Dr. Padmanabhan is a Canadian-certified specialist in General Adult Psychiatry and a member of both the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He completed his medical degree in 2000 (India) and obtained his basic and higher specialist degrees in psychiatry from the UK in 2013. He currently serves as the Department Head for Psychiatry at Delta Hospital and works as a Consulting Psychiatrist at BrainStim Clinic, as well as with the START Team in Vancouver and the Rapid Access Clinic in Richmond. He is actively involved in quality initiatives within Fraser Health and has played a key role in community mental health redesign, Improving Access and flow by smooth transition of stable patients back to primary care and 7-Day Follow-Up Clinic. Dr. Padmanabhan has a certificate in Physician Leadership from the Sauder School of Business. He has also contributed to clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease and depression and has a special interest in long-acting injections for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His primary focus areas include the collaborative care model and adult ADHD.He is also a Clinical Instructor for UBC.
General Adult Psychiatry, Collaborative Care Models, Adult ADHD, Schizophrenia, and Bipolar Disorder
