Rahim Shafa, Md, Dfapa, Fasam Email & Phone Number

Doing clinical trials as Principal Investigator for FDA registration Trials and Investigator initiated studies. Trials are with the notion of response prediction in medications which interact with the Reward circuitry and the Dopamine system.Principal InvestigatorAn outpatient double blind placebo control dose ranging study of efficacy of Aripiprazole (BMS) in stabilization, maintenance and relapse prevention of Bipolar Mania, 1999- 2002.An outpatient double blind placebo control dose ranging study of safety, tolerability and efficacy of Paroxetine ( GSK) in treatment of adolescents with major depression, 1999- 2001.An in-patient double blind, placebo control study of safety, tolerability and efficacy of Ziprasidone (Pfizer) in treatment of acute Bipolar Mania, 1999- 2000.

General PsychiatryPracticing General Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Addiction Medicine for across the age spectrum and in variety of settings; Acute In-Patient Adult, Paediatrics, Child & adolescence, Geriatrics, Developmental delay, crisis Stabilization Units, PHP, Adolescence diversionary beds, Dual Diagnosis Units, Detoxification, state hospital Psychiatric Beds, Forensic Units, Med-Psych Units, Chronic in-Patient Adult Psychiatric units, Adolescence Psychiatric Units, Medical Psychiatric Units, Head Injury units Out-patientAdult, Paediatrics, Child & Adolescence, geriatrics, TBI, Developmental Delay, Addiction, dual diagnosis, detoxes. I also attended out-patient care for psychiatric cases including: Adult group home, half way houses, day programs, adolescence psychiatric group homes, Developmental Delay group home, Child and Adolescence acute residential facilities, TBI residential homes, Nursing home care and also provided out-patient individual Therapy, group therapy and Marital counselling, Provided Addiction care : In-patient detoxes, out-patient detoxes, halfway houses, sober home and dual diagnosis residential facilities, out-patient addiction group therapy (recovery meetings). He has Been engaged in community education through being on speaker bureau of number of pharmaceutical companies + giving talks up on invitation by the community leaders for public education.

Boston, Ma, Us

I provided preceptor ship for PA-Students & Family Nurse Practitioner Students + Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Students. Taught hands on procedures + Psychiatric and dual diagnosis evaluation & follow up care. Taught and Gave lectures in variety of the psychiatric and addiction Medicine field. Provided clinical research mentor ship for the students.

Principal Investigator in investigator initiated pharmacogenomic clinical Trials in schizophrenia + Bipolar + Addiction Medicine (Reward System), focused on epigenetic treatment response prediction.

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Provided inpatient & Outpatient (Adult + Geriatric + Child and adolescent+ Emergency Room) psychiatry and addiction Medicine for inpatient and out-patient at the PHP ( Partial Hospitalization Program).Designed and implemented CME seminars for the Psychiatric Department. Provided inhouse educational seminars. Provided C/L for the Two campuses of the two general Hospitals (Natick & Framingham). Negotiated with pharmaceutical companies and brought in FDA registration clinical trials at the hospital’s psychiatric Locked unit and the Emergency Room.

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Framingham, Massachusetts, Us

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, 118 Lincoln Street, Framingham, MA. 01702Provided out-patient psychiatric care across the age spectrum for patients and their family members. Provided group therapy for children and their family. Provided Psychopharmacology consult at the Adolescence Acute Residential Programs + the runaway homeless Adolescence + Charity Run Residential facilities for homeless pregnant teenagers + Children & Behaviorally Adolescence living in long-term residential facilities who had to be home schooled in their program and due to Behavior disturbance were not able to attend behaviorally modified schools. I also provided care at adult psychiatric Residential Homes + Supervised other Psychiatrists + nurse Practitioners and Psychologists + Social Workers + Designed and implemented CME lectures series. Taught variety of in-service courses for all levels of administrative staff and providers. Attended administrative duties.

Clinical investigator In-patient and out-patient for FDA registration Trials and the Investigator Clinical Trials, supervised junior clinical Research Fellows, contributed in design, methodology of the investigator initiated trials + designed and implemented new strategies to improve and expedite study subject recruitment custom made designed based on the requirement of each individual study. In-patient psychiatric care as clinical investigator + the treatment of the recalcitrant treatment non-responder patients who had failed all treatment measures at acute/chronic care of the state hospitals. Fellowship in clinical Psychopharmacology, study design, methodology, the process of study subject recruitment and evaluation, the process of providing informed consent, data collection, data keeping and data analysis. Participating in internal (in-house) mock audit rehearsals.

Boston, Ma, Us

Clinical Psychopharmacology And Research Fellowship

Psychiatry Residency Program

Doctor Of Medicine - Md