Rajesh R. Tampi, M.D., M.S., DFAPA, DFAAGP
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
Creighton University
Dr. Tampi is the Professor (Tenured) and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, 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. Dr. Tampi is also a Professor (Adjunct) of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Tampi is the inaugural Historian of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). He is also a Past President of the AAGP. Dr. Tampi is a recipient of the Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) instituted by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). He was a recipient of the AAGP’s ‘Clinician of the Year Award’ in 2013. Dr. Tampi also received the AAGP’s ‘Recognition and Appreciation’ Certificate in 2018. In 2019, he received the AAGP’s ‘Educator of the Year Award’. Dr. Tampi received the ‘2019 Outstanding Academician of the Year Award’ given by the Indo-American Psychiatric Association (IAPA). He is the recipient of the 2021 ‘Jack Weinberg Award’ for Geriatric Psychiatry given by the APA. Dr. Tampi has been honored with the 2022 ‘George Tarjan Award’ by the APA. Dr. Tampi has over 200 publications on various topics in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry. In addition, he is the Editor of 10 books in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Tampi serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Psychiatry. He is also a Triage Editor for International Psychogeriatrics, an Associate Editor for Drugs in Context (Psychiatry), an Associate Editor for the Aging Psychiatry Section of Frontiers in Psychiatry and the Section Editor of Geriatric Psychiatry for Psychiatric Times.
Disclosure: Dr. Rajesh Tampi does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).
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