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    Rajesh Tampi, M.D., M.S.

    Rajesh Tampi

    Candidate for 2026 Trustee-at-Large

    Biography

    Dr. Tampi is a Tenured Professor and the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, and the Inaugural Bhatia Family Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at Creighton University School of Medicine, and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) Health Behavioral Health Services in Omaha, Nebraska. He is also a Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) in New Haven, Connecticut.

    Dr. Tampi is the Past President of the International Medical Graduates (IMG) Caucus at the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He is an active member of the Council on Geriatric Psychiatry and the IMG Caucus at the APA. Dr. Tampi has been a chair and/or a presenter on over 50 podium presentations and poster sessions at the annual meetings of the APA. Additionally, he is a contributing faculty on the “Psychiatry Review Course’ and the ‘Mindgames Masters Course’ at the APA. Furthermore, Dr. Tampi has been a Judge for the ‘Mindgames’ and ‘Mindgames Masters’ competitions at the annual meetings.

    Dr. Tampi is a Past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). He has also served as the Secretary and Treasurer of the AAGP. Dr. Tampi was the Program Chair for the AAGP’s Annual Meeting in 2017. He is currently serving as the Inaugural Historian of the AAGP. Dr. Tampi chairs the ‘Future Leaders’ Program at the AAGP. He also chairs the committee responsible for the ‘Certificate Program in Geriatric Mental Health’ developed by the AAGP. Dr. Tampi is a highly involved member of the Membership and the Continuing Medical Education (CME) committees at the AAGP. He is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP), where is on the Membership committee. Dr. Tampi is also a member of the American Association of Chairs of Department of Psychiatry (AACDP).

    Dr. Tampi has over 250 publications on various topics in psychiatry. In addition, he is an editor of 11 books in psychiatry. Dr. Tampi serves on the editorial board of the 5 international journals including the ‘Annals of Clinical Psychiatry’, and ‘International Psychogeriatrics’. Furthermore, he serves as an associate/section editor on 5 journals, and as an ad-hoc peer reviewer for an additional 77 journals.

    Dr. Tampi is a highly sought out national mentor, and has officially mentored 57 physicians. His clinical and research interests are the management of psychiatric disorders in late life, ethical & legal issues in psychiatry, integrated psychiatric care, public policy and advocacy, and undergraduate and postgraduate education in psychiatry.

    Education

    • Medical School: University of Kerala/Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (1995)
    • Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry: University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom (1999)
    • Psychiatry Residency: University of Vermont College of Medicine/Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America (2001)
    • Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America (2002)
    • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: General Adult Psychiatry (2003/2013)
    • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Geriatric Psychiatry (2004/2014)

    Awards and Honors

    • Resident of the Year, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine (2001)
    • Teaching Attending of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine (2003)
    • Geriatric Academic Career Award, Department of Health, and Human Services (2003)
    • Teaching Attending of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine (2004)
    • Chairman’s Award, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine (2004)
    • Teaching Attending of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine (2006)
    • Clinician of the Year Award, American Association For Geriatric Psychiatry (2013)
    • Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University MetroHealth Program, (2015)
    • Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University MetroHealth Program, (2016)
    • Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University MetroHealth Program, (2018)
    • Educator of the Year Award, American Association For Geriatric Psychiatry (2019)
    • Outstanding Academician of the Year Award, Indo-American Psychiatric Association (2019)
    • Jack Weinberg Award for Geriatric Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (2021)
    • George Tarjan Award, American Psychiatric Association (2022)
    • Golden Heart Award, Department of Psychiatry, Creighton University (2023)
    • Diversity Award, American Association For Geriatric Psychiatry (2024)
    • Golden Apple Award, Department of Psychiatry, Creighton University (2024)

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