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Associate Professor Soumya Basu
Associate Professor Soumya Basu is a child and adolescent Psychiatrist. He has trained in both India and Australia and has more than 20 years of experience in psychiatry.
After doing a Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) and MD in Psychiatry in India, he came to Australia and gained his Fellowship with RANZCP and is a member of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent. Dr Basu is a Clinical Associate Professor for the Department of Psychological Medicine at Monash University and is the coordinator of the child and adolescent post graduate training program. He has research interests in children of parents with mental illness, early intervention, developmental trauma and developmental disabilities including Autism, early psychosis and transcultural psychiatry. He has more than 40 research publications in peer reviewed journals. Several of his research papers have been presented in National and International conferences.
He is a consultant Child and Adolescent psychiatrist for the Early in Life Mental health services with Monash health, Melbourne. He is consultant in-charge of the Neurodevelopmental assessment unit and the Chair of Monash Neuro-Developmental Interdisciplinary Research. He is also the Director of Child Psychiatry of Victorian Institute of Mental Health, where he leads a multi-disciplinary team.
Associate Professor Soumya Basu is a child and adolescent Psychiatrist. He has trained in both India and Australia and has more than 20 years of experience in psychiatry.
After doing a Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) and MD in Psychiatry in India, he came to Australia and gained his Fellowship with RANZCP and is a member of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent. Dr Basu is a Clinical Associate Professor for the Department of Psychological Medicine at Monash University and is the coordinator of the child and adolescent post graduate training program. He has research interests in children of parents with mental illness, early intervention, developmental trauma and developmental disabilities including Autism, early psychosis and transcultural psychiatry. He has more than 40 research publications in peer reviewed journals. Several of his research papers have been presented in National and International conferences.
He is a consultant Child and Adolescent psychiatrist for the Early in Life Mental health services with Monash health, Melbourne. He is consultant in-charge of the Neurodevelopmental assessment unit and the Chair of Monash Neuro-Developmental Interdisciplinary Research. He is also the Director of Child Psychiatry of Victorian Institute of Mental Health, where he leads a multi-disciplinary team.
