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.

Dr David Philp is general psychiatrist based at Ramsay Clinic Wentworthville. He sees patients aged between 16 and 65, and has particular interests in substance use disorders, chronic pain and eating disorders. He also helps manage the mental health problems that accompany these, such as anxiety, psychosis, mania and depression.

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 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.

Dr Vasantha Bhanu Pothala is a general adult psychiatrist and a Fellow of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

Dr Potter completed her medical training in the United States where she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and National Board of Physicians and Surgeons and Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. She migrated to Australia in 2019 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. 

Tacita has experience working in both the public and private sector with complex presentations. Apart from private practice her appointments are with Justice Health with the adolescent forensic team in Sydney. She enjoys working with the whole family system and in addition to systemic training has further skills in attachment-focused family therapy, narrative therapy, internal family systems therapy, circle of security and tuning into teens. She enjoys working with families and groups utilising mentalisation based therapy. 

Clinical Practice

Dr Mukesh Prabhuswamy is a Psychiatrist with experience in  Child and Adolescent psychiatry who consults from Northside Macarthur Suites. Mukesh has over 13 years of experience as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist both overseas and in Australia doing clinical work, research and teaching.  His areas of interest include school related mental health with specific focus on school refusal and depression, anxiety disorders, developmental disorders including autism and Paediatric psychopharmacology. He regularly reviews articles for international journals and is also one of the Review Editors for the Frontiers in Child and Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry.

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