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

Dr Pothala has expertise in management of a spectrum of mental health issues, including Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Psychosis, PTSD,
personality Disorders and Addiction Psychiatry.

He has extensive experience working in psychiatry in various countries around the world. Dr Pothala has trained and worked in UK, Ireland and New Zealand in a wide range of specialties in Psychiatry.

He is familiar with Central Coast and Hunter New England regions as he worked as a Consultant psychiatrist at Mater Hospital in Newcastle and also at Maitland, Taree and Wyong hospitals.

Dr Pothala has sound clinical knowledge with excellent empathic skills and offers comprehensive patient centred care with a bio-psycho-social approach.

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