Ros is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and a member of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, RANZCP. She has worked as an old age psychiatrist in Northern Sydney LHD for many years and is a Council Appointed Psychiatrist for the Medical Council, NSW.

Ros completed her psychiatry training in London. She obtained membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) in 2001 and then completed higher training in general, older adult and liaison psychiatry. She was awarded a Master of Science with distinction, in clinical psychiatry.

Ros supervises psychiatry trainees and medical students and is an Honorary Lecturer in psychiatry at Macquarie University.

She is interested in all aspects of psychiatry for older people, mood and anxiety related conditions and neurocognitive disorders.