Dr Warren Ward

Dr. Ward has been Secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) since 2009. He is the Director of the Eating Disorder Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Dr Warren Ward graduated in medicine at the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1987 and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) in 1995, later serving as a member of the Fellowships Board for the RANZCP and as Chair of the RANZCP Committee for Training.

He obtained a Graduate Certificate in Management (Queensland Health) from QUT in 2001. In his current position as Director of the RBWH Eating Disorders Service, he provides leadership of the Qld Eating Disorder Outreach Service which provides state-wide education, training, consultation-liaison, tertiary assessment and treatment services, and advice on state-wide planning and service development for patients with eating disorders. He is also Chair of the Eating Disorders Advisory Group, Qld Health.

Dr Ward regularly provides education and training in the area of eating disorders to physicians, general practitioners, psychiatrists, mental health clinicians, carers and others. He has published several articles in the area of eating disorders with special interest in models of service. He is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders