Dr. Ramaswamy Viswanathan Honored by American Psychiatric Association
May 31, 2017
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| Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DrMedSc Associate Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Medical Center |
Brooklyn, NY - Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DrMedSc, associate professor of psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, was honored at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) held recently in San Diego.
Dr. Viswanathan received the APA Foundation’s 2016 George Tarjan Award and the APA’s 2017 Ronald A. Shellow Award. Dr. Viswanathan also has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the APA..
Named after APA’s first international medical graduate (IMG) president, the George Tarjan Award recognizes a physician who has made significant contributions to the enhancement of integration of IMGs into American psychiatry. Dr. Viswanathan received the Ronald A. Shellow Award for his “enduring commitment” and “outstanding work” through his service to the APA Assembly.
Dr. Viswanathan is also chair of the Psychiatry Grand Rounds Committee, and director of consultation liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine at SUNY Downstate.
Dr. Viswanathan received his medical degree from Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in Chennai (formerly Madras), India. He completed an internship in internal medicine at the former Brooklyn Cumberland Medical Center, a residency in internal medicine at the former LIJ-Queens Hospital Center program, and a residency in psychiatry and fellowship in psychosomatic medicine at SUNY Downstate, from which he also received a Doctor of Medical Science degree.
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SUNY Downstate Medical Center, founded in 1860, was the first medical school in the United States to bring teaching out of the lecture hall and to the patient’s bedside. A center of innovation and excellence in research and clinical service delivery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center comprises a College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, a School of Graduate Studies, School of Public Health, University Hospital of Brooklyn, and a multifaceted biotechnology initiative including the Downstate Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT for early-stage and more mature companies, respectively.
SUNY Downstate ranks twelfth nationally in the number of alumni who are on the faculty of American medical schools. More physicians practicing in New York City have graduated from SUNY Downstate than from any other medical school.