Dr. Srikanth Challagundla, MD

Expertise

• Forensic Psychiatry
• Addiction
• Depression
• Schizophrenia
• Anxiety Disorders
• Substance Abuse
• Bipolar Disorder
• ADHD
• Insomnia
• Personality Disorder
• Anxiety
• OCD

Treatment Orientation

• Medication
• Psychotherapy
• Psychosocial interventions
• Talk Therapy

Work experience

• 05/28/2022 to Present
  Position: Psychiatrist (Telepsychiatry- Per Diem) Zeam Medical Group
  508 Gibson Dr. #150 Roseville CA, 95678
• 2018 – Present
  Position: Psychiatric Hospitalist
  Houston Co Healthcare Authority D/, Southeast Health Medical Center
  1108 Ross Clark Cir, Dothan, AL 36301
• 2021 – Present
  Position: Per-diem Psychiatrist
  Teladoc Telemedicine
• 2019 – 2021
  Position: Psychiatrist (Part-time)- Telepsychiatry River Region Psychiatry
  Associates LLC 7125 University Court, Montgomery, AL 36117
• 2017 – 2018
  Position: Staff Psychiatrist & Director of Forensic Psychiatry
  Nassau County Correctional Center
  100 Carman Ave, East Meadow, NY 11554
• 2015 – 2018
  Position: Per-Diem Psychiatrist Psychiatrist
  Long Island FQHC, Inc
  380 Nassau Rd, Roosevelt, NY 11575
• 2016 – 2017
  Position: Per-Diem Psychiatrist
  Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Center 950 South Oyster bay road, Hicksville, NY 11801.
• 2015 – 2017
  Position: Psychiatrist & Director of Behavioral Health and Quality
  Long Island FQHC, Inc
  380 Nassau Rd, Roosevelt, NY 11575
• 2014 – 2015
  Position: Full-time Staff Psychiatrist
  Highland Hospital, Charleston, WV & Process Strategies,
  300 56th St SE, Charleston, WV 25304
• 01/2005 – 12/2005
  Position: Externship
  Manasa Clinic, India
• 2003 – 2004
  Position: House Officer & Hospital Administrator
  Srikanth Nursing Home, India

MEDICAL VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

• 09/ 2002 – 09/2003 and 03/2004-12/2004
  Katragadda Charities, India and Challagundla Charitable trust
  Position: Volunteer supervisor.
• 1997 – 2002
  Position: Volunteer
  Pulse Polio Immunization Program, India
• 05/2009 – 09/2009
  Research Associate (volunteer) at NUMC, East Meadow
  Type of Work: Data collection and chart review for Psychiatry Departmental QI projects.
• 2007 – 2009
  Research Associate (volunteer) at Foundation for Mood Disorders, New York
  Worked on Lithium Archive Project. He collected behavioral health data for the project using DSM IV criteria on mood disorder patients. He did a systematic chart review of mood disorder patients at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, investigating the role of lithium in neuroprotection.

Education

• 1996 – 2001
  MBBS – JJM Medical College, Davangere, India.
• 2001 – 2002
  Internship – Bapuji Hospital, Davangere & District Chigateri General Hospital
• 2009 – 2013
  Residency – Psychiatry
  Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554
• 2013 – 2014
  Fellowship: Addiction Psychiatry
  UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
• 01/2006 – 08/2006
  University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  Masters – Health Services Administration, Completed one semester with a GPA of 4.0.
• 2006 – 2007
  Kaplan Test Prep, Charlotte
  Masters – Health/ Medical preparatory programs
• 08/2007 – 10/2007
  Spanish American Institute, New York
  Language training – Second language training
• 2007 – 2008
  Kaplan Test Prep, Manhattan International, NY
  Medical studies – Health/ Medical preparatory programs
• 2008 – 2009
  American Language Communication Center, New York
  Language training – Second language training
• 05/2009 – 09/2009
  Info serve Technologies Institute, Flushing, NY
  Level of Education- Professional Certification
  Major- Medical insurance specialist/ Medical billing

Honors and Awards

• 2017: Five-star Excellence Award
  (Professional Research Consultants, Inc for scoring in the top 10% nationally for ‘Excellent’ responses- Psychiatry Overall Quality of Physician Care)
• June 2013: Most Valuable Player award (Residency).
• July 2012 – June 2013: Chief Resident (Residency).
• 2012 – 2013: Program Representative GME Committee, NUMC.
• 2011 – 2012: Program Representative IT Committee, NUMC.