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Rajbir Bakshi, M.D.

Rajbir Bakshi, M.D.

Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Psychiatry
  • Biography

    Dr. Bakshi completed his medical degree at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore, India, and his psychiatry residency and fellowship training in geriatric psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Along with subspecialty certification in geriatric psychiatry, he is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Many times awarded and nominated as teacher of the year by fellows and residents during his career, he is the program director for the geriatric psychiatry fellowship at UT Southwestern. He also is the Medical Director for the Mental Health Silver Team at the VA North Texas, among other clinical roles.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College (1992)
    Internship
    John Peter Smith Hospital (1997), Psychiatry
    Residency
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2000), Psychiatry
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2001), Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Research Interest
    • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Geriatric Psychiatry: Challenges and Rewards
    Woolbert A, Garret R, Bakshi R Psychiatric Annals 2018 48 11 516-519
    Effect of vitamin E and memantine on functional decline in Alzheimer disease: the TEAM-AD VA cooperative randomized trial.
    Dysken MW, Sano M, Asthana S, Vertrees JE, Pallaki M, Llorente M, Love S, Schellenberg GD, McCarten JR, Malphurs J, Prieto S, Chen P, Loreck DJ, Trapp G, Bakshi RS, Mintzer JE, Heidebrink JL, Vidal-Cardona A, Arroyo LM, Cruz AR, Zachariah S, Kowall NW, Chopra MP, Craft S, Thielke S, Turvey CL, Woodman C, Monnell KA, Gordon K, Tomaska J, Segal Y, Peduzzi PN, Guarino PD JAMA 2014 Jan 311 1 33-44
    Vitamin E and memantine in Alzheimer's disease: Clinical trial methods and baseline data.
    Dysken MW, Guarino PD, Vertrees JE, Asthana S, Sano M, Llorente M, Pallaki M, Love S, Schellenberg GD, McCarten JR, Malphurs J, Prieto S, Chen P, Loreck DJ, Carney S, Trapp G, Bakshi RS, Mintzer JE, Heidebrink JL, Vidal-Cardona A, Arroyo LM, Cruz AR, Kowall NW, Chopra MP, Craft S, Thielke S, Turvey CL, Woodman C, Monnell KA, Gordon K, Tomaska J, Vatassery G Alzheimers Dement 2013 Apr
    Utility of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (Cognistat) with Geriatric Mental Health Outpatients
    Ames H, Hendrickse WA, Bakshi RS, LePage JP, Keefe C Clinical Gerontologist 2009 32 2 198-210
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (2019)