DANIEL RITISH PAUL KAVATI

adgnoi@r.postjobfree.com +918********* Bengaluru, KA 560002

Indian DOB: 19.01.1988 DHA Dataflow report in progress: DHA24920200093796751 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Diagnose disease causes, symptoms, and likely progression based on patient histories, examinations, and diagnostic testing. Diligent about addressing every need with a conscientious and detail-oriented approach. Offering 4+ years of experience in treating the patient with mental health concerns along with teaching and research experience.

SKILLS

Patient Assessment

Diagnostic test interpretation

Care plan creation

Medication Administration

Patient education

Process improvement

Team management

Research program planning

Method validation

Data Analysis and interpretation

Scientific documentation

WORK HISTORY

Dec 2019 - Current

Senior Resident

Dept. of Psychiatry

- Bangalore,

Karnataka

Currently working as Senior Resident in Karnataka Telemedicine Mentoring and Monitoring Program (KTM) - (Community program) which is a Government of Karnataka undertaken project collaborated with the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS) - Bangalore alongside General adult Psychiatric care in Department of psychiatry.

My role as Tele-Psychiatrist

Providing real-time teleconsultations to psychiatric patients across the country by collaborating with their family members or with the nominated representatives

Onsite and virtual training and educational outreach on mental health concerns to the Primary care doctors, community psychiatric nursing staff, clinical psychologists, case managers, and other auxiliary staff in identifying and managing the psychiatric patients within the community or at the level of the primary care setup

Virtual psychiatric classes for undergraduate students across 50 medical colleges in the country under the National Medical College Network Program

Conducting IEC activities at various schools and colleges, Gatekeeper training for identifying of subjects high risk for suicide and providing them psychological first aid, conducting seminars as a speaker at various places for the handling of stress at the workplace and handling of domestic violence along with safety measures to be taken As a Senior resident within the campus

Provision of Direct Clinical inpatient and outpatient clinical care to patients

Completing comprehensive and ongoing mental health assessments, diagnostic evaluation, acquiring previous treatment details by reviewing medical records and a detailed physical examination

Integrating findings from the history and physical examinations into reasonably ordering and executing diagnostic tests and analyzing diagnostic images to further investigate patient conditions

Preparing the diagnostic formulation and treatment plans

Discuss patient condition and available treatment with family members guardians, parents, or significant others

Consultation liaison with inter departments in treating comorbid mental health concerns and referring the patients who require medical consultation

Provision of holistic care to the patients by collaborating with other members of the mental health care, such as a clinical psychologist, psychiatric social workers, rehabilitation team, and nursing staff

Detailing about prescription medications, side effects, and possible adverse reactions to keep patients and family members or significant other informed and alert of potential issues

Adapted to use basic conversational skills to improve service of immigrant patients

Anticipating patients' needs, conducting discharge planning and creating individualized disease management and prevention plans, including patient self-management, behavior change, and assist in the provision of continuity of care

Attending emergency psychiatric services includes substance intoxication, withdrawal, delirium, acute psychosis, suicidal, Catatonia, and Mania

Providing clinical care by using non-invasive brain stimulation techniques like ECT

(electroconvulsive therapy), rTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation), and tDCS (Transcranial direct current stimulation) based on the indication and consent of the patient or nominated representative

Functions as a member of the Clinical Care Team to achieve patient outcomes within established parameters, through the development, communication, and the implementation of the plan of care

Teaching and supervision of the junior colleagues, social workers psychologists, and other team members

Research activities in Telemedicine, Public Health, and Bipolar Disorder.

Conceptualizing the study, drafting the protocol, data collection, statistical data analysis and interpretation, and drafting of the manuscript.

Staying abreast of advances in treatments, emerging pharmaceutical applications, and new diagnostic tools for application in psychiatric medicine Aug 2019 - Nov 2019

Non-Academic

Junior Resident

Dept. of Psychiatry

- Bangalore,

Karnataka

During these 4 months, I was trained in the specialty OCD clinic under Dr. Y.C. Janardhan Reddy and was responsible for the clinical care of OCD patients.

My work also involved pharmacological and psychological interventions for OCD patients, primarily CBT.

Besides, involved in various clinical and research work related to bipolar disorder.

Maintained excellent attendance record and consistently arriving to work on time Jul 2016 - Jul

2019

Junior Resident

NIMHANS -

Bangalore,

Karnataka

Involved in outpatient and inpatient clinical care in general adult psychiatry units for 18 months

Attended patient and clinical teaching rounds ready to contribute and advance knowledge

Learned to evaluate the patient by the detailed history taking along with collaborating the information, use the screening, diagnostic and symptom severity rating scales, thorough physical examination

Discuss and communicate the differential diagnosis with senior colleagues and formulating the treatment plans

Specialized training for 18 months, involves rotation in the following areas: Consultation liaison psychiatry (General hospital, Specialized chest clinic, Psychiatric oncology, and clinic for Metabolic disorders), Neurology includes both inpatient and emergency, Addiction medicine, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Community psychiatry and rehabilitation, Geriatric psychiatry, Emergency psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry

Psychotherapy: Completed more than 180 hours of individual therapy based on CBT, Interpersonal therapy, family therapy, motivational enhancement therapy, Psychological first aid, and Sex therapy under the supervision

Training in non-invasive brain stimulation therapies includes Electroconvulsive therapy, rTMS, and tdCS.

