Mental Health Medical
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae
Full name
Abel Thamby
Current address
***, *** * ***** ****, Byrasandra extension, Jayanagar 1st Block East, Bangalore, India, PIN-560011
**********@*****.***
Telephone
Date of birth
9th July 1989
Basic Medical Qualification
Institute / County / Year obtained
MBBS
Government Medical College-Kottayam, Gandhi Nagar, Kottayam District, Kerala, India, PIN-686008
2014
Medical Licensure
Class of registration / restrictions etc.
Permanent Registration No. TCMC-50137
Travancore Cochin medical council, Red Cross Road, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India PIN-695035
No restrictions
Internship
1 year internship
Government Medical College-Kottayam, Gandhi Nagar, Kottayam District, Kerala, India, PIN-686008
January 2013 - January, 2014
Specialist Qualification
Institute / County / Year obtained
Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Psychiatry
National Institute of mental health and neurosciences, Bangalore, India PIN-560029,
2017
Memberships of
Professional organisations
Life Ordinary Member-Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka Chapter
Current position held
Australasia or overseas
Senior Resident
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, PIN-560029
Subsequent work experience as a Specialist after qualifying
Position
From
To
Duration
Institution
Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF)/Academic Senior Resident
1/7/2017
30/6/2018
12 months
NIMHANS
Senior Resident
10/8/2018
Till now
18 months
NIMHANS
Employment history
Postion
Senior Resident (equivalent to Senior Registrar)
Facility
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.
Duration
August 2018 till date (18 months)
Supervisors
Dr. Y C Janardhan Reddy DPM, MD, Professor
Dr. Jaisoorya T S MD, Add Professor
Dr. Shyamsundar A, MD, Add Professor
Dr. Janardhanan C N, MD Associate Professor
I am working as a Senior Resident in Adult Psychiatry Unit 6 during the above mentioned period and my responsibilities included:
Screening of new cases in out patient department and assessment and management of follow up cases
Floor manager of screening OPD, detailed work-up OPD, follow up OPD and assist PDF in OCD clinic
Listening, discussing and explaining to the patient and their relatives about assessment, diagnostic work up, treatment, prognosis of illness and future visits and reviews
Proper maintenance and documentation of files
Handling emergencies during the duty period and supervising Junior Residents during the emergency duty
Providing modified ECT with help of Junior Residents
Mentoring Junior Residents with timely feedback regarding clinical care
Providing training to postgraduates of Psychiatric Social Work and Clinical Psychology, medical students, nurses posted in the unit
Cordinating and teaching residents and trainees during the case conferences, journal clubs, bedside rounds and seminars
Mentoring Junior Residents during above presentations in the departmental programme
Organizing end rotation feedback to Junior Residents in discussion with the Consultants
Cordinating referrals both within and outside the hospitals for both IP and OP patients
Working with a multi-disciplinary team to provide a holistic care comprising of family psychoeducation, disability assessment, family assessment, individual and family therapy, social skills training etc.
Maintenance of in-patient and out-patient records
Conducting clnical audits of treatment services
Cordinating and conducting research activities in areas of interest
Postion
Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF)/Academic Senior Resident
Facility
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.
Duration
July 2017 till June 2018 (12 months)
Supervisors
Dr. Y C Janardhan Reddy DPM, MD, Professor
Dr. Jaisoorya T S MD, Add Professor
Dr. Shyamsundar A, MD, Add Professor
Dr. Janardhanan C N, MD Associate Professor
I was working as Academic Senior Resident in the OCD clinic and Adult Psychiatry Unit 6 and my responsibilities included:
Screening of new cases in out patient department
Floor manager of the OCD clinic
Listening, discussing and explaining to the patient and their relatives about assessment, diagnostic work up, treatment, prognosis of OCD
Proper maintenance and documentation of files
Mentoring Junior Residents with timely feedback regarding clinical care of OCD patients
Providing training to postgraduates of Psychiatric Social Work and Clinical Psychology, medical students, nurses posted in the OCD clinic
Mentoring Junior Residents during above presentations in the departmental programme
Organizing end rotation feedback to Junior Residents in discussion with the Consultants
Cordinating referrals both within and outside the hospitals for both IP and OP patients with regards to OCD patients including peadiatric and geriatric patients
Working with a multi-disciplinary team to provide a holistic care comprising of family psychoeducation, disability assessment, family assessment, individual and family therapy, social skills training etc.
Maintenance of in-patient and out-patient registers of OCD patients
Cordinating and conducting research activities in OCD and related disorders
Cordinating and conducting academic activities realted to OCD in the unit as well as in the department
Conducting as well as supervsing CBT/HRT for patients with OCD and related disorders both on OP and IP basis
Engaging in IEC activities related to OCD and related disorders
Administration of somatic treatments for OCD such as tDCS, rTMS and Ketamine
Evaluation and cordination of Psychosurgery for treatment refractory OCD patients
Postion
MD student/Junior Resident
Facility
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.
