Our Faculty
Rajesh Tampi, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Tampi is a Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Vice Chairman for Education and Faculty Development, Residency Program Director and the Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio. Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. He is the President of the International Medical Graduates (IMG) Caucus of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Tampi has received three ‘Outstanding Teaching Attending Awards’ and the ‘Chairman’s Award’ for outstanding teaching, research, and clinical work from the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. He is a recipient of the Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) instituted by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Dr. Tampi was a recipient of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2013-Clinician of the Year Award.
He is a Distinguished Fellow at the American Psychiatric Association. He has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals on various topics in geriatric psychiatry. In addition, Dr. Tampi is a chief editor for three books in psychiatry. He serves on the editorial board of various peer-reviewed national and international journals in psychiatry and is a reviewer for over 20 journals including the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, and the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias. Dr. Tampi’s clinical and research interests are psychiatric disorders in late life, neurodegenerative disorders, ethical & legal issues in geriatric psychiatry and integrated geriatric psychiatric care.