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 Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Title: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences; Associate Director of Psychiatry Residency
Training; Assistant Professor of Global Health
Call for Appointment: (202) 741-2888
Languages Available: Farsi, French, working knowledge
of Kurdish and ArabicMedical
Education: The George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Internship: Yale-New Haven Hospital
Residency: New York Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus
Board Certification: Psychiatry
Clinical Interests: Cross-Cultural and Global Psychiatry, Depression,
Generalized Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Profile:
Dr. Afkhami holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences and the Department of Global Health at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is also the Associate Director of psychiatry residency training. Prior to joining GWU in 2007, he was a lecturer in the global history of public health at Yale University. He has also been an advisor to the U.S. State Department, the U.S. military, and the World Bank on issues pertaining to public health and mental health.
Among his awards are the Shyrock Medal, the Pfizer Prize in the History of Medicine, and the Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Award. Bridging the worlds of patient care and global public health delivery, Dr. Afkhami planned and helped with the implementation of the State Department funded Iraq Mental Health Initiative which seeks to rebuild Iraq's mental health delivery system.
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