Biography

Dr. Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, is Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry Department at Case Western Reserve University and Metro Health System, Cleveland OH. After completing psychiatry residency training at Harvard Medical School, Dr Badgaiyan joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School, State University of New York at Buffalo, and University of Minnesota. He also served as the Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department at the hospital affiliated to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Before accepting position at Case Western Reserve University, he served as the Professor and Chief of Psychiatry at South Texas Healthcare System at San Antonio, TX. Dr Badgaiyan developed a novel Neurotransmitter Imaging technique for detection, mapping, and quantification of neurotransmitters released in the live human brain during performance of mental activities. Using this technique, he studies dopaminergic control of conscious and nonconscious cognition and behaviour and understanding neuropathology of psychiatric conditions. He received several prizes and awards for research including the prestigious Solomon Prize of Harvard Medical School and BK Anand National Research Prize in India. His research is funded by National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Dana Foundation and other agencies. Dr Badgaiyan has published over 300 research papers and book chapters. He authored a book titled ‘Neuroscience of the Nonconscious Mind’ (Elsevier/Academic Press).