Ashish Sarangi is currently an assistant professor at the University of Missouri and previously a geriatric psychiatry fellow at the Menninger Department of Behavioral Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He completed his general adult psychiatry residency at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and served as chief resident in his PGY- IV year. Having also previously completed a prior adult psychiatry residency training in Kingston, Jamaica, he has been fortunate to experience the field of psychiatry from different cultural viewpoints. He has gained experience practicing psychiatry in private practice, corporate hospitals, and state psychiatric institutes. After graduating from the University of the West Indies Jamaica where he obtained his MD and residency in psychiatry, he has successfully transitioned to the United States healthcare system to pursue his second residency stint. He has been actively involved in helping to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness in Jamaica by contributing to policy decision-making by helping to draft the mental health act of Jamaica and also an avid mental health columnist for the national newspaper during his time there. His work in Jamaica includes identifying human rights abuses in psychiatric practice and tweaking aspects of assertive community treatment (ACT) in healthcare delivery. He has worked to connect medical students with fellow residents and physician colleagues in the care of patients and takes interest in teaching various aspects of psychiatry to different stakeholders in healthcare.

Dr. Sarangi was born in India and has been actively involved in promoting psychiatry amongst the international medical graduate population in the United States. He actively seeks out mentoring opportunities and guides international medical graduates and students toward developing an academic psychiatric career. He practices virtual interviewing and communication skills with medical graduates around the world which helps them better prepare for a career in psychiatry.

Dr. Sarangi’s research interests include Alzheimer’s dementia and geriatric depression. He plans to pursue a career in academics upon the completion of his current training to be able to enhance his role as a clinical educator and researcher.

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