Sayanti Bhattacharya MD, MS

EDUCATION

Psychiatry Residency, Duke University -Durham, NC

Master of Science Epidemiology, Harvard University - Boston, MA

MD with honors, University of Calcutta - Calcutta, India

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LICENSURE, CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

North Carolina Medical Board License

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified in General Psychiatry

American Psychiatric Association

North Carolina Psychiatric Association

Certified in Electroconvulsive therapy at Duke University

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SPECIALIZED CLINICAL TRAINING AND INTERESTS                                                Certified in Certified in ECT from Duke University

Sleep disorders

Reproductive psychiatry

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder​

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PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS:

Swartz M.S., Bhattacharya S. (2017) “Victimization of persons with severe mental illness: a pressing global health problem.” World Psychiatry 16: 26–27. doi:10.1002/wps.20393

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Swartz M.S., Bhattacharya S., Robertson A.G., Swanson, J.W. (2016) “Involuntary Outpatient Commitment and the Elusive Pursuit of Violence Prevention: A View from the United States.” Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 0706743716675857.

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Bhattacharya S., Smith G.D., Shah S.H., Ben-Shlomo Y., Kinra S. (2014). “Anthropometric measures and insulin resistance in rural Indian adolescents.” Journal of Biosafety and Health Education  e1000116.

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Strauss, B. W., Valentiner, E. M., Bhattacharya, S., Smerek, M. M., Dunham, A. A., Newby, L. K., Miranda, M. L. (2014). “Improving population representation through geographic health information systems: mapping the MURDOCK study." American Journal of Translational Research 6(4):402-12.

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Bhattacharya S., Granger C.B., Craig D., Haynes C., Bain J, Stevens R.D., Hauser E.R., Newgard C.B., Kraus W.E., Newby L.K., Shah S.H. (2013). “Validation of the Association between a Branched Chain Amino Acid Metabolite Profile and Extremes of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Referred for Cardiac Catheterization."  Atherosclerosis 232(1):191-6.

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Bhattacharya, S., Dunham, A. A., Cornish, M. A., Christian, V. A., Ginsburg, G. S., Tenenbaum, J. D., Newby, L. K. (2012). "The Measurement to Understand Reclassification of Disease of Cabarrus/Kannapolis (MURDOCK) Study Community Registry and Biorepository." American Journal of Translational Research 4(4), 458-470.     

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Lemaitre, R. N., T. Tanaka, W., Manichaikul, A., Foy, M., Kabagambe, E. K., Nettleton, J. A., King, I. B., Weng, L. C., Bhattacharya, S. Steffen, L. M. et al. (2011). "Genetic loci associated with plasma phospholipid n-3 fatty acids: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE Consortium." PLoS Genetics 7(7): e1002193.

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Maslova, E., Bhattacharya, S., Lin, S. W., & Michels, K. B. (2010). "Caffeine consumption during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth: a meta-analysis." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92(5): 1120-1132.

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POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS

“Atypical psychotic presentations and the role of ECT” presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry at Toronto, Canada, 2015.

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“Paraneoplastic encephalopathy presenting with rapidly progressive dementia and catatonia” presented at American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry New Orleans, LA, 2015 and at North Carolina Psychiatric Association, Wilmington, NC, 2014.

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“Walking corpse syndrome presenting with catatonia” presented at North Carolina Psychiatric Association, Wilmington, NC, 2014.

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