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| Born | Channavajjala Mallikarjuna Prasad 14 May 1948 |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Years active | 1948 – present |
Sri. Channavajjala Mallikarjuna Prasad, better known as C. M. Prasad, is an Indian born physician/psychiatrist in the Greater Washington Metropolis of the United States. He was born on 14 May 1948.
C.M. Prasad acquired a bachelor's degree from Andhra Christian College, Guntur, Andhra University in 1968. It is from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda that he graduated with a master's degree in Pharmacology in 1972. He pursued postgraduate research work at the University of Bombay and obtained his PhD in Pharmacology in 1977. He started as a research scientist at the University of Texas Medical Center in Houston in 1978. He taught and carried out research in Pharmacology at the University of Houston, TX in 1979. His research during 1978-1982 addressed studies into the mechanisms of neuronal and neurohumoral transmission. He obtained his Medical degree in 1984 at Medical School in Juarez, Mexico. That was followed by Psychiatry training in St. Elizabeths hospital in Washington DC during 1984–88, and then a year of neurology in Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York 1988–89. For his research as a Psychiatrist Dr. Prasad delved into topics of basal ganglia mineralization in schizophrenic patients.
He has certifications in the area of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Prasad is actively involved in geriatric psychiatry, pain management, Prison Psychiatry and Electro Convulsive Therapy to name a few. Prasad is a long-standing member of several medical societies and professional organizations such as American Psychiatric Association, Washington Psychiatric Society, American Board of Addiction medicine, American Board of Physician Specialists, American Board of Psychiatric Medicine, American Board of Pain Management, American Association of Physicians of India Origin, National Association of certified Hypnotherapists. As of 2011 he retired from St. Elizabeths Hospital affiliation, the DC government staff psychiatrist position he held for over 20 years. Currently, he is an independent consultant Psychiatrist in Private practice in the area hospitals such as United Medical Center in Washington, DC, Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington and at the Alexandria, Fairfax, and Fair Oaks INOVA Hospitals in Northern Virginia. He is also the Medical Director in a Neighbors' Cosejo a nonprofit organization for the benefit of Homeless Hispanic population in need of services for mental health, alcohol/substance abuse, rehabilitation and affordable housing in Washington, DC.
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