1 Archives (Prakash Collection) September 17, 2015 Curriculum Vitae RUDRA PRAKASH, M.D. Office Address: V.A. Medical Center C-303 1310 24 th Avenue, South Nashville, TN 37212 Office: 615-873-7651; Fax 615-873-8151 Rudra.Prakash@va.gov Date of Birth: July 15, 1951 Place of Birth: Home Address: India 9159 Saddlebow Drive Brentwood, TN 37027 Home Phone Number: 615-377-0535 Marital Status: Married: Reeta Misra, MD Education: 1968-1972 M.B.B.S. G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur University, India 1973-1974 Intern L.L.R. & Associated Hospitals, Kanpur, India 1974-1976 M.D. (Psychiatry) King George's Medical College, Lucknow University, India Thesis title: Serum Proteins in Schizophrenia 1980-1981 W.H.O. Fellow Tennessee Neuropsychiatric Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (Mentor: Thomas A. Ban, M.D) 1981-1982 Research Fellow Tennessee Neuropsychiatric Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (Mentor: Thomas A. Ban, M.D.) 1985-1988 Resident in Psychiatry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Licensure/Certification: 1981 E.C.F.M.G. #329-374-3 1982 FLEX 1983 State of Tennessee #MD14572 1994 American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry) #38955 Academic and Clinical Appointments: 1977-1978 Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Psychiatry King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India 1978-1980 Associate Professor (Reader) in Psychiatry King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India 1982-1984 Research Assistant Professor in Psychiatry Tennessee Neuropsychiatric Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1984-1995 Asst. Professor in Psychiatry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1995-1998 Associate Professor in Psychiatry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1997-1998 Associate Professor of Psychiatry Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
Page 2 1999-2002 Clinical Associate Professor Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2002-2003 Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2003-2007 Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2007 - Present Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Hospital Appointments: 1984-1985 Staff Psychiatrist Middle TN Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1988-1992 Staff Psychiatrist Middle TN Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1988-2010 Attending Psychiatrist Vanderbilt Hospital 1992-1995 Chief, Psychiatric Emergency Services Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN 1995-1997 Clinical Director, Adult Inpatient Program & Adult Partial Program Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 1997-1998 Associate Director, Alvin C. York V.A. Medical Center, Murfreesboro, T Schizophrenia Research Program 1997-1998 Staff Psychiatrist Alvin C. York V.A. Medical Center, Murfreesboro, 2003-2008 Staff Psychiatrist Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, 2008 - Present Staff Psychiatrist V.A. Medical Center, Nashville, TN Other Employment: 1998-2000 Private Practice Nashville, TN 1999-2000 Psychiatrist McKendree Village Retirement Community, Nashville, TN 1999-2000 Psychiatrist Centerstone, Columbia, TN 1999-2002 Psychiatrist Mental Health Cooperative, Inc, Nashville, TN 2000-2008 Psychiatrist Downtown Clinic for the Homeless, Nashville, TN Professional Organizations: American Psychiatric Association (Distinguished Life Fellow) American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (Patron) Indo-American Psychiatric Association (President 2011 - Present) Tennessee Psychiatric Association (President 2002-2003) Tennessee Association of International Physicians (President 2007-2008) Professional Activities: Year Committee Memberships 1983-1984 Task force on tardive dyskinesia, Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1989-1997 Psychiatry Residency Training Committee, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1989-1997 Psychiatry Residency Evaluation Committee, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1988-1990 Treatment Review Committee, Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1988-1989 Quality Assurance Committee, Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1988-1990 Clinical Education Committee, Middle Tennessee mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1991-1997 Quality Assurance Committee, Inpatient Psychiatry Service, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1993-1994 President, Middle Tennessee Chapter, Tennessee Psychiatric Association 1993-1996 Task Force, Master Plan for Mental Health Services in Tennessee 1996-1997 Chairman, Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee, Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University 2002 2003 President, Tennessee Psychiatric Association 2003-2006 Chair, Mental Health Committee, American Association of Physicians from India 2003-2007 Psychiatry Residency Evaluation Committee, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2003-2008 Board, Middle Tennessee Chapter, Mental Health Association
Page 3 2006-2011 Board, Park Center 2007 2008 President, Tennessee Association of International Physicians 2009 2010 President Elect, Indo American Psychiatric Association 2011 2013 President, Indo American Psychiatric Association 2013 Present Immediate Past President and Member, Board of Trustees, Indo American Psychiatric Association 2012 Present Member, Committee on Bylaws, American Psychiatric Association Reviewer: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry Hospital and Community Psychiatry (Psychiatric Services) Indian Journal of Psychiatry (Assistant Editor, 1979-1980) International Journal of Geriatric Psychopharmacology Psychosomatics Southern Medical Journal Journal of Tennessee Medical Association Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Invited Presentations: 1983 Tardive Dyskinesia Clover Bottom Development Center, Nashville, TN 1983 Parricide Vanderbilt University, Psychiatry Grand Rounds 1984 Tardive Dyskinesia Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1984 Neuroleptic malignant syndrome Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1988 Thought Disorder Vanderbilt University, Grand Round 1985 Tardive Dyskinesia Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute 1988 Psychophysiology and Management of Aggression Allen Park VA Hospital, Wayne State University 1989 Clinical Aspects of Suicide Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN 1990 Thought Disorder Meharry Medical College, Psychiatry Grand Round 1991 Pharmacotherapy of Negative Vanderbilt University, Psychiatry Symptoms and Simple Schizophrenia 