PORPAVAI KASIANNAN

Dr Porpavai Kasiannan is a child, youth and family psychiatrist with thirty years of experience in the field. After completing MBBS at Coimbatore Medical College she studied Diploma in Psychological Medicine and MD in Psychiatry at Christian Medical College, Vellore. She furthered her career in child and adolescent psychiatry at Melbourne, Australia and received the Fellowship at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2000. She has worked in India, Australia and the UK. Dr Porpavai also holds Diploma in Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine and Master of Philosophy and Mental Health. She currently works as a senior consultant child psychiatrist in Australia. Dr Porpavai started the NGO, Pathways Foundation at Coimbatore, India in December 2014. Pathways is a non- governmental, secular, not-for-profit service committed to promoting emotional health and well being in children, youth and families. Dr Porpavai coordinates the one-year post-graduate certificate course in child and adolescent mental health through Pathways.

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2024