Dr. Hemant Chandorkar
MBBS MD
Dr. Hemant Chandorkar, 63 years, graduated from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Served in the Indian Navy for 13 years, thereafter completed Postgraduate studies in PSYCHIATRY, again from AFMC, and now practicing as a Consultant in Pune.
WORK EXPERIENCE
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Worked as an observer in Regional Mental Hospital Yerawada for 6 months prior to postgraduation.
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Consultant at Muktangan Deaddiction Centre from 1998 to 2006.
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Consultant at Jehangir Hospital since 1997.
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Actively involved in Chaitanya Institute For Mental Health since Oct 1999, a Rehabilitation Centre started for in-house care of chronic mentally ill patients, the first of its kind in Maharashtra.
PERSONAL INTEREST
Music, Reading, Travelling
VISIONS
Spreading social awareness regarding the magnitude of Mental Health in society and how each one of us can put in our bit towards making our country a pleasurable place to live in.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
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Visiting Professor at Pune University, School of Health Sciences Dept, covering the subject of Mental Health for nonmedical fieldworkers.
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Visiting Professor at Kamayani School for Mentally Retarded, for training the trainers.
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Visiting Professor at Karve Institute of Social Service, teaching Psychiatry to postgraduate students of Medical &Psychiatric Social Work(MSW).
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Ran a column in Pune Times for about six months, focusing on Psychological problems amongst general population.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
QUALIFICATION
MBBS MD