SHAHID INSAF, M.D., DABPN

 

SUMMARY:         ·      Board Certified M.D with significant experience in inpatient and outpatient Clinical  Psychiatry.

                              ·     Comprehensive & integrated understanding of Biological & Psychodynamic Psychiatry.

                              ·     Excellent administrative skills demonstrated as Chief Resident, Administrative Resident and various Directorship positions.

 

EXPERIENCE:

11/09 to Present   Medical Director and Psychiatrist, EmoLogic Clinic, Branson, MO.

·        Provide outpatient services, comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and follow-up appointments.

·       Provide specialized services such as Vagus Nerve stimulation for refractory depression, Brain SPECT facilitated treatment & Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

·        Supervise and collaborate with an adult psychiatric mental health nurse provider.

 

9/07 to 11/09         Director of ECT Services and Director of Depression Clinic, St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, MO.

·        Provide educational seminars and lectures on ECT to staff and Peers.

·        Responsible for increasing awareness of ECT in the general public with television appearances and other means.

·        Manage patients referred to the depression clinic.

·        Meet with Family Practice physicians to increase awareness of depression clinic.

·        Training nursing staff for depression clinic.

 

11/05 to 11/09       Staff Psychiatrist, St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, MO.

·        Provide inpatient & outpatient services.

·         Present in-service lectures, actively participated in various committees.

·        Evaluate and schedule appropriate patients for ECT.

·        Provide ECT services at the Marion Center.

·        Provide VNS therapy to appropriate patients.

·        Utilize functional neuroimaging (Brain SPECT) to diagnose and treat complicated conditions

 

2/04-11/05             Medical Director, Area Mental Health Ctr. & St. Catherine’s Hosp., Garden City, KS.

·        Extensive Clinical and Administrative responsibilities.

·        Prepared schedules for inpatient and outpatient assignments.

·        Responsible for supervision, training & evaluation of Staff Psychiatrists, ARNPs, nurses & other staff.

·        Actively participated in policy-making committees.

·        Pioneered ECT services at St. Catherine’s hospital.

·        Developed educational training programs for RNs.

               

1/02-2/04               Staff Psychiatrist, Area Mental Health Ctr. & St. Catherine’s Hosp., Garden City, KS.

·        Provided inpatient and outpatient services in a Community Mental Health Center.

·        Supervised and trained nurses, ARNPs and other staff.

·         Presented in-service lectures, actively participated in various committees.

 

6/97 to 7/01           ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CTR AND BELMONT CTR,          Philadelphia, PA.     
                     

                               Resident Physician, Psychiatry

                               ·  Treated about sixty outpatients & performed weekly intakes of new outpatients (3^rd Yr).

                              ·  Completed various inpatient rotations (Addictions, Child and Adolescent, C & L, Neurology, Adult inpatient, Emergency Psychiatry) with superior evaluations (2^nd & 1^st Yrs).

                              ·  Provided extensive inpatient coverage through night calls and CRC moonlighting.

                              ·  Obtained comprehensive training in psychotherapy and psychopharmacology with special emphasis on psychoanalytic and insight-oriented methods through study groups, Journal clubs and individual supervisory sessions provided by skilled professionals.

 

1/00-7/00               Chief Resident

                               ·  Organized and presided over bimonthly residents’ meetings, annual residents’ retreat and created a retreat report.

                              ·  Active membership and participation in all committees dealing with residency issues.

                              ·  Created monthly night-call schedules & effectively resolved pressing issues about coverage.

 

6/99-12/99             Assistant Chief Resident

                               ·  Reviewed and updated residency policies and procedures.

                              ·  Organized resident activities such as Journal Clubs and Grand Round Presentations.

                              ·  Attended and provided input during residency evaluation committee meetings.

 

6/99-12/99             Administrative Resident, Psychiatry Emergency Services (CRC)

                               ·  Created monthly CRC moonlighting schedules by promoting resident cooperation.

                              ·  Provided extensive moonlighting coverage personally in the absence of volunteers; very often ensured coverage single-handedly.

