EXPERIENCE: 6 years
Dr. Tahir achieved his training through New York’s renown Columbia University, combined with his personal and practical experiences living a multicultural life, enable him to assist all those in need. He enjoys working with people from all cultures and walks of life, and giving them his best in assessing their mental health, diagnosing conditions, and providing treatment.
Dr. Tahir regularly delivers community informational lectures, providing on-site school consultations, and establishing guidance programs. He is also cited often in print media and TV/Radio interviews. He has published numerous papers in American journals and participated on the peer review publication committee at Cornell–Westchester Division (New York).
CREDENTIALS:
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, University Hospital, Columbia and Weill Cornell, New York, USA
- F.M.A.S Affiliated with Health Care Financial Administration, Baltimore Maryland, USA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Academic experience:
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the University Hospital of Columbia, and Cornell University (USA).
- Instructor in Psychiatry in Child & Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Columbia & Cornell, NY
- Assistant Unit Chief, leading the multidisciplinary treatment team at USA’s New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Westchester Division.
Clinical experience:
- Chairman/Medical Director, American Wellness Center, Dubai UAE
- Head of Department Child/Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist at Westminster Ortho Med Clinic, Dubai, UAE
- Head of Department Child/Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist, Health-Call, Dubai, UAE
- Attending Psychiatrist Child & Adolescent, University Hospital of Columbia and Weill Cornell, New York, USA
CLINICAL EXPERTISE:
- Management of wide range of mental health cases, including depression and suicide, anxiety, schizophrenia, autism, ADHD, and psychosomatic disorders.
- Deals with patients of acute mental illnesses, bipolar disorder, bulimia, autism, phobia, panic, anxiety disorder, and several related cognitive and psychiatric conditions.
- Using evidence-based mental health treatment modalities
INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Association
- Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America
- Primary Hospital Affiliation, The University Hospitals of Columbia & Cornell, New York USA