M D Mental Health
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CURRICULUM VITAE
SAMSON G. VIMALANANDA, M.D.
Glen Arm, Maryland 21057
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CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A.
EDUCATION:
*/**-*/** ********* Medical College
Vellore, India
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
1/72 - 12/72 Rotating Internship
Christian Medical College - M.D.
Vellore, India
1/73 - 12/73 Emergency Room Medical Officer
Baptist Mission Hospital
Ramapatnam
Andhra Pradesh, India
1/74 - 10/74 Demonstrator
Clinical Pathology and Haematology
Christian Medical College and Hospital
Vellore, India
RESIDENCY TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRY:
1/75 - 12/77 Spring Grove Hospital
(Affiliated with University of Maryland)
Baltimore, Maryland
LICENSURE: ECFMG - 1974
Licensed in State of Maryland, #D20239
Licensed in State of Minnesota, #63993
CERTIFICATION:
10/84 Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP: Member, American Psychiatric Association
Member, Maryland Psychiatric Society
CONSULTANTSHIPS:
1/78 - 12/78 Baltimore County Mental Health Center
Baltimore, Maryland
6/87 – 6/89 Emergency Psychiatric Associates
Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Mercy Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
6/89 - 6/91 Member, Peer Review Committee
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
CLINICAL POSITIONS:
1/78 - 6/80 Service Chief, Spring Grove Hospital Center
(Affiliated with the University of Maryland) Baltimore, Maryland
Managed an acute inpatient ward with affective disorders, schizophrenia and substance abuse disorders.
7/80 - 6/92 Staff Psychiatrist, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, Maryland
Provided inpatient and outpatient care in collaboration with physicians, psychologists, LICSWs, psychiatric nurses, and other professionals, in addition to providing intensive individual psychotherapy for 8 inpatients.
9/92 - 6/93 Director of Psychiatry, Fallston General Hospital, Fallston, Maryland
Developed a 10-bed medical-geropsychiatric inpatient service.
7/93 - 12/94 Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Fallston General Hospital, Fallston, Maryland
Managed a 24-bed acute inpatient ward, supervised a psychiatrist, psychologist and 4 LICSWs in addition to an outpatient program with 15-20 follow-ups and 4-5 comprehensive evaluations.
1/95 - 5/95 Senior Psychiatrist-Service Chief, Sheppard Pratt Psychiatric Service, Fallston General Hospital, Fallston, Maryland
Managed a 22-bed acute inpatient ward, supervised 2 PhD psychologists and 4 LICSWs.
5/95 - 5/04 Consultant-Associate Psychiatrist, Greenspring-Magellan Health System, Towson, Maryland
Provided adult and geriatric psychiatric care for 25+ outpatients daily.
6/04 - 6/18 Consultant Psychiatrist-Psych Associates of Maryland, Towson, Maryland
Provided adult and geriatric psychiatric care for 30+ outpatients daily.
7/18 - 11/18 Attending Psychiatrist
Essentia Health at St. Mary’s Hospital
Duluth, Minnesota
Provided acute psychiatric care to for 12 patients in a busy 36-bed ward.
12/18 - 3/19 Vacation by choice
4/19 - 6/19 Attending Psychiatrist
Essentia Health, Duluth Minnesota
Acute inpatient care for 12 adults.
7/19 - 8/19 Vacation by choice
9/19 - 11/19 Attending Psychiatrist at Beth Israel Hospital,
Newark, New Jersey
Acute inpatient care for 12 adults.
12/19 - 12/20 Attending Psychiatrist at Sheppard Pratt Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland
Acute care for 12 adults at The Center for Eating Disorders.
1/21 - 3/21 Vacation by choice
4/21 - 12/21 Attending Psychiatrist at Westborough Behavioral Health Hospital, Westborough, Massachusetts
Acute inpatient care for 12 adults.
3/22 - 8/22 Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Hackensack Meridian Coastal New Jersey
Acute inpatient care for 12 adults.
Supervision: Psychiatry residents/ outpatient care.
9-22 - present Outpatient Psychiatrist at Lifestance,
Baltimore, Maryland
EXPERIENCE AND SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Acute and Long-Term Management of Affective Disorders
Adult Acute Psychiatric Care
Intensive Individual Psychotherapy of Borderline Personality Disorder
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Geropsychiatry
PAPERS PRESENTED (IN-SERVICE):
Subaffective Disorders and Borderline Personality Disorders.
Management of Violent Patients in an Acute Psychiatric Ward.
Self-destructive Behaviors in Character Disordered Patients - Psychodynamics and Management.
Suicidal Behaviors in Psychiatric Patients - General Outlines, Risk Factors, Dynamics, Assessment and Management.
Hope versus Despair - Views from a Religious Perspective: Seminar for Pastoral Students.
Comparative Treatment of Depression - Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy.
Treatment-Resistant Depression - Reflection of Inadequate and Improper Treatment.
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