Doctors practicing from Evallies Rooms:

Dr Robert Gillies, OAM

Dr Robert Gillies is a registered Medical Doctor (MBBS Hons) and Psychiatrist (FRANZCP) practicing in Melbourne, Australia. He also holds an Advanced Certificate of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a Master of Psychiatric Medicine, a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, a Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, and several professional certificates in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) assessment and management.

Dr Gillies completed his specialist medical training over a five-year period at the Alfred Hospital. Whilst employed at the Alfred, he was a member of the adult community care team, child and youth mental healthcare teams, inpatient hospital teams, hospital consultation and liaison teams, neurodevelopmental assessment teams, and a number of different Headspace teams. He also provided fly-in psychiatric and medical support to remote Australian hospitals during his training, from time to time.

Since graduating as a specialist, Dr Gillies has worked as an inpatient hospital psychiatrist at The Melbourne Clinic (in Richmond). In this role, Dr Gillies provided inpatient (hospital-based) psychiatric care to people with obsessive compulsive disorder, as well as other psychiatric conditions. Dr Gillies also operates a private psychiatric practice through Evallies Rooms, where he has a special interest in managing ADHD, OCD, autism, anxiety, insomnia, trauma conditions, and some eating conditions (including binge eating disorder). He is not currently accepting referrals for management of addiction conditions, psychotic conditions, forensic issues, major depressive disorders, anorexia or bulimia nervosa, or bipolar affective disorders.

Dr Melissa Chong

MBBS | MPM | FRANZCP | Cert. Child & Adol. Psych.

Dr Melissa Chong is an accredited psychiatrist (Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists). Dr Chong also holds a Master of Psychiatry (MPM) from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Monash University, and a RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Over the past ten years, Dr Chong has worked in a variety of psychiatric and medical roles, across the Alfred Health, Austin Health, Monash Health, and Peninsula Health networks. At these services, she has worked within psychiatric inpatient hospital teams, perinatal and infant teams, child and adolescent teams, outreach and crisis response teams, and neurodevelopmental assessment teams.

Along with experience working in some of Australia's largest and busiest metropolitan health services, Dr Chong has worked extensively with regional health services. Throughout her career, Dr Chong has treated patients and families from a wide range of backgrounds, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Dr Chong has specialist psychiatric training in performing Family Therapy (through The Bouverie Centre and the University of Melbourne's Mindful Centre), which she has applied during her time working with Alfred Health. She is experienced in treating eating disorders using Family Based Therapy (FBT) principles. Furthermore, Dr Chong has undergone extensive training in diagnosing and treating Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), including with the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2).

Dr Chong has special clinical interests in diagnosing and treating anxiety, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders (including ASD and ADHD), eating disorders, and trauma conditions. She provides individual psychotherapy, family therapy and child-focused parent work. Dr Chong does not currently accept referrals for forensic assessments, or for treatment of substance use disorders, psychotic conditions, or bipolar conditions.

Dr Chong's practice is primarily oriented towards children, adolescents and young adults. Referrals over the age of 30 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Evallies Rooms reception staff:

Jerlyn & Sheila

Jerlyn and Sheila are, in many ways, the heart and soul of Evallies Rooms! Our two excellent medical receptionists work tirelessly to bring you compassionate, timely, approachable and responsive secretarial care. Highly educated and with expansive professional backgrounds in running corporate and medical operations, Jerlyn and Sheila will always be delighted to assist you however they can. Their aim is to create an experience for patients that is as positive and productive as can be.

Referring to a doctor practicing at Evallies Rooms:

Please book a “long consult” with your GP. Ask for a referral letter that:

Is addressed to the psychiatrist, or the specific clinician that you wish to see
Includes a detailed overview of your principal issue, symptoms, and request from the psychiatrist
Includes your current medications and any allergies
Includes an overview of your medical / physical health status, with recent blood pressure measurements and any recent investigations
Includes an overview of your past medical, surgical, mental health, family, forensic, social and/or substance use history

Send the referral letter to “referrals@evallies.com.au”

Dr Robert Gillies is currently unavailable

Dr Robert Gillies is not expected to be able to see new patients for general psychiatric care until late 2025. When he is available, he accepts referrals for people aged between 16 to 50 years old. Dr. Gillies has a special interest in treating neurodevelopmental and related conditions (for example: autism, ADHD, tic/Tourette's conditions, OCD, binge eating, insomnia, and anxiety conditions). He is not currently accepting new referrals for patients who require treatment for addiction, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia/bulimia nervosa, or major depressive disorder.

Substance use (or prescribed THC) and ADHD assessments:

Substance misuse / alcohol dependence will render an ADHD assessment inaccurate, compromise treatment, and also pose legal barriers to prescribing ADHD treatment in Victoria. Generally speaking, it is recommended that all substance misuse and alcohol misuse be controlled for a period of at least 12 months prior to your ADHD assessment. If substance misuse, prescribed THC, or alcohol misuse is a current issue for you, please seek support from a drug and alcohol service (and please note that Evallies Rooms does not currently host any drug/alcohol workers).

Located in the Camberwell Junction.

Hawthorn East, Melbourne. Victoria, Australia.

Phone line: available to current patients, from Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm.

In case of an emergency, call 000 or attend the nearest public hospital to access a 24/hour psychiatric emergency service. Providers with Evallies Rooms are unable to offer emergency advice or consultations. Crisis telephone based services are available at the following website http://www3.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealthservices/. If you require non-urgent medical care in between scheduled appointments or during hours in which the reception desk is closed, please visit your GP to discuss.

The Evallies phone line is closed on Australian/Victorian public holidays, after business hours (listed above), and from December 25th to January 1st inclusive. When contacting the reception desk for any matter, please note that e-mail is not the preferred method for contact as it may not be monitored and emails may not be received. Email is sometimes insecure causing privacy breaches of sensitive healthcare information, and responses may be delayed. Therefore, please instead communicate clinical information via the phone during business hours or during scheduled medical reviews. If you require non-urgent care outside of trading hours, seek consultation with your GP.