Education

• Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine
  Stanford Hospital and Clinics
  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
• Residency in General Psychiatry
  Loyola University Medical Center
  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Maywood, IL
  July 2009 - July 2013
• M.B.B.S
  Government Medical College Patiala, India
  July 2002 - Feb 2008

Board Certification and Medical Licensure

• ABPN Board Certification in Psychosomatic Medicine
  Oct 2015
• ABPN Board Certification in General Psychiatry
  Sept 2013
• California Medical License
  Aug 2012

Work Experiences

Publications

• Response to Letter to the Editor re: Correction About the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC) in Response to: "A Study of the Psychometric Properties of the "Stanford Proxy Test for Delirium" (S-PTD): A New Screening Tool for the Detection of Delirium"
  JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF CONSULTATION-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY
  Maldonado, J. R., Sher, Y. I., Benitez-Lopez, M., Savant, V., Garcia, R., Ament, A., De Guzman, E.
  2021; 62 (1): 161-163
• A Study of the Psychometric Properties of the "Stanford Proxy Test for Delirium" (S-PTD): A New Screening Tool for the Detection of Delirium
  PSYCHOSOMATICS
  Maldonado, J. R., Sher, Y. I., Benitez-Lopez, M., Savant, V., Garcia, R., Ament, A., De Guzman, E.
  2020; 61 (2): 116-26
• Does escitalopram reduce neurotoxicity in major depression?
  Journal of Psychiatric Research
  Halaris A, Myint AM, Savant V, Meresh E, Lim E, Guillemin G, Hoppensteadt D, Fareed J, Sinacore J.
  22015; 66-67 (July-August 2015)

AWARDS, HONORS, DISTINCTIONS

• Achievement award for research Presented by Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry
  07/2012 - 07/2013
• Achievement award for research Presented by Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry
  07/2011 - 07/2012
• Inducted in Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society as a Resident Trainee Member during the yearly ceremony
  Mar-12
• Mind Games Resident Team Member 2nd place American Psychiatric Association, Illinois
  02/2011, 2012
• Appreciation for Clinical work, Certificate Presented by Program Director and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
  07/2010 - 07/2011
• Achievement award for research Presented by Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry
  07/2012 - 07/2013
• Achievement award for research Presented by Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry
  07/2011 - 07/2012

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• PGY-3 Research Presentation: Worked with the statistician to analyze data from 2 previous studies on effects of treatment with Escitalopram and Quetiapine on Kynurenine Pathway in MDD.
  Jun 2012
• PGY-3 Research Project: Celebrex in treatment of Bipolar depression selected patients for the study using inclusion and exclusion criteria, got informed consent from patients, interviewed patients with the following scales for the study duration: HAM-D, HAM-A, MINI, conducted physical examinations, attended weekly research meetings.
  July 2013
• Co-Principal Investigator: Stanford IRB approval for Pilot study in Human subjects “Melatonin for prevention of Post-operative delirium”. Protocol #29603
  Feb 2014
• Investigator: A Pilot Study of the Psychometric Properties of the "Proxy Test for Delirium": A New Screening Tool for the detection of Delirium at Stanford Hospital. Stanford IRB Protocol # 28327
  04/2014 - 07/2014
• Active participation in Psychosomatic Research Lab weekly meetings
  07/2013 - 07/2014

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Introduction to Psychopharmacology (2 hour live lecture; Interactive session. Held live once every 6 weeks at the beginning of psychiatry rotation), Psychiatry Third Year Clerkship, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center; Maywood, IL
  07/2010 - 07/2011
• Psychopharmacology Review Lecture (2 hour live lecture; interactive session. Held once every 6 weeks at the end of psychiatry rotation) Psychiatry Third Year Clerkship, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center; Maywood, IL
  07/2010 - 07/2013
• Worked with the medical student clerkship clinical director in developing a Jeopardy board as a teaching tool for medical students
  07/2012 - 07/2013
• Weekly didactic teaching to residents rotating on consult psychiatry service on various Psychosomatic Medicine Topics Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA
  08/2103 - 07/2014
• Journal club: presentation and discussion with PSM attendings on case based topics relevant to field of Psychosomatic Medicine Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA
  08/2013 - 07/2014
• Medicine-Psychiatry monthly case conferences: Organized and actively participated in presentation and/or discussion of monthly case conference Department of Internal medicine at Stanford Hospital. Various topics included - Alcohol withdrawal, Delirium management, Capacity assessment, BPSD, NMS etc.
  08/2013 - 07/2014
• Organized and co-presented Quarterly Neurology-Psychosomatic Medicine Journal Club to teach Neurology/Psychiatry residents on the Differential Diagnosis of Altered Mental Status: Subclinical seizures
  Feb 2014
• Organized and supervised co-presenting residents to prepare Quarterly Neurology-Psychosomatic Medicine Journal Club to teach Neurology/Psychiatry residents on Controversial use of Antipsychotics in TBI delirium
  May 2014
• Taught one of the core Psychosomatic Medicine didactic to incoming PGY - 2 Psychiatry residents at Stanford on Death and Dying.
  July 2014

PRESENTATIONS

• Poster presentation: Accepted for presentation by APM 2014 annual meeting: Principal author - Spectrum of Neuropsychiatric Conditions among Recipients of Total Artificial Heart: Experience of Psychosomatic Medicine Team at Stanford University Medical Center”; Savant V, Sher Y, Maldonado J R
  Nov 2014
• Poster presentation: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2013 annual meeting. Principal author - Escitalopram monotherapy reduces the syntheses of neurotoxic metabolites in the serum of patients with Major Depression; Savant V, Halaris A, Myint M, Meresh E, Guillemin G, Sinacore J
  Nov 2013
• Poster presentation: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2013 annual meeting. Principal author - Quetiapine monotherapy reduces neurotoxic metabolites of Kynurenine Pathway in Major Depression; Savant V, Halaris A, Myint M, Meresh E, Guillemin G, Sinacore J
  Nov 2013
• Poster presentation: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2012 annual meeting. Principal author - Kynurenine Pathway and Major Depression: Effects of Treatment; Savant V, Halaris A, Myint M, Meresh E, Guillemin G, Sinacore J
  Nov 2012
• Poster presentation: Society of Biological Psychiatry; 68th annual meeting Principal author - The Effects of Treatment on Kynurenine Pathway in Major Depression; Savant V, Halaris A, Myint M, Meresh E, Sinacore J
  May 2013
• “Tryptophan/Kynurenine Pathway in Depression and effects of treatment”. Research day Grand-Rounds presentation Loyola University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Maywood, IL
  June 2012
• “Melatonin in treatment and prevention of Delirium” Grand-Rounds presentation; Resident Journal Club Loyola University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Maywood, IL
  Feb 2012
• “Cultural considerations in Ethics” Grand-Rounds Case presentation of In-Vitro Fertilization, Twin Birth and Cognitive Impairment Loyola University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Maywood, IL
  May 2011
• “Sickle-cell anemia (SCA): indications for blood transfusion” Case Presentation Loyola University Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine Maywood, IL
  Sept 2009

COMMITTEE SERVICE

• Active Member of Ethics Committee at Stanford Hospital
  08/2013 - 07/2014