Alice and John Bostock Oration - Welcome To New Fellows

Alice and John Bostock Oration - Welcome To New Fellows

This event is the opportunity for the Queensland Branch to provide a warm welcome to our newest Fellows of the College and to also recognise those achieving milestones in Fellowship.

Commencing at 6:30pm

Please register for the event by: 10th November 2025

There is no cost to attend and canapes and refreshments will be provided.

Event information

New Fellows and Fellows reaching 40 and 50 years of Fellowship will have their achievement acknowledged by the local Branch in front of their family, friends and peers when they will be presented and formally acknowledged.

Dr Angelo Virgona will be presenting "The Battle Against Learned Helplessness for Psychiatry, Colleges and Communities"

Dr Angelo Virgona has been a psychiatrist since 1990 and has straddled many clinical and administrative roles across inner city, outer metropolitan, rural, private, public and NGO settings.

He was involved in establishing and/or running public sector services, private psychiatric units, a 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. He has been medical superintendent of Ramsay Clinic Macarthur in Campbelltown since 2013.

Dr Virgona is interested in mental health policy, generally, 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.

He was a Chair of NSW Branch of RANZCP for 6 years, and previously been a member of the Committee for Continuing Professional Development, PPPC and Telehealth Advisory Steering Group.

Dr Virgona was originally elected to the Board in May 2024 and elected to President-Elect in 2025 and will assume the role as President in May 2027

Cancellation Policy:

There is no cancellation policy as this is a free event.
Cancellations must be made no later than the 1st November 2026.
If you are unable to attend please let us know asap.

The health and safety of attendees is our highest priority. The RANZCP requests that if you unwell or have cold or flu like symptoms, or who may have been in contact with someone with COVID-19, do not attend.

Contact

For more information please contact Vicki Willis or Sarah Kereama at the Qld Branch:
Email: ranzcp.qld@ranzcp.org
Phone: 07 3426 2200