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Angelo Virgona
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Dr Angelo Virgona
Elected Director
Dr Angelo Virgona has been a psychiatrist since 1990 and has straddled many clinical and administrative roles across settings in a peripatetic career from inner city, outer metropolitan, rural, private, public.
Dr Virgona ran city and rural mental health services and was involved in establishing and running various types of public sector units, two private psychiatric units, Headspace site, and mental health access lines. He has also been in private practice, one way or another (general psychiatry, psychotherapy and medico-legal practice, mainly) since 1990 and a member of various NSW Health committees over the years.
Dr Virgona was a medical superintendent of Ramsay Clinic Macarthur in Campbelltown for 10 years. He is interested in mental health policy, generally. He deplores the current state of mental health funding and service delivery and is interested in exploring innovative models to improve same, including better coordination of the private/public interface. His specific interest is in improving access to psychotherapy services for those with trauma-related disorders.
Dr Virgona is the immediate past Chair of NSW Branch of RANZCP, having served in this role for 6 years, and was a member of the Members Advisory Council and Branch Chairs Forum. He has previously been a member of the Committee for Continuing Professional Development and Telehealth Advisory Steering Group.
Dr Virgona was elected to the Board in May 2024 for a two-year term and can be contacted via angelo.virgona@ranzcp.org.
Dr Angelo Virgona has been a psychiatrist since 1990 and has straddled many clinical and administrative roles across settings in a peripatetic career from inner city, outer metropolitan, rural, private, public.
Dr Virgona ran city and rural mental health services and was involved in establishing and running various types of public sector units, two private psychiatric units, Headspace site, and mental health access lines. He has also been in private practice, one way or another (general psychiatry, psychotherapy and medico-legal practice, mainly) since 1990 and a member of various NSW Health committees over the years.
Dr Virgona was a medical superintendent of Ramsay Clinic Macarthur in Campbelltown for 10 years. He is interested in mental health policy, generally. He deplores the current state of mental health funding and service delivery and is interested in exploring innovative models to improve same, including better coordination of the private/public interface. His specific interest is in improving access to psychotherapy services for those with trauma-related disorders.
Dr Virgona is the immediate past Chair of NSW Branch of RANZCP, having served in this role for 6 years, and was a member of the Members Advisory Council and Branch Chairs Forum. He has previously been a member of the Committee for Continuing Professional Development and Telehealth Advisory Steering Group.
Dr Virgona was elected to the Board in May 2024 for a two-year term and can be contacted via angelo.virgona@ranzcp.org.
