Psychiatrist/Faculty
St. Elizabeths Hospital DBH, District of Columbia
Syed Akhtar Naqvi, M.D.
1100 Alabama Avenue; SE; Washington, DC 20032
Phone: 202-407-2144; 301-915-5893
Email: syed.naqvi@dc.gov
Education & Training:
Completed fellowship training in Addiction Psychiatry from Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (from July 1999 to June 2000.)
Completed Residency training in Psychiatry from Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (July 1996-June 1999)
Completed Psychiatry internship from Elmhurst Hospital Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (1995-1996)
Graduated from Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan (1985.)
Board Certification:
Board certified, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (2006 and 2015)
Board certified, American Board of Addiction Psychiatry (2012)
Work Experience:
Currently working as Attending Psychiatrist, at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington DC. I am involved in teaching medical students, nursing students and doctors in the Psychiatry Residency training program. Each year I teach a seminar of 7 lectures covering the general concepts in addictions; teaching about specific drugs and its management to PG Y -1 doctors in residency training.
Worked as the medical director at Laurel Regional Hospital, Dept of Psychiatry (January 2007-December 2007.) I have extensive experience working with schizophrenic patients, patients with mood disorders, patients with PTSD and other anxiety disorders, Personality disorders and dual diagnosis, substance abuse and detoxification. I have special training and license to prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone) to opioid dependent patients since 2004.
Research associate in Dual Diagnosis Research Unit at the Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1/94 to 12/94)
Emergency Medical Officer at Isfahan Medical College, Ministry of Health & Medical Education, Iran (8/88 to 12/92)
Resident Medical Officer at Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. Worked in the Dept of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine and General Surgery. (3/85to 3/86)
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Saturday, April 2, 2022
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
