• Gold medalist
for being the topper of the MD Psychiatry
exam held in August, 2005 at NIMHANS, Bangalore
• Silver Jubilee
award recipient from NIMHANS for being the
best out going student in psychiatry in
the year 2005
• Authored a
Review article titled "Alzheimer's
Dementia - An update on the Diagnosis and
Management " published in the September
edition of the Indian Journal of Psychological
Medicine
Working as the Chief
Psychiatrist at VIMHANS Hospital, Vijayawada
currently
His areas of specialization
are:
Deaddiction
Adult psychiatry
Child / Adolescent psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Stress management
Relationship counseling & Psycho-therapy
Research & Professional
Experience :
Original Research on
"Factors associated with alcohol withdrawal
seizures and Delirium Tremens”. Worked
as a Senior Resident at NIMHANS between
September 2005 and October 2006. Was a part
of speciality clinical services like Tobacco
Cessation Clinic, Geriatric Clinic.
• Authored
an article in the NIMHANS Golden jubilee
commemorative volume titled “What
will happen to psychiatry at NIMHANS in
circa 2055 AD? Through the looking glass”
• Authored
a book titled “Good Parents- Good
Children” in Telugu in the year 2007
• Part
of the team which has made:
o Counselor’s manual for Quitting
Tobacco.
o Patient’s Manual for Nicotine Dependent
patients.
• First
author of a paper titled ““DOES
FAMILY HISTORY OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE DETERMINE
THE SEVERITY OF WITHDRAWAL.” presented
at ANCIPS 2006, Mumbai
• Presented
a poster titled “Social Correlates
of Alcohol Use” which was presented
at a Symposium on “Addiction –
Aetiologies to Interventions” held
in November 2004 at NIMHANS, Bangalore,
India.
• First
author of a paper titled “Age at Onset
of Alcohol Dependence: Does It Have a Bearing
on the Severity of Withdrawal?” presented
at IPSOCON 2004, Chennai
• Conducted the
ANCIPS 2007 National UG Quiz Finals at Chennai
in January 2007
• Quiz Master
and Co Anchor of the Annual Psychiatry Quiz
“Mind Benders” held at NIMHANS
in August, 2006.
• Gold medal
for being the best out going student by
Siddhartha public school, Vijayawada in
the year 1994.
• Awarded Gold
medal by Srija Awards Foundation, Vijayawada
for outstanding achievement in the field
of psychiatry (Academics), in the year 2006.
• Conducted
a training programme on Tobacco cessation
interventions to senior level health managers
working in the field of tuberculosis management
conducted at Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute
For Medical Sciences And Technology November
2005, at Trivandrum, India
• Faculty in
the IAPP Mid Term CME 2007, held at Mumbai,
on “psychopathology revisited- Sharpening
Interview Skills”
• Conducted
Workshop on “Diagnosis and management
of Anxiety Disorders” at Coimbatore
in November, 2006
• Conducted
a workshop for Counselors in handling ‘Women
Helplines’.
• Regular Columnist
in many Telugu weeklies and also a regular
and active participant on several channels
on television in connection with mental
health issues.
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