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To provide greater insight into their multidisciplinary approach, Dr Megan Ogilvie, Endocrinologist, and Dr Roger Mysliwiec, Psychiatrist and Eating Disorders Specialist, have come together for a discussion on patient management and collaborative care.
Drawing on their respective areas of expertise, they explore the complexities of assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing support for individuals with anxiety around food and food choices. Their conversation highlights the importance of shared decision-making, clear communication, and a coordinated approach to care.
This discussion has been developed to give clinicians, patients, and families a better understanding of how an endocrinologist and psychiatrist work together to address both the physical and psychological aspects of eating disorders, with the shared goal of improving health outcomes and supporting long-term recovery.
Dr Megan Ogilvie and Dr Roger Mysliwiec discussing how to help women recovering after eating concerns with a persisting lack of menstrual resumption.
Dr Roger Mysliwiec is an Auckland-based medical specialist with extensive expertise in psychosomatic medicine and eating disorders. Trained in Germany, he has over 35 years of clinical experience across hospital, public sector, and private practice settings. He previously served as Clinical Director of Auckland’s Regional Eating Disorders Service (1999–2014) and has played a key role in developing and strengthening eating disorder services in New Zealand.
He has co-founded in 2015 the New Zealand Eating Disorders Clinic (NZEDC), a specialist outpatient clinic for evidence based treatment of eating disorders.
Roger has for many years endeavoured to integrate the findings of neuroscience into his clinical work. It has helped him to develop a more differentiated understanding of someone’s presenting problems which in his experience patients often find very helpful.
He provides specialist consultations for diagnostic clarifications and to help establish a better understanding what factors might maintain obstacles to increase food intake or reduce exercising for the person. He often finds that a person might not meet criteria for an eating disorder but still presents with symptoms and behaviours around eating and/or exercising that they would like to but struggle to change.
He works closely with ERH Associates providing collaborative integrated care which allows us to provide the best possible support for the individual.