Total years of experience :36 years, 1 Months
Telepsychiatrist working with outpatient facilities In the United States. Currently on outpatient telepsychiatry assignments in Washington and Illinois.
Worked on the inpatient psychiatry rehabilitation unit for a total of 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
Psychiatrist at Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan. Working in multispecialty group practice in the outpatient and inpatient departments. Also providing consultation liaison service on the medical/surgical floors.
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Working in multispecialty group practice in the outpatient and inpatient departments. Also providing consultation liaison service on the medical/surgical floors. While at this location I pioneered I/V ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression, OCD, acute suicidal emergencies and posttraumatic stress disorder.
psychiatrist at the ‘Mental Health Clinic’, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Seeing mental health clients in the outpatient clinic for initial evaluations and follow-ups along with medication adjustments. Also performed psychological and marital counseling twice a week in extended sessions. I was also accepting new referrals from primary care physicians and specialists.
, Karachi, Pakistan as a consultant psychiatrist. South City Hospital has a reputation of being one of the best private hospitals in the city providing top-notch care. Worked 8-9 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. I also did home visits for severely ill clients.
psychiatrist at the ‘Mental Health Clinic’, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Seeing mental health clients in the outpatient clinic for initial evaluations and follow-ups along with medication adjustments. Also performed psychological and marital counseling twice a week in extended sessions. I was also accepting new referrals from primary care physicians and specialists.
in Singapore, seeing clients in the outpatient clinic for initial evaluations and follow-ups along with medication adjustments. Also prepared forensic reports for clients involved with the legal system while working 8 hours a day, 6 days a week.
Psychiatrist at Institute of Mental Health in Singapore; a 2, 000-bed psychiatric hospital consisting of both inpatient wards and outpatient mental health clinics. Worked on the inpatient ward in the morning and outpatient clinic in the afternoon. Supervised medical and nursing students, resident medical officers and trainees in psychiatry. Prepared forensic reports for the criminal justice system, Department of Education and child welfare department. Presented cases on grand rounds once a month and attended them once a week. Worked an average of 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. While at this facility My Ward was declared the best acute care ward with the lowest readmission rate and also the lowest rate of sentinel events. I received an award for the best clinical teacher as well.
Worked as a locum tenens psychiatrist in a wide variety of clinical settings in the USA. These included the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and the US department of Defense, forensic facilities, community and state hospitals. As a result, I accumulated a wealth of clinical experience which widened and improved the scope of my clinical practice. It also allowed me to travel and visit different places while keeping a very flexible schedule.
South Auckland Health, Auckland, New Zealand. Worked primarily on an inpatient psychiatry ward and responsible for 15 to 25 patients. Provided clinical teaching to medical students and residents on a very busy service.
Psychiatrist at the outpatient clinic in the Department of Psychiatry at Auckland Healthcare, Auckland, New Zealand. Provided clinical teaching to medical students and residents. Saw average of 14 patients a day, 5 days a week in an 8-hour workday.
Perform duties in both inpatient ward and outpatient clinic. Saw 6 patients on the ward in the morning and about 8 in the clinic in the afternoons 5 days a week in an 8-hour workday.
in the Department of Psychiatry at Veterans Affairs Medical Regional Office Center, Togus, Maine, USA. Performed mental health evaluations and substance abuse treatment for US war veterans. Saw average of 12 patients a day, 5 days a week in an 8-hour workday.
Worked primarily on inpatient wards; for general psychiatric as well as forensic clients. Saw average of 12 patients a day 5 days a week. While at this facility I was also the director of a forensic unit.
Residency Training in the USA
Rotations included general adult psychiatry, child psychiatry, consultation liaison service, inpatient wards and outpatient clinics, substance abuse, forensic and geriatric psychiatry. Regularly presented cases to supervisors for guidance in psychotherapy and counseling to patients. Also did a 2-months neurology rotation and a 3-months rotation in the psychiatric emergency room.
Interrupted internship/training due to family related issues
Residency Training in Pakistan
All the hospitals listed below are/were major teaching affiliates of Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
in Family Medicine at an outpatient clinic.
Postgraduate certification in Psychiatry
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