                              ·  Coordinated efforts between residents & physicians to ensure efficient CRC functioning.

 

7/95-4/97               Volunteer – Observer, Western Medical Center, Santa Ana, California

 

3/95-5/95               Resident Physician and Surgeon, Harkishandas Hospital, Bombay, India

 

7/94-2/95               Consulting Physician, Medicenter, Bhopal, India

 

EDUCATION:      M.D Medicine, Odessa Pirogov Medical Institute, Odessa, Ukraine, 1994.

 

SKILLS:               ·  Excellent motivational skills, inspiring camaraderie between residents. Effectively managed interpersonal friction between co-workers during stressful situations.

                              ·  Ability to function efficiently under stress; manage large caseloads when required.

                              ·  Excellent verbal & written communication skills – can write & speak several languages.

                              ·  Goal oriented approach to learning.

       

AWARDS:            2012               America’s Top Psychiatrists, Consumer’s Research Council of America.

                              2010               America’s Top Psychiatrists, Consumer’s Research Council of America.

                              2009               America’s Top Psychiatrists, Consumer’s Research Council of America.

                              2008-2010     Physician's recognition award with commendation, AMA.

                              2005-2006     America’s Top Psychiatrists, Consumer’s Research Council of America.

                              2004-2005     America’s Top Psychiatrists, Consumer’s Research Council of America.

                              2004               Visiting ECT fellowship, Western Psychiatric Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.

                              2004               Physician’s recognition award, American Medical Association.

                              2000               Eli Lilly Fellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry Congress, Las Vegas, NV.
1999-2001     Associate Editor, Jefferson Journal, Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia, PA.
1987-1994     USSR Education Scholarship.

 

 

LICENSURE:       2005- Licensed Physician, Missouri

                              2002-Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

                              2002- Licensed Physician, Kansas Board of Healing Arts

                              2001-Licensed Physician, Pennsylvania

                              1997-Graduate Medical Trainee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA.

                              1994-Licensed Medical Practitioner (Medical Council of India).

                              1994-Licensed Medical Practitioner (State Medical Council, Ukraine).

 

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

August 2009         Brain SPECT, CME presentations, Missouri Association of Osteopathic physicians, Branson, MO.

July 2008              Folate metabolism and its role in psychiatry, CME presentations, Missouri Association of Osteopathic physicians, Branson, MO.

2007-2009             Multiple presentations, on Sleep, Brain SPECT, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy, Marion Center, Springfield, MO

April 2007             Sleep and Insomnia, CME presentations, Missouri Association of Osteopathic physicians, Branson, MO.

 

February 2005      Suicide assessment, In-service presentation, Area Mental Health Ctr., Garden city, KS.

 

October 2004        ECT, CME presentations, St. Catherine’s Hosp., Garden city, KS.

 

February 2002      Not the same by any other name: Names and countertransference in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis

 

April 2000             Psychodynamic psychotherapy of a 58 year old outpatient, Grand Rounds presentation, Albert Einstein Medical Ctr., Philadelphia. Discussant: Dr. Andrew Smolar.

 

March 1999          NMDA receptors and Schizophrenia, Journal Club, Albert Einstein Medical Ctr., Philadelphia. Discussant: Dr. Cherian Verghese.

 

November 1998    Genetics of Bipolar Disorder, Journal Club, Albert Einstein Medical Ctr., Philadelphia,PA.

 

May 1998              Prenatal Injury and Schizophrenia, Journal Club, Albert Einstein Medical Ctr., Philadelphia. Discussant: Dr. Edward Volkman.

 

February 1998      Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference, Albert Einstein Medical Ctr., Philadelphia. Discussant: Dr. Goldberg.

 

November 1993    Role of Glucagon in Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Seminar of Internal Diseases, Regional Clinical Hosp., Odessa, Ukraine.

 

July 1993              Biochemical Aspects of Hepatic Coma in Post-Infectious Hepatic Necrosis. Seminar of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Odessa, Ukraine.