Dr Sivasankaran Balaratnasingam (Psychiatrist)
- Name
- Dr Sivasankaran Balaratnasingam
- Qualifications
- FRANZCP 2007
- MBBS 1999
- Occupation
- Psychiatrist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Tamil
- Medical Specialties
- Psychiatry
Dr Siva Bala completed his graduate degree in Medicine at the University of Western Australia and became a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) in 2007. He is also an International Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has a certificate of advanced training in Adult Psychiatry and is a member of the Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry of the RANZCP. Dr Bala has worked extensively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and is currently chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Committee of the RANZCP. He has published book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals on Indigenous mental health, intellectual disability and suicide. He has been an advisor to State and Federal Governments and mental health commissions in Indigenous mental health policy and was an Adjunct Associate Professor with the University of Western Australia. He continues to lecture, present at conferences and publish academic papers in the area of Indigenous psychiatry.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Fremantle Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Ramsay Clinic Cairns
Practice Locations
Cairns
- Ramsay Clinic Cairns
- Address
- 253 Sheridan Street
Cairns QLD 4870
Australia
- Phone
- 07 4050 7000
- Fax
- 07 4050 7001
