Dr Katie Frankish is a psychiatrist with experience in working with children, adolescents, and families. She completed her medical degree at the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She has completed advanced training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is a Member of the College’s Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists.
Dr Frankish has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings across Sydney including Redbank House at Westmead, the Blacktown Early Access Team and the Northern Beaches Child and Youth Mental Health Service. She has also worked to help establish a school based program called “Getting on Track in Time” for young children with disruptive behaviour problems in Western Sydney.
Dr Frankish believes in providing compassionate and holistic care and in working with parents and families to support children, adolescents and young adults with a range of mental health and emotional difficulties. She is able to provide assessment and treatment drawing from a variety of medical and psychological approaches.
Dr Frankish is unfortunately currently unable to take on any new patients.
Dr Ryan Lee is a Consultant Psychiatrist who specialises in working with children, adolescents and their families. He completed his medical degree at Sydney University and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He is also a member of the College’s Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists.
Dr Lee has worked in a range of inpatient and community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Northern Sydney. He has extensive experience working with young people and families to understand and manage a wide spectrum of mental health and emotional difficulties. He has expertise that draw from medical and psychotherapeutic approaches.
Dr Lee strongly believes in providing tailored care that is sensitive, holistic and evidence-based. His approach is centred on openness and collaboration with the child/adolescent and their family that is respectful of their experiences, values and needs. He is able to provide assessment and treatment that comprehensively integrates and addresses the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to mental health difficulties.
Dr Lee is unfortunately currently unable to take on any new patients.
At Northern Beaches Psychiatry Dr Faizal offers telehealth services assessing and managing adult ADHD only.
Dr Faizal is a Fellow of the Royal College of psychiatrists, United Kingdom and Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He has worked as a consultant psychiatrist in the UK and Australia for over 15 years.
Dr Faizal has Royal College accreditation in General Adult and Addictions Psychiatry. His clinical expertise includes disorders such as ADHD, depression, anxiety, psychosis, bipolar disorder, PTSD, alcohol, and drug misuse.
Dr Faizal has experience working with patients experiencing psychiatric sequelae of brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's, Huntington’s, and late stage dementia.
He has published in international journals in areas such as addictions and mood disorders. He is passionate about timely and safe access to care for patients and has been awarded Clinical Excellence awards for patient centred care as a clinical director in the United Kingdom. He moved to Australia in 2015 to work as a clinical Director for a large metro service in Brisbane.
Dr Faizal has Royal College accreditation in General Adult and Addictions Psychiatry. His clinical expertise includes disorders such as ADHD, depression, anxiety, psychosis, bipolar disorder, PTSD, alcohol, and drug misuse.
Dr Faizal has experience working with patients experiencing psychiatric sequelae of brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's, Huntington’s, and late stage dementia.
He has published in international journals in areas such as addictions and mood disorders. He is passionate about timely and safe access to care for patients and has been awarded Clinical Excellence awards for patient centred care as a clinical director in the United Kingdom. He moved to Australia in 2015 to work as a clinical Director for a large metro service in Brisbane.
Dr Vuong has worked in the public, private and academic sector providing care to culturally, ethnically, and socio-economically diverse patient groups across several countries for the past decade. She is dedicated to lifelong professional development through constant learning, research, and teaching. She is an avid researcher and has published in several international journals, book chapters and presented research at international congresses. She completed a PhD in 2022 examining the role of a biomarker in predicting the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiometabolic disease in a large cohort of female rape survivors. In addition, she is an honorary lecturer at the University of New South Wales and provides teaching to medical students. She aims to always combine the best available scientific knowledge with experience and well-honed clinical judgment to deliver personalized care to each patient.
Her clinical areas of expertise and interest include Women’s mental health (pregnancy and postpartum mental illness, premenstrual disorders (PMDD), fertility difficulties, miscarriage grief, perimenopausal mood disorders); Trauma-related disorders (post-traumatic stress disorders), Mood disorders (Depressive and Bipolar disorders), Anxiety, OCD-related disorders and ADHD*.
Dr Vuong provides telehealth consultations to clients 16 years and older. Patients are welcome to bring a support person to their appointments if they wish to.
Languages spoken: English, Afrikaans
Dr Singh is a consultant psychiatrist and completed his psychiatry training in Australia and the United Kingdom.He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych) (UK) and a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP).
Dr Tejpal Singh offers care in the field of general adult and addiction psychiatry. He can see patients online from anywhere in Australia. He can also provide independent expert psychiatric opinion / reports where needed.