Abhisek Khandai, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Abhisek "Chandan" Khandai is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatrist at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. He completed his undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, then completed medical school and Master's degree in Neuroscience at University of Pittsburgh. After residency at Northwestern in Chicago, he did his C-L fellowship at University of Washington in Seattle. He then moved back to Chicago and was a C-L and Med/Psych attending at University of Illinois at Chicago, before moving recently (for his now-wife) to Dallas. His academic and clinical interests include integrated and collaborative care, social justice, medical education, and social media. He serves as a corresponding member on the APA Council for C-L Psychiatry, the APA Annual Meeting Scientific Programming Committee, and the ACLP Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Subcommittee. Outside of work, he loves cooking (stove not oven), travel, and exploring his new home city.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Mentorship As Allyship: Transforming C-L Psychiatry Through DEI-Informed Mentoring. Co-sponsored by ACLP's Mentorship, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Subcommittees

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  11:00 AM – 12:30 PM