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Professor Malcolm Hopwood

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3551
In addition to his clinical roles, Malcolm has a long track record of involvement in psychiatric research, focused on mood and anxiety disorders, psychopharmacology and psychiatric aspects of acquired brain injury. He also leads the undergraduate and registrar training schemes at the Ramsay Clinic Albert Road. Malcolm was President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists from 2015 to 2017, President of the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations from 2019 to 2022 and is now the Chair of the North East Metro Regional Mental Health Body in Victoria. 
Qualifications:
MBBS, MPM, MD, FRANZCP

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Associate Professor Mahesh Jayaram

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3552
Associate Professor Mahesh Jayaram trained initially in London and Leeds (UK) and completed his Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2004. He then worked as a consultant in the NHS for 7 years prior to moving to Melbourne in 2013 and obtained his Fellowship with RANZCP. In addition to his clinical role, he works as Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne where he is the coordinator for all Graduate Courses within the Department of Psychiatry. 
Qualifications:
MBBS, DPM, MMedSc, MRCPsych (UK), FRANZCP

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Dr Matthew Kang

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
(03) 9279 3599
Dr Matthew Kang completed advanced training in Aged Psychiatry, CL psychiatry, and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). Dr Kang is also a Lecturer and PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne and is involved in clinical research.
Qualifications:
MBBS, FRANZCP (Cert. Old Age Psychiatry & Cert. CL Psychiatry)

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Professor Saroja Krishnaswamy

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3552
Professor Krishnaswamy was Head, Deputy Dean and Professor of Psychiatry at Penang Medical College (which is part of the National University of Ireland) from 2005 to 2009 and prior to that Professor of Psychiatry at the National University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.  In 1995 she was conferred the Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2009.  In Australia she has worked in the public sector in South Australia, New South Wales and in Victoria (Monash Health) as a consultant psychiatrist in mainly acute general psychiatry.  She has also worked in private practice in Sydney while continuing part-time public work and a conjoint academic at the University of New South Wales and University of Western Sydney.  She has worked with Monash Health in Victoria and now works privately full-time at the Ramsay Clinic Albert Road.
Qualifications:
MBBS (Malaya), FRC Psych, MSc (Clinical Epidemiology), Dip. Psychol. Med, FRANZCP

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Dr David Leonard

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3554
Dr David Leonard graduated from Medicine in Sydney and trained in Psychiatry in UK (London and Edinburgh) returning to Melbourne to work in leadership and educational roles in public psychiatry before coming to Ramsay Clinic Albert Road, formerly known as Albert Road Clinic, 20 years ago. Dr Leonard has had a number of academic positions at Melbourne and Monash universities and has been a member of the Professorial Unit here at RCAR during his time here. He has focused on complex PTSD and in particular dissociative disorder. Dr Leonard has researched, lectured and published in this area. He is currently semi-retired but is providing a consultation service for people with complex PTSD and dissociative disorder. Dr Leonard can provide short term treatment, including, inpatient treatment to people with these disorders. 
Qualifications:
MB.BS, DPM, FRANZCP

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Dr Sarabjit Loyal

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3555
Qualifications:
MBBS, M.MED(PSYCH), FRANZCP

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Dr Simone Luscombe

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3555
Dr Luscombe has worked in the field of Psychiatry since 1991, including as a fully qualified consultant psychiatrist since 1999. Through those years, she has developed a practice as a Psychotherapist using a mix of therapeutic modalities including _insight-orientated therapies, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Based Psychotherapy. Dr Luscombe's particular area of interest is in attachment patterns and developmental trauma, understanding their contribution to personality development and adult mental health. 
Qualifications:
MBBS, FRANZCP

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Dr Peter McArdle

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3554
Dr McArdle graduated form Monash University in 1978. After hospital training and working in the UK in general jobs he did general practice training. He then undertook psychiatry working full time in the public sector before moving to the established aged psychiatry at Ramsay Clinic Albert Road in the 1990's. His practice now includes adult (general) psychiatry. Treating inpatients and outpatients. He is a part time tutor at the Melbourne University. He sits on the Mental Health Review Tribunal and also works at Foundation House with refugees. 
Qualifications:
MBBS, DPM, FRANZP

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Dr Grace Min

Psychiatrist
Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3599
Dr Grace Min has an interest in child and adolescent psychiatry and women’s mental health. Her approach is evidence-based, collaborative, and patient-centered. With a focus on holistic care, Dr Min tailors treatment plans to meet individual needs, whether through medication management, therapy, or family support.
Qualifications:
MBBS, MPsych, FRANZCP, Cert. Child Adol. Psych.

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Professor Louise Newman AM

Service:
Psychiatry
Practices:
Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Fax:
03 9279 3552
Louise Newman AM is Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Newcastle University and Monash University. She has held senior leadership positions in mental health training and research including Director of the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, Director of the Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology and is Director of the Melbourne University BEAR (Building Early Attachment and Resilience) research program. She is recognised as Australia’s lead researcher in the areas of infant and early child mental health, disturbances of early parenting and parent-infant interventions. She has worked extensively in developing clinical programs for women with backgrounds of complex trauma and mental health issues needing support in the perinatal period and has over 25 years’ experience in women’s mental health. She is recognised as the leading international expert in the issues facing women with complex trauma disorder in pregnancy and the perinatal period. She is the past Director of the Centre for Women’s Mental Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital.  She is currently Consultant Psychiatrist at the Ramsay Clinic Albert Road specialising in women’s mental health and perinatal and infant mental health.
Qualifications:
BA MBBS FRANZCP Cert. Child Psych