit Victoria Court, Hiranthi will also accept inpatient and day program referrals for patients requiring care for:

• Mood and Anxiety Disorders

• Spectrum Disorders

• Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

• Schizophrenia

• Bipolar Disorders

• Stress

• Grief

Mitcham Private Hospital would like to introduce Dr Anne Perera, an Australian-trained general adult psychiatrist. She completed a Master of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP).

Anne undertook her specialist training at Eastern Health, Melbourne, where she gained experience in the assessment and management of a range of psychiatric conditions.

Her clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders and first-episode psychosis. Anne applies a biopsychosocial approach to care, incorporating biological, psychological and social considerations into management planning.

Anne also works as a consultant psychiatrist with Eastern Health’s Psychiatric Assessment and Planning Unit (PAPU) and Emergency Departments, where she is involved in the management of acute and complex presentations.

Dr Anupam Pokharel, psychiatrist - General Adult Psychiatry (from 18 years to old age). Anupam consults regularly onsite at Mitcham Private Hospital, supporting both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services.

Anupam welcomes all new referrals for patients who require a management plan and is keen to work with general practitioners to provide further reviews as needed.

As an accredited psychiatrist at Mitcham Private Hospital’s private adult inpatient psychiatric unit, Victoria Court, Anupam will accept referrals for patients requiring inpatient care for:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Post Natal Conditions
• Stress