Our Expert

Professional Summary

• Consultant Psychiatrist and academician with over 8 years of post-MD experience in adult psychiatry across high-volume government and tertiary-care teaching hospitals.

• Expertise in adult psychiatry, severe mental illness, mood, anxiety, OCD, personality disorders, substance use disorders, and psychiatric emergencies.

• Specialised in advanced neuromodulation techniques including ECT, TMS, and tDCS.

• Active involvement in medical education (MBBS & MD Psychiatry), research, and multidisciplinary clinical collaboration.

Registration & Licensure

• Punjab Medical Council Registration No.: 44304 (Active)

Core Clinical & Academic Skills

• Adult Psychiatry & Severe Mental Illness Management

• Mood, Anxiety, OCD & Personality Disorders

• Substance Use Disorders & Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) Clinics

• Psychopharmacology & Emergency Psychiatry

• Neuromodulation Procedures: ECT, TMS, tDCS

• Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry

• Teaching, Academic Supervision & Multidisciplinary Care

Clinical Experience

• Assistant Professor – Department of Psychiatry, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences (SRHU), Dehradun, Uttarakhand (March 2024 – February 2026)

- Full-time clinical, academic, and administrative responsibilities.

- Undergraduate (MBBS) and Postgraduate (MD Psychiatry) teaching, seminar moderation, thesis guidance, and bedside clinics.

- Independent management of OPD and IPD psychiatric care.

- Conducted neuromodulation procedures (ECT, TMS, tDCS).

- Managed specialty clinics: Learning Disability, Paediatric Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Deaddiction, and Tobacco Cessation.

• Senior Resident – Psychiatry, Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital, New Delhi (July 2020 – March 2024)

- Independent management of high-volume OPD (100–150 patients/day).

- Supervision of Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) clinic and Juvenile Deaddiction Ward inpatient care.

- Consultation–liaison psychiatry across Medicine, Paediatrics, Surgery, OB-GYN, and Neurosurgery.

• Senior Resident – Psychiatry, Adesh Medical College, Bathinda, Punjab (February 2019 – July 2020)

- OPD and IPD management under consultant supervision, psychiatric emergencies, and inter-departmental referrals.

Education

• MD (Psychiatry) – Guru Gobind Singh Medical College (GGSMCH), Faridkot (BFUHS) (2015 – 2018)

- Trained in high-footfall government medical college (150–200 OPD patients/day, 30-bed psychiatry ward, 20-bed deaddiction ward).

• MBBS – Government Medical College (GMC), Amritsar (BFUHS) (2008 – 2012)

• Compulsory Rotatory Internship – GMC Amritsar (Jan 2013 – Dec 2013)

Professional Memberships

• Indian Psychiatric Society – Life Fellow (Membership No. 1909192025)

• Indian Association of Private Psychiatrists – Life Fellow (Membership No. 01-3185-11)

Publications

• Psychiatric morbidities associated with anabolic steroid abuse in people visiting gymnasiums and health clubs — Delhi Psychiatry Journal

• Effects of tDCS on executive functions in schizophrenia: a sham-controlled study — Delhi Psychiatry Journal

• Psychiatric co-morbidities and quality of life among patients with seizure disorder — Delhi Psychiatry Journal

• Seasonal variations in psychiatric disorders — World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B, C, and HIV in substance dependence — Annals of International Medical and Dental Research

• Neurological soft signs in schizophrenia versus OCD — Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences

Conferences & Workshops

• Participation in national and state-level psychiatry conferences and presentations.

• Workshops on psychotherapy, addiction management, and mental health reforms.

• Basic Course in Medical Education & Curriculum Implementation and Support Programme (CBME).