Dr. C.M. Prasad | |
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| Born | Channavajjala Mallikarjuna Prasad 14 May 1948 |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
Channavajjala Mallikarjuna Prasad (born May 14, 1948), commonly known as C. M. Prasad, is an Indian born physician/psychiatrist in the Washington, DC area. [1]
C.M. Prasad acquired a bachelor's degree from Andhra Christian College, Guntur, Andhra University in 1968. [1] He went on in 1972 to graduate with a master's degree in pharmacology from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. [2] He pursued postgraduate research work at the University of Bombay and obtained his PhD in Pharmacology in 1977.[ citation needed ]
Prasad 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 the Medical School in Juarez, Mexico. [1] 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.[ citation needed ] Prasad specialized in researching basal ganglia mineralization in schizophrenic patients. [3]
Prasad has certifications in psychiatry and addiction medicine. He is also involved in geriatric psychiatry, pain management, prison psychiatry and electroconvulsive therapy. Prasad is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington Psychiatric Society, American Board of Addiction Medicine, [4] American Board of Physician Specialists, American Board of Psychiatric Medicine, American Board of Pain Management, American Association of Physicians of India Origin, the Indo-American Psychiatric Association, [5] and the National Association of certified Hypnotherapists.
Prasad retired from his affiliation with St. Elizabeths Hospital in 2011 and continued to practice as an independent consultant psychiatrist in private practice in several Washington, DC area hospitals. He is 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.