Dr.Aneel Kumar is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor, and in-charge of the Department of Psychiatry at Jinnah Medical and Dental College Suhail University. He is an executive member of the Pakistan Association for Mental health PAMH, an NGO that works for mental health and awareness, registered member of the Pakistan Psychiatric Society. He did his MBBS at Liaqat University of Medical and Health Sciences (Chandka Medical College in 2003, house job in 2004, and cleared his FCPS exam at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan in 2014. After the FCPS training from Liaquat National Hospital Karachi and Civil Hospital Karachi, he joined JMDC (Jinnah Medical and Dental College) as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in June 2016. He has also Cleared DHA (Dubai Health Authority Exam) and got the Eligibility Letter for DHA in January 2019. He has 13 years of clinical experience and currently practicing in Medicare Cardiac and General Hospital, Karachi, Sindh.

Teaching Skills:

• Teaching and training MBBS students for basic psychiatric disorders and their managements, Ward Rounds, Tutorials, Clinico-pathological conferences.
• Teaching and training of the undergraduate medical students for an internship program
• Involved in organizing workshops and CME activities for undergraduates, faculty members of Jinnah Medical College Hospital, and general practitioners
• Organizing workshop, CMEs, a workshop on mental health issues in a community.
• Stress management workshops for Medical Students, General Practitioners, and with Corporate sector.

Ongoing Research Projects are:

• Prevalence of Imposter Syndrome and its Relationship to Self-esteem amongst Medical Students of Jinnah Medical and Dental College.
• Prevalence of Postpartum depression and its association with breastfeeding among women of low-socioeconomic status using Edinburgh postpartum depression scale.
• Frequency of Postpartum depression and its association with several children among women of low-socioeconomic status using Edinburgh postpartum depression scale.
• Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Methylphenidate in Medical Students.
• Relationship of Self-esteem with Epilepsy.
• Impact of acne vulgaris on Self Esteem in adolescents and young adults.

Publications:

• Frequency of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Schizophrenia. JPPS Vol.12 (4) October-December 2015 Volume.
• Postnatal depression in mothers and malnourishment of children. JPPS Vol.14 (1) January-March 2017.
• Depression in Patients with Pemphigus Vulgaris. JPPS Vol. 15 (4) October- December 2018.