Mental Health Medical

Diwakar Sharma MD

Consultant Psychiatrist

New Delhi, INDIA

*******.**@*****.*** – 999-***-****

OBJECTIVE

To concoct as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the capacity of patient care and academic pursuit. Also to keep abreast of recent drugs, concepts, techniques & methods coming regularly in the psychiatric care arena and to use the best to improve the quality of life of patients

Willing to relocate: Anywhere

WORK EXPERIENCE

Consultant psychiatrist at The Mind Tree clinic (Garg Psychiatry clinic) - New Delhi, Delhi - August 2015 to Present

Working as a Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist helping people suffering from mental health and substance use related illnesses.

Associated with several deaddiction and rehabilitation centres in South Delhi.

Working as specialist on various online platforms (DocsApp, Practo Consult, etc) to provide mental health care and teleconsultation using Tele-medicine tools

Global Psychiatric Consultant at Sovereign Health India Pvt Ltd - Gurgaon, Haryana - April 2016 to September 2017

Performing the Bio-Psycho-Social (BPS) assessment (including thorough Clinical evaluation, Formulation of Diagnosis and Management plan) following the admission of the patient in various facilities spread across USA using Secure Video.

Screen direct hospital admission assessments and review potential admissions based upon the Medical necessity criteria to direct them to the appropriate level of care as per American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Determine admission decision based upon Mental Health and Substance Abuse level of care, Admission criteria and Insurance Medical Criteria prevalent in United States.

Collaborate with the Utilization Review team by calling Insurance companies with initial pre-certification for authorization for insurance paid treatment.

Thorough and timely Clinical Reviews and Assessment of the patient in terms of the over-all Improvement.

Assisting various departments (Intake, Content writing, UR, CQA) by providing timely Medical inputs for improving services across the organization.

Point of contact in case of any help/concern/ medical queries related to the Psychiatric disorders and Substance Abuse which includes suggesting the tentative plan of management.

Providing professional opinion regarding medical queries related to on boarding process of patients.

Suggesting and helping in improving the Academic Curriculum.

Senior Resident in Dept of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - August 2014 to July 2015

Conducted regular OPDs and supervised management of Inpatient services of the hospital.

Attended to Psychiatric emergencies round the clock.

Responsible for teaching Undergraduate and Post graduate student on regular basis.

Presentation for clinical debate and discussion for faculty and students.

Attending and presenting in workshops, symposium and poster presentation at National and regional conferences.

Conducting and assisting in clinical research and publications

EDUCATION

Doctor Of Medicine (MD) in Psychiatry (2011 to 2014)

King George's Medical University, Lucknow - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Medicine (2005 to 2010)

King George's Medical University, Lucknow - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

AWARDS

Certificate of Honor

March 2010 - Awarded Certificate of Honour in the subjects of Microbiology, Pharmacology, ENT, Surgery, & Obs/Gyn during the academic course of MBBS

2016 – Awarded an award for social work in mental health by Uday Bharat Foundation, India

PUBLICATIONS

Sharma D, Kar SK. Recent advances in pharmacological management of substance use disorders. International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology & Neurological Diseases 2015;5:118-27

Gupta B, Yadav S, Dhanasekaran S, Sharma D, Kar S; The ongoing Debate: Is the DSM-5 a step towards better psychiatric practice? In Indian Journal Of Behavioural Sciences

Kar S K, Sharma D. Adverse effects of addictive substances: Focus on sexual life. Indian Institute of Sexology Bhubaneswar May 2015.

PRESENTATIONS

Symposium : ‘Recent Updates In Non-Pharmacological Management Of Anxiety Disorders’ presented at Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society (ANCIPS) 2015 held in Hyderabad

‘Presentation of hurler syndrome in two biological siblings in a mental health clinic’ poster presented at Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society (ANCIPS) 2015 held in Hyderabad

‘A case report of anorexia nervosa : diagnostic difficulties in Indian scene’ poster presented at Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society (ANCIPS) 2015 held in Hyderabad

‘A study of relaxation therapy in generalized anxiety disorder’ poster presented at the Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatry Society ANCIPS 2014 held in Pune

PARTICIPATION

Workshops on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in 2011, 2012 & 2013

TYSA (Torrent Young Scholar Award) Psychiatry- Zonal Round (North Zone) 2013

Indo-US Symposium on impact of early Life Adversity on Developing Brain 2013

Workshops on CBT, Family Therapy, rTMS etc in Dept. of Psychiatry, KGMU, Lucknow 2014

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

o67th Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society-2015, Hyderabad

o66th Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society-2014, Pune

o34th Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society- Central Zone- 2012, Agra

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SKILLS

• Good analytical, deductive and reasoning skills in evaluating a patient's statements

• Good oral and written communication skills

• Good interpersonal skills.

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