Dr. Sameer Malhotra is a distinguished psychiatrist with over 27 years of experience in mental health and behavioural sciences. Trained at leading Indian institutes and the UK’s NHS, he specialises in mood disorders, geriatric psychiatry, addiction medicine, and family therapy. He leads the Department of Mental Health & Behavioural Sciences at Max Hospitals in Delhi.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – University of Delhi
• MD (Psychiatry) – Expertise in anxiety, depression, mood disorders, geriatric psychiatry, psycho-sexual and impulse-control problems
• CCST (UK) – Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges, United Kingdom
• Advanced training and clinical experience at PGIMER, Chandigarh; NIMHANS, Bangalore; AIIMS, New Delhi

Professional Experience:

• Senior Director – Mental Health & Behavioural Sciences – Max Healthcare (Present)
• Consultant, Department of Psychiatry & National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
• Clinical and training experience at PGIMER, Chandigarh; NIMHANS, Bangalore
• Worked with the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS)
• CCST (Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges, UK)

Professional Memberships:

• Honorary Treasurer – Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Speciality Section – Indian Psychiatric Society (2012)
• Member – National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
• Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS)
• Indian Association for Social Psychiatry (IASP)
• Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAMH)
• Member – World Psychiatric Association

Awards & Achievements:

• G.C. Bora Award II – Indian Association for Social Psychiatry
• Global Network Award – Tobacco & Drug De-addiction Research (Spain & Italy)
• World Psychiatric Association Fellowships – Florence (Italy) & Prague (Czech Republic)
• Sir Donald Cohen Fellowship – International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Germany)