Dr Charles Chan
Director, Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Charles Chan has over ten years of experience working in psychiatry. He has previously worked as a consultant psychiatrist in the public sector as a staff specialist psychiatrist with the NSW Justice Health. He has also worked extensively as a VMO Psychiatrist at St John of God Richmond Hospital and St John of God Burwood Hospital since 2014. Dr Chan has also worked as a Consultant Research Psychiatrist at Brain and Mind Research Institute focusing in mood and sleep disorder. Over the years, Dr Chan has involved in teaching medical students at the University of Sydney. He is an accredited supervisor for RANZCP trainees.
Dr Charles Chan is a current committee member of Medical Association Committee at St John of God Burwood Hospital; he is also a committee member of Transmagnetic Stimulation (TMS) Committee at St John of God Burwood Hospital.
He is a member of Australian ADHD Professional Association (AADPA). AADPA is an independent, not-for-profit organisation with a diverse membership of inter-disciplinary professionals across Australia and New Zealand. It is committed to working towards enhanced lifetime outcomes for individuals with ADHD and their families.
Dr Charles Chan has a special interest in the treatment of Mood Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He uses a combination of biological treatments (medications, TMS, ECT) and psychological interventions.
He is an Approved Medical Specialist for NSW Workers Compensation Commission under the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA).
Below are some examples of his work:
Insights – on “Adults ADHD”
Radio Interview: Three-episode series on ADHD, SBS Cantonese Radio Station
Radio Interview: Two-episode series on link between ADHD and criminal behaviour, SBS Cantonese Radio Station
Radio interview: Mental Health Impact Due to COVID Pandemic, SBS Cantonese Radio Station
Panel discussion: Asian-Australian Mental Health Perspectives, Asian Australian Project Fireside Chats
Panel discussion: Asian-Australian Mental Health Perspectives, Asian Australian Project Fireside Chats
Invited Talks
Invited speaker. Optimal management of ADHD. Sponsored by Takeda
February 2021
Invited speaker. Adults with ADHD Support Group.
May 2021
Invited speaker. RANZCP ADHD Network Grand Round Case Presentation
Aug 2021
Invited speaker. Combined symposium presentation. Co-presentators: Prof Dave Coghill, Prof Ed Ogden, Prof Mark Bellgrove and Dr Tony Mastroianni. RANZCP 2022 College Congress
May 2022
Invited speaker. Binge Eating Disorder: when is it too much of a good thing? Chair and presenter to a group of 30 GPs
June 2022
Invited speaker. Story on women with ADHD. The Australian Women’s Weekly.
June 2022
GP Education Series: “TransMagnetic Stimulation on treatment of Major Depression”
Feb 2023, March 2023, May 2023
GP Webinar on Adult ADHD, part of Chris O’Brien Lifehouse CPD series.
Presenting a group of over 100 GPs from Central and Eastern Sydney PHN (CESPHN) and Inner West.
Speaking Engagements/Invited Talks:
- Lecturing on ‘Animal Hoarding’, RSPCA (NSW) annual conference. Oct 2010
- Lecturing on ‘The role of the psychiatrist in euthanasia’, Warrane College. May 2011
- Lecturing on ‘Developing a Research Project’, NSW Institute of Psychiatry. Nov 2013
- Lecturing on GP Education Event at St John of God Richmond Hospital. Oct 2015
- Oral presentation on “Automatism Defense in New South Wales” in 2015 Joint Conference RANZCP Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry RANZCP, ANZAPPL Nov 2015
- GP Dinner Presentation. Invited Speaker. Vortioxetine in treatment of Major Depression. Sponsored by Lundbeck. November 2020