AREAS OF EXPERTISE:         

General Adult Psychiatry
Addiction Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry

HOSPITAL AFFILITATIONS:

Orlando Regional Healthcare System (all campuses)
Florida Hospital, Orlando (all campuses)

LICENSURE:   

Florida License (by examination, 1979)

BOARD CERTIFCATIONS:     

American Board of Medical Specialties: Certified in General Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry.

• Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (by examination in 1984)
• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certification in Addiction Psychiatry (by examination in 1993 and 2003)
• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Certification in Forensic Psychiatry (by examination in 1996 and 2005)

APA STATUS:
 
Member of the American Psychiatric Association since 1980

Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (F.A.P.A.) since 1993.

Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (D.F.A.P.A.) since 2003. (The Distinguished Fellow title is an honor bestowed on a select group of psychiatrists by the American Psychiatric Association for their significant contributions to the field of psychiatry.)

CITIZENSHIP:

United States of America

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

St. John's Medical College
Bangalore, India (1963-1969)

YEAR OF GRADUATION: 1969

ECFMG: Certified in 1973

PSYCHIATRY EXPERIENCE:

1.         Chairman
            Department of Psychiatry Florida Hospital, Orlando (all campuses)
            Orlando, FL 32803
            January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2001

2.         Private Practice
            Psychiatry
            Orlando, Fl 32804
            March 12, 1999 -Present

3.         Attending Psychiatrist
            Florida Hospital
            Orlando, FL 32803
            April 1994 - Present

4.         Acting Medical Director
            Florida Hospital Center for Behavioral Health
            Orlando, FL 32803
            October 1996 - January 1998

            (Acting Medical Director of Central Florida's largest private psychiatry program with inpatient, out patient,
             partial hospital, substance abuse and C/L services)

5.         Medical Director
            Intensive Treatment Unit Florida Hospital Center for Behavioral Health
            Orlando, FL 32803
            May 1, 1995 -September 4, 1998
 
          (Medical Director of a 24-bed acute inpatient unit in a general teaching hospital)

6.         Staff Psychiatrist
            Florida Hospital Center for Psychiatry
            Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
            April 1994 - April 1995

7.         Preceptor in Psychiatry
            Family Practice Residency Program
            Florida Hospital, Orlando (1984-1998)

            (Gave didactic presentations to Family Practice residents and supervised their psychiatric rotations.)

8.         Chief of Psychiatry
            Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic
            Orlando, FL
            July 1986 - May 1994

9.         Private Practice Psychiatry 
            Orlando, Florida
            August 23, 1982 to July 27, 1986
 
            (Hospital Affiliations: Florida Hospital -Orlando and Altamonte; Orlando Regional Medical Center;
            Humana Lucerne Hospital, Orlando; West Lake Hospital, Longwood; Princeton Hospital, Orlando;
            West Orange Memorial, Winter Garden)

10.        Staff Psychiatrist 
             Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic
             Orlando, Florida 32806
             November 13, 1979 to February 29, 1984

11.        Consulting Psychiatrist
             Mental Health Services of Orange County
             Beth Johnson Community Mental Health Center
             2804 Belcoe Drive, Orlando, Florida 32808
             1984 to 1986

12.        Staff Psychiatrist & Associate Director of Psychiatric Residency Training
             Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
             Dayton, Ohio
             January 20, 1979 to October 26, 1979

             (As a staff psychiatrist, supervised a multidisciplinary treatment team and psychiatric 
             residents. As the Associate Director of Psychiatric Residency Training, coordinated the
             teaching activities of psychiatric residents.)

13.        Staff Psychiatrist
             Norwich Hospital
             Norwich, Connecticut
             July 1978 to January 1979

             (Responsibilities included clinical and administrative management of a 20 bed,
             acute psychiatric unit and supervision of psychiatric residents assigned to this unit.)

14.        Chief Resident, Psychiatry
             Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center Brooklyn, New York.
             Affiliated with State University of New York
             Health Science Center at brooklyn.
             July 1977 to June 1978

15.        Resident, Psychiatry
             Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center Brooklyn, New York.
             Affiliated with State University of New York
             Health Science Center at Brooklyn. 
             July 1975 to June 1977

16.        Resident, Psychiatry
             Norwich Hospital, Norwich, Connecticut
             July 1974 to June 1975

17.        House Officer, Psychiatry
             St. Ann's Hospital, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
             May 1971 to June 1974
             (Training program accredited by the Royal College of
              Psychiatrists of the United Kingdom)

18.        House Officer, Psychiatry 
             St. John's Medical College Hospital,
             Bangalore, India
             August 1970 to April 1971

19.        Medical Intern (Rotating) 
             St. John's Medical College Hospital,
             Bangalore, India
             August 1969 to August 1970