Romika Dhar, MD

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India, 2006

​PUBLICATIONS PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

1. Dhar R, S Tushar & Chavan BS. Clozapine Induced Drop-Attack and Myoclonus. German J Psychiatry 2008; 11:29-31.

2. Dhar R, Sidana A & S Tushar. Olanzapine Dependence. German J Psychiatry 2010; 13:51- 53.

3. Dhar R, Chavan BS & Sidana A. Comparative efficacy of haloperidol and olanzapine in patients of schizophrenia: A 6 month follow up trial. Journal of mental health and human behavior (JMHHB) 2010 15(1): 31-39.

4. Haritsa R, Laugharne R, Pritchard C, Joshi P, Dhar R. Modified attitudes to psychiatry scale created using principal components analysis. Acad Psychiatry2011; 35(6):360-4.

5. Dhar R, Eads Lou Ann. Current concepts relative to the appropriate use of antipsychotic in the elderly Curr Geri Rep 2014; 3(4): 253-258.

6. Chavan BS, Sidana A, Dhar R, Garg R et al. Haloperidol versus olanzapine: Which is safer? Journal of International Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2015; 3(4):112--120

​HONORS AND AWARDS

2016     2nd Prize Clinical research poster, Institute on Aging-Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

2015     PRITE (Psychiatry residents in training examination) Award for resident with highest PRITE score, UAMS

2014     AAGP (American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry) - GMHF (Geriatric mental               health foundation) Honors Scholar

2014    PRITE Award for resident with highest PRITE score, UAMS 2012    PRITE Award for resident with highest PRITE score, UAMS 2012    Psychiatric Research Institute Resident of the year, UAMS

​PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) 2017-current- Member Geriatric Psychiatrist 2013-2016 Member in Training

University of Pennsylvania’s Institute on Aging  2016- Associate Fellow

American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2011-2014 Resident Member in Training

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) 2011-2013   Resident Member in Training

Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS)-North Zone 2006-2009 Resident Member in Training

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2017-present  Co-investigator, Impact of Cardiac Rehab on Anxiety and Depression scores in Post-cardiac surgery Patients: A prospective cohort study, approved by IRB of West Virginia University School of Medicine.

2016-2017  Co-investigator, Ideas Study: Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning Study, approved by IRB of West Virginia University School of Medicine.

2007-2009  Principal Investigator-  Comparative study of tolerability and  efficacy of haloperidol versus olanzapine in Schizophrenia . Clinical Trials Registry-  India( Indian Council of Medical Research)

Medical Specialties

• Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
• Psychiatry

Board Certifications

• Geriatric Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Special Training

• Fellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry
  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
• Residency, General Psychiatry
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 2014
• Residency, General Psychiatry
  Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India, 2009