Positions
- Professor (tenured)
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Psychiatry Research
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Houston, TX, US
- Staff Psychiatrist
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Mental Health Careline
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States
- Associate Director of Education
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South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, Clinical Center
Addresses
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Office)
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MHCL-116
2002 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX, 77079
United States
Phone: (713) 791-1414
asgharal@bcm.edu
Education
- Fellowship at University Of California, Los Angeles
- 06/2005 - Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Residency at Baylor College Of Medicine
- 06/2004 - Houston, TX, United States
- General Psychiatry
- MD from Wake Forest University
- 05/2000 - Winston-Salem, NC, United States
- BA from University of Texas at Austin
- 05/1996 - Austin, Texas, United States
Certifications
- Licensure
- Texas
- Psychiatry/Geriatric Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Honors & Awards
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award
- Development of Enduring Educational Materials
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award
- Educational Leadership (05/2012)
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award
- Teaching and Evaluation (05/2012)
- Association for Academic Psychiatry Junior Faculty Development Award
- (05/2012)
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award
- Educational Research (11/2024)
Professional Interests
- Geriatric education
- Cultural psychiatry
- Faculty Development
Professional Statement
Dr. Ali Asghar-Ali’s educational scholarship and clinical practice focus in two areas: geriatric psychiatry and the practice of culturally attuned psychiatric. Dr. Asghar-Ali is the current geriatric psychiatry fellowship director and coordinates the geriatric psychiatry seminar series for the general psychiatry residents. At the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center he is responsible for the delivery of electroconvulsive therapy. In terms of cultural psychiatry, Dr. Asghar-Ali presents locally and nationally on ways in which trainees and practitioners can work towards improving their cultural attunement to best serve their patients.
Websites
Memberships
- Association of Academic Psychiatry
- Communications Co-Chair
- American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Training and Teaching Committee
- American Psychiatric Association
Languages
Gujarati, Urdu
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