DR. VARGHESE P PUNNOOSE
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Present Designation:
Vice-Principal, Professor & Head of Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College Kottayam Kerala
Present positions:
- Secretary General, Indian Association of Social Psychiatry
- Convener, SAARC subcommittee of Indian Psychiatric Society
- General Secretary, National Alliance of Mental Health India
- Member- Kerala State Mental Health Authority
- Member- PG Board of Studies Kerala University of Health Sciences
- Member – Board of Disability Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
- Mentor, ICMR PR-III Research Initiative
Previous positions:
- Past President IPS Kerala Chapter
- Past Assistant Secretary IPS
- Past Hon Editor of Kerala Journal of Psychiatry
- Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Convenor of awards committee of IPS
- Member – Ethics Committee, Indian Medical Association, Kerala Chapter
Education:
MBBS from Government Medical College Kottayam Kerala and MD (Psychiatry) from Government Medical College Calicut
Career:
In Govt of Kerala Medical Education service since 1997 – worked in Govt MC Thrissur, Alappuzha and Kottayam.
MD Examiner, Thesis Evaluator, PhD Evaluator and Co-Guide in different universities of South India.
Awards and Honours:
- Fellowship for young psychiatrists by World Psychiatric Association (Cairo 2005)
- Prof J S Satyadas Oration Award for excellence in medical teaching (2011)
- Catholicate award for University Faculty (2017)
- Marfatia Award of Indian Psychiatric Society 2013.
Publications:
Thirty publications in international and national journals.
Co- Authored Handbook on Suicide Prevention, contributed chapter on Psychopharmacology in IPS Undergraduate Textbook of Psychiatry (2020), contributed chapter in Intellectual Disability Across Cultures ; Oxford University Publication (2021).
Authored a book “ Manorogangal” published by Kerala Bhasha Institute, and co-authored two books “ MaanasikaRogangalumPunaradhivasaum” and “ YogayumMaansikarogyavum” by Manorama Publications
Areas of interest:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Public and Community Mental Health, Consultation – Liaison Psychiatry, Transgender psychiatry
Email: varghese.p.punnoose@gmail.com
Medical Council Registration Number: 18801 Travancore-Cochin Medical Council