Aug 2013 - Jun

2016

medical officer

Rajyalakshmi

Hospital

As a medical officer in Rajyalakshmi hospital under Dr. Suryadevara Uma Mohan M.S

(Gen), F.I.A.G.E.S., and Dr. Nirupuma M.B.B.S, C.Diab, Dip Diab.

My work involves attending critical care, outpatient and inpatient clinical services

Attending minor surgical procedures, normal labor, pre-operation, and post-operation patient care, and assist in surgeries

Improved patient outcomes and delivery of care through improving clinical quality processes

EDUCATION

Mar 2012 - M.B.B.S. Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery Rangaraya Medical College Kakinada (http://rmckakinada.com/) Rangaraya Medical College is one of the old and premier Government Medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh. It was established in 1958 and is in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is affiliated to Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences. Andhra Pradesh (http://ntruhs.ap.nic.in/index.html) Nov 2019 - M.D Psychiatry

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bangalore The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences is a premier medical institution in Bengaluru, India. NIMHANS is the apex center for mental health and neuroscience education in the country. It is an Institute of National Importance that operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Website: https://nimhans.ac.in/

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

As part of my MD thesis, I worked on evaluating the biomarkers in bipolar disorder and psychosis. During this time I was mentored and trained by – Dr. Muralidharan K (Professor and Medical Superintendent NIMHANS) who has been trained at the Mood Disorders Centre for Excellence in Vancouver, Canada, and Co-guide Dr. Venkatasubramanian G (Professor of Psychiatry) who are great teachers and also well-known researchers internationally in the field of Psychiatry mainly bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia. Following the completion of my MD, I continued to work in the field of Bipolar Disorder and biomarkers.

Title: “Oculomotor Abnormalities as a Potential Endophenotype for Bipolar I Disorder: An Eye- Tracking Study of Saccades and Smooth Pursuit”

Description: This study main hypothesis is to test whether the oculomotor abnormalities are present in Bipolar disorder patients and first-degree relatives compared to healthy individuals

If so, is there any role of such abnormalities as endophenotype markers

The main implication of this study is to find non-invasive biomarkers for bipolar disorder which can be utilized at routine clinics

Research interests

Examining the neurobiological markers and endophenotypes in patients who are in the early course of bipolar and comparing them with subjects at high-risk for developing psychosis and bipolar disorder

Elucidating biomarkers for Bipolar and Schizophrenia

Examining bio-signatures predicting the medication response

Examining the neurobiological markers and endophenotypes in subjects at high-risk for developing psychosis and bipolar disorder

Identifying the mental health concern in the community

Research on developing innovative methods for bridging the mental health gap in the community. Technical skills

Well versed in using windows and mac operating systems

Able to use Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), MAT Lab, and LAB view software for data acquisition

Able to use MS Word, PowerPoint, and excel for medical demonstrations and Publications Publications

Addressing the mental health concerns of migrant workers during the covid19 pandemic: An experiential account https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764020937736

Karnataka Telemedicine Mentoring and Monitoring Program for complete integration of psychiatry in general health care. [Accepted in the Indian journal of psychiatry].

Mental health concerns in quarantined international air passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic – an experiential account https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32877856/

Investigating oculomotor abnormalities and aberrant neuro-developmental markers as a composite endophenotype for bipolar I disorder. [Under review Bipolar Disorder Journal] Book chapters

A chapter on concepts of suicide in the book titled "Handbook on Suicide Prevention: A Practical Guide for Front Line Workers and Volunteers"

A chapter on severe mental disorders in the book titled “Operational guidelines (OG) for MNS disorders (Mental Health, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India (MOHFW)

A chapter on community-based rehabilitation in a book titled “ Community lecture series module” 2nd edition

Poster Presentations

Comparison of symptom severity among women in first-episode psychosis in the postpartum period to those who have a relapse of pre-existing mental illness” in International Marce Society Biennial Scientific Meeting on 26th - 28th September 2018 held at NIMHANS Bengaluru, India.

Comparison of MPAs and NSS across first-episode mania, high-risk individual and healthy controls as endophenotype” in World Bipolar Day 2018 CME organized by NIMHANS & SBDI in Bengaluru.

Predictive pursuit abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia.” in 14th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry on 2nd - 6th June 2019 in Vancouver, Canada.

Investigating oculomotor abnormalities and aberrant neuro-developmental markers as a composite endophenotype for bipolar I disorder.” in the International Society of bipolar disorders conference, 2020 held on 18th -21th June 2020.

AFFILIATIONS

Member of the International Society for Bipolar Disorder (ISBD).

Member of International Society for Sports Psychiatry (ISSP).

Member of Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS).

Member of Indian Psychiatric Society-Karnataka Chapter (IPSKC). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/AWARDS

Awards: Winner of Samuel Gershon Junior investigator award for the year 2020 by a young investigator at the International Society of Bipolar Disorder Chicago -2020. https://www.isbd.org/award-winners-samuel-gershon-junior-investigator-award HOBBY: TENNIS

I love playing tennis, helps me to keep fit, for socialization and spend some quality time also way help me in handling stress

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