I am a Specialist Physician of Rehabilitation Medicine. I am passionate about self-care & human mastery as a means to optimal health & wellbeing. I aim to support other doctors & my patients to achieve their holistic health goals & live full & meaningful lives despite their circumstance. Please see my LinkedIn profile or contact me here for further details on my clinical work.
– Dr Susannah Ward
ABOUT DR WARD
Dr Susannah Ward qualified as a rehabilitation physician in 2018 with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation medicine (AFRM) Basmajian Award for best fellowship clinical exam performance. She has over 18 years of experience working in public and private hospitals across Australia. She has diverse clinical experience in general medical and surgical care, palliative care, geriatrics, and rehabilitation. She has rehabilitation experience working in brain injury, spinal cord injury, chronic pain, geriatrics, palliative care, orthopaedic rehabilitation, stroke, amputation and general rehabilitation. She has private clinics at The Wellness Place Blacksmiths. She also offers telehealth appointments and home visits. She has a special interest in acquired brain injury. She has an expert understanding of the behavioural, psychological and social challenges faced by people & the impact of environment, upbringing & social determinants of health.
Dr Ward is passionate about holistic health and lifestyle, behavioural and psychological rehabilitation. She likes incorporating evidence-based wellness tools like mindfulness, healthy eating, exercise and social/lifestyle prescription into her goal-directed and patient-centred care. She promotes the key message that living with illness or injury need not be a barrier to feeling well or living life to the full. Dr Ward’s therapeutic emphasis is to support a client to self-compassionately accept themselves and acquire self-mastery skills to maximise their functional ability and quality of life. She aims to help empower clients to independently self-care and optimally manage their circumstance using wellness tools and adopting a healthy lifestyle.
Dr Ward has always advocated for health professional well-being and a more supportive and nurturing medical culture that facilitates well-being and sustainable careers. She is chair of the RACP Member Health & Wellbeing Committee and chair of the Wellbeing Advocates initiative. She enjoys professional writing & research on topics related to doctor well-being having piloted mindfulness and wellness sessions at hospitals.
Dr Ward founded Ataraxia Collective in 2018 as a creative adjunct to her clinical practice. She hosts retreats and workshops that showcase powerful holistic tools like mindfulness and yoga. She also hosts doctor well-being and CPD retreats.
Dr Ward’s first self-care book, Mastering Real Wellness, is available to purchase on Amazon.
Dr Ward is passionate about holistic health and well-being. She supports the Committee for the not-for-profit charity Mood Active, which provides supported exercise classes to vulnerable people to promote exercise for mental health care.
Dr Susannah Ward
Physician Rehabilitation Medicine
Chair Member Health & Wellbeing Committee, RACP
BMed Sci(hons) MBBS(hons) FAFRM(RACP) RYT200
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