Duration
July 2014 to June 2017 (36 months)
Supervisors
Faculty from the Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
During my training as Junior Resident in the department, I had the following responsibilities:
First on call for all emergencies during the ward side and short stay duties
Brief screening of patients during the screening OPD and detailed evaluation of patients in detailed work up OPD as well as in-patient care which included history taking, physical examination, risk assessment, use of structured scales, rational use of psychotropics, psychosocial interventions and education of carers
Administration of ECTs and evaluatin of side effects under the supervision of a Senior Resident/Consultant
Daily assessment of in-patients evaluating for risk to self and others, monitoring of side effects and making documentation of same in files
Apart from clinical rotations, there were following sub-speciality postings-OCD, Schizophrenia and Metabolic clinic, Geriatric clinic, Perinatal clinic, De-addiction clinic, Community psychiatry, CLP, Rehabilitation and Neurology
Participation and presentation of case conferences, journal clubs, seminars and workshops
Imparting individual therapy both on IP and OP basis in discussion with therapy supevisor in addition to clinical rotations of behaviour therapy and family therapy
Dissertation work, which included writing of protocol, ethics committee clearance, data collection, analysis of data, literature search and submission
Research Experience and Publications
Thamby A, Desai G, Mehta UM, Chaturvedi SK. A study on theory of mind and emotional awareness deficits in patients with somatoform disorders. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2019; 41:368-374.
Gowda GS, Thamby A, Basavaraj V, Nataraja R, Kumar CN, Math SB. Prevalence, clinical and legal characteristics of in-patients who abscond during inpatient care from psychiatric hospital. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 2019;41:144-149.
Thamby A, Jaisoorya T. Antipsychotic augmentation in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Indian J Psychiatry. 2019;61:51.
Thamby A, Khanna S. The role of personality disorders in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Indian J Psychiatry. 2019;61:114.
Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of MD Psychiatry:
“A Study on Theory of Mind and Emotional awareness deficits in patients with Somatoform disorders” under the aegis of Prof. Geetha Desai, Dr. Urvakhsh M Mehta and Prof. SK Chaturvedi (Dept. of Psychiatry, NIMHANS)
Projects done as part of Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders:
Drug naïve OCD-a naturalistic follow up study - File-review and data entry of 110 cases completed.
Voxel based morphometry analysis of drug naïve OCD patients-Structural correlates of symptom dimensions of OCD. Image analysis of 220 patients completed.
Projects done as part of Non academic Senior Resident in Unit 6 and OCD:
Clinical Utility of Repeated Intravenous Ketamine Treatment for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Clinical Utility and feasibility of anodal tDCS stimulation of pre-SMA in OCD
Clinical and socio-demographic profile of patients admitted of Bangalore Lunatic asylum before the World War 1
Academic Honours
University 3rd rank for the MBBS course in the year 2012.
Best outgoing student awarded by Dept. of Psychiatry, NIMHANS in the year 2017.
TS Srinivasan Bursary awarded at the 11th International Congress of International Neuropsychiatric Association in the year 2018
Presentations At Conferences
Oral Presentation at the Symposium on Medically unexplained symptoms 2017, Bangalore. A study on Emotional awareness deficits in patients with Somatoform disorders. Thamby A, Desai G, Mehta UM, Chaturvedi SK.
Poster Presentation at the 11th International Congress of International Neuropsychiatric Association (INA) 2018 at Bangalore. A study on Emotional awareness deficits in patients with Somatoform disorders. Thamby A, Desai G, Mehta UM, Chaturvedi SK.
Poster Presentation at the 3rd Global Conference on Biological Psychiatry India 2018 at Mumbai. Grey Matter Correlates of Symptom Dimensions in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Thamby A, Shivakumar V, Jose D, Kaur M, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G, Reddy YC.
Symposium at the 3rd Global Conference on Biological Psychiatry India 2018 at Mumbai. Non-Pharmacological Somatic Treatments in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Jois K, Thamby A, Balachander S, Narayanaswamy JC
Other experiences
Gave two online didactic case presentation as part of the Virtual Knowledge Network (VKN) program at NIMHANS
Was part of the Organizing team: 2nd Symposium on Obsessive Compulsive & Related Disorders. Held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, 28-29th October 2017
Was part of the Organizing team: T.S. Srinivasan–NIMHANS International Neuropsychiatric Association 3rd Congress, 15-17th February 2018
Was part of the Organizing team: World Bipolar Day CME, 14th March 2020.
Was part of Clinical audit for NABH accreditation at NIMHANS (NABH,National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, is a constituent board of Quality Council of India, set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations)
Co-authored a chapter on “Psychological approaches to Technology Addiction” in “JEEVANI”, a counsellor’s manual as part of Government of Kerala’s initiative in College Mental Health Programme.
Guest faculty for Diploma course on “Mental Health care and Counselling” conducted by Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), Chennai, India
Peer reviewer for Kerala Journal of Psychiatry
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