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NYAPATI RAO, MD, CHAIR OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HONORED BY AADRPT

Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP                                         Michael B. Mirotznik, Esq.,

President/CEO                                                                             Chairman Board of Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 3, 2017

 

PRESS CONTACT:

Shelley Lotenberg

shelley@numc.edu

516-572-6055

 

East Meadow, NY………Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP, NuHealth/NUMC’s President/CEO announces that Dr. Nyapati Rao, Chair of Psychiatry at NUMC, was honored by the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) when it named a  National  Mentorship program after him in recognition of the valuable contributions made by Dr. Rao to psychiatric education.  The AADPRT is the largest organization that is devoted to education and training of residents in psychiatry.  The Organization sponsors two major mentorship programs to assist psychiatry residents in their professional and career advancement.  Dr. Rao was the founder of the Mentorship program for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) when he was a program director. The IMG Mentorship Program will be called ” Nyapati Rao and Francis Lu  IMG Mentorship Program”.  Incidentally,  Dr. Francis Lu who is an icon in Cultural Psychiatry, is the Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, UC Davis.   Also, Dr. Rao recently co-edited a book Called “International Medical Graduate Physicians- A Guide to Training” with Laura Roberts, MD, the Chair in Psychiatry at Stanford University,  This book addresses many relevant issues for IMGs that are not usually addressed in their training.  This book was published by Springer last October.

 

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Rao for these accomplishments.

 

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