1991 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Middle Tennessee Mental Health institute, Nashville, TN 1993 Psychiatric Emergencies Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN 1994 Catatonia Vanderbilt University, Psychiatry Grand Round 1996 Depression Ft. Campbell Military Hospital, Ft. Campbell, KY 1996 Thought Disorder Meharry Medical College, Psychiatry Grand Round 1997 Borderline Personality Vs. Bipolar Disorder Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt 1998 Borderline Personality Disorder Meharry Medical College, Grand Round 1998 (Emotional) Health of Healers Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Grand Round 1998 Impaired Physician Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, In-service for the House Staff 1999 Depression in Primary Care Summit Medical Center 2000 Treatment of schizophrenia Meharry Medical College, Grand Round 2000 Border between bipolar disorder Meharry Medical College and borderline personality disorder 2000 Treatment of depression Mental Health Cooperative 2001 Psychiatric co-morbidities and differential diagnoses Mental Health Cooperative 2001 Psychiatric co-morbidities and differential diagnoses Vanderbilt University, Grand Round 2002 Community Mental Health: Evolving Scene Guidance Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 2002 PTSD: Middle TN Mental Health Institute, Nashville, A diagnostic challenge and a therapeutic opportunity 2004 Physician-Pharmaceutical Indian Psychiatric Society, Annual Meeting, Chandigarh, India Industry Relationship
Page 4 2004 Clinical Trials: Challenges and opportunities Vanderbilt University 2005 PTSD in primary care Tennessee Association of International Physicians, Nashville, TN 2005 PTSD: Clinical Challenges Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 2006 Management of Depression: Clinical Tips Tennessee Association of International Physicians, Nashville, 2007 Iatrogenic Drug Abuse Tennessee Association of International Physicians, Nashville, TN 2008 Homelessness and Mental Health: East and West CSM Medical University, Lucknow, India 2008 Workshop on PTSD CSM Medical University, Lucknow, India 2008 PTSD: Clinical Update Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 2008 PTSD: Emerging Debate Tenn. Assoc. of International Physicians, Nashville, TN 2010 Psychiatric Care in India Luton Society, Nashville, TN 2011 Compensation and Pension Examination: How to optimize? American Psychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii 2011 Evaluation for Disability Grand Round: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2011 Inpatient Psychiatry: Evolution and Adaptation VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN 2011 PTSD: Past, Present, and Future Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 2012 Disability Evaluation Seminar for PGY4 Psychiatry residents at Vanderbilt University 2012 Disability Evaluation Seminar for PGY2 Psychiatry Residents at Vanderbilt University 2013 Overseas Psychiatrists of Asian Indian Heritage: Promise and Potential for India Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society, Bengaluru, India 2013 Disability Evaluation Seminar for PGY2 Psychiatry Residents at Vanderbilt University 2013 Changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5 Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, TN Awards and Honors: 1990-1991 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1997 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 2003 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association 2004 Excellence in Teaching (Resident) Award, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 2007 Career Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vanderbilt University 2011 "Colonel Aide de Camp" in State of Tennessee for advocacy for Veterans Teaching Activities: 1976-1980 Lucknow University, India: Supervised medical students and psychiatry residents 1976-1980 Lucknow, University, India: Served as co-supervisor for postgraduate dissertations 1982-1985 Tenn. Neuropsychiatric Institute/Vanderbilt University: Supervised medical students and residents. 1988-1990 Tenn. Neuropsychiatric Institute/Vanderbilt University: Conducted weekly journal club. 1988-1990 Tenn. Neuropsychiatric institute/vanderbilt University: Supervised medical students and residents. 1988-1990 Tenn. Neuropsychiatric institute/vanderbilt University: Coordinated weekly clinical case conferences 1988-1997 Vanderbilt University: Various seminars and lectures to psychiatry residents and medical students 1989-1990 Tenn. Neuropsychiatric Institute/Vanderbilt University: Supervised senior medical students 1990-1996 Vanderbilt University: Supervised medical students and psychiatry residents. 1996-1997 The Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt: Supervised medical students and psychiatry residents. 1997-1998 Alvin C. York VA Medical Center and Meharry Medical College: Supervised psychiatry residents. 1998-2001 Meharry Medical College: Supervised psychiatry resident 2000 - Present Vanderbilt University: Supervising senior psychiatry residents 2001-2008 Vanderbilt University: Supervised 3rd year Vanderbilt medical students 1998-2002 Mental Health Cooperative: Supervised Nurse Practitioners 2001-2002 Trevecca Nazarene University: Supervised Physician Assistant Students 2003 - Present Vanderbilt University: Supervising psychiatry residents 2004-2008 University of TN: Co-supervised pharmacy students 2007-2008 TN State University: Co-supervised post-doctoral psychology student 2010 - Present Vanderbilt University: Supervising psychiatry residents Postdoctoral:
Page 5 M.D. (Psychiatry) DISSERTATIONS CO-SUPERVISED FOR LUCKNOW UNIVERSITY (INDIA) 1. A Study of Hypertension with Special Reference to Life Experience: Submitted in July 1978. 2. Social Class, Family Jointness and Clinical Presentations in Urban Neurotic Patients: Submitted in July 1979. 3. Psychiatric Study of Medical Termination of Pregnancy: Submitted in July 1979. 4. A Psychosocial Study of Male Potency Disorders: Submitted in July 1979. 5. Relationship between Plasma Amitriptyline Level and Therapeutic Response in Depressives: Submitted in July 1980. 6. Antipsychotic Effects of Lithium in Schizophrenia: Submitted in July 1980. 7. A Study of Prognosis and Outcome of Schizophrenia: Submitted in July 1980. 8. Role of Psychotropic Drugs in Birth Defect Registry: Submitted in July 1980. Ph.D. DISSERTATION CO-SUPERVISED FOR VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY John E. Kurtz: Differential Information Processing in Borderline Personality and Major Depressive Disorders: Submitted in 1994. Rudra Prakash September 17